kulala.nvim
May 31, 2026 · View on GitHub
kulala.nvim
Requirements • Install • Usage • HTTP File Spec • Kulala GH Action
A fully-featured 🤏 HTTP/GraphQL/gRPC/Websocket-client 🐼 interface 🖥️ for Neovim ❤️, that supports the Jetbrains .http spec (with full scripting support).
Kulala is swahili for "rest" or "relax."
It allows you to make HTTP requests from within Neovim.

Features
Protocols: HTTP, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSocket, Streaming
Specs: HTTP File Spec and IntelliJ HTTP Client compliant
Variables: Environment, Document, Request, Dynamic, Prompt, http-client.env files
Importing and running requests from external *.http files
Importing and saving request/response data to/from external files
JS and Lua scripting: Pre-request, Post-request, Conditional, Inline, External
Authentication: Basic, Bearer, Digest, NTLM, OAuth2, Negotiate, AWS, SSL
Response formatting and live filtering
Assertions, automated testing and reporting
Built-in LSP completion and formatting
Import/export to/from Postman, OpenAPI, Bruno
CLI tooling and CI hooks
Scratchpad: for making requests
100% Compatibility with IntelliJ HTTP Client
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Together with our standalone products Kulala Language Server and Kulala Formatter, we aim to provide the best REST Client experience on the web without leaving your favourite editor!
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Kulala team loves feature requests and feedback, so if you have any ideas or suggestions, please let us know!
We'll be happy to implement them ❤️
Install
Via lazy.nvim:
Configuration
require("lazy").setup({
{
"mistweaverco/kulala.nvim",
keys = {
{ "<leader>Rs", desc = "Send request" },
{ "<leader>Ra", desc = "Send all requests" },
{ "<leader>Rb", desc = "Open scratchpad" },
},
ft = {"http", "rest", "javascript", "lua"},
opts = {
global_keymaps = false,
global_keymaps_prefix = "<leader>R",
kulala_keymaps_prefix = "",
},
},
})
Note
By default global keymaps are disabled, change to global_keymaps = true to get a complete set of key mappings for Kulala. Check the keymaps documentation for details.
See complete configuration options for more information.
Honorable mentions
rest.nvim
For getting this project started.
The actual state of rest.nvim as archived kicked off the development of kulala.nvim.
It's not archived anymore, but the state of the project at the time was a great motivation
curl.nvim
If you want a uncomplicated scratchpad for making HTTP requests, check out curl.nvim
Different to this project, but also a great option if you just want to make quick HTTP requests from within Neovim.
httpbin.org
For providing a great service for testing HTTP requests and making it in all the kulala examples.
Thanks for making it easy to test and develop this plugin.