What can you do with mailpal?

MailPal request panel

Why MailPal exists

The most popular REST client for VS Code has 7.4 million installs and a 2.5 star rating, because its free tier slowly moved everything, including your own request history, behind a paywall.

MailPal makes the opposite promise, and treats it like a contract:

The free tier is fully usable for a single user, forever.
Unlimited requests, unlimited collections, unlimited local history.
Pro adds new value only. It never gates access to your own data.
If a license lapses, Pro features stop. Everything else keeps working.

Highlights

Full request builder with a Postman-style editor: auto-growing key/value rows, header autocomplete, color-coded JSON editing with format and validation
Auto headers surfaced, so you see and control everything sent on the wire
Syntax-highlighted responses (JSON and XML), HTML raw/preview toggle, resizable request/response split
Per-collection variables with {{VAR}} placeholders; secret values live in your OS keychain, never in files
Unlimited local history with one-click re-send
Import Postman v2.1, Thunder Client, OpenAPI 3.x, and curl; export Postman and curl
Assertions per request with pass/fail on every send
A bundled MCP server, registered with VS Code agent mode automatically, so AI agents can list, run, and (with Pro) create requests

For AI agents (MCP)

The MCP server also ships standalone on npm as mailpal-mcp:

claude mcp add mailpal -- npx -y mailpal-mcp

Works with any MCP client (Cursor, Claude Desktop, and friends) via npx -y mailpal-mcp.

Support

Questions, bugs, and feature requests: open an issue.

This repository hosts the project's public home, issues, and media. The extension itself ships through the VS Code Marketplace.

Install

Add mailpal to your client. Pick the one you use.

claude mcp add mailpal-mcp -- npx -y mailpal-mcp

codex mcp add mailpal-mcp -- npx -y mailpal-mcp

amp mcp add mailpal-mcp -- npx -y mailpal-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mailpal-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mailpal-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `claude_desktop_config.json`, then restart Claude Desktop.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mailpal-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mailpal-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.cursor/mcp.json`, or `.cursor/mcp.json` for a single project.

code --add-mcp '{"name":"mailpal-mcp","command":"npx","args":["-y","mailpal-mcp"]}'

Or add the block manually to `.vscode/mcp.json` under `servers`.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mailpal-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mailpal-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mailpal-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mailpal-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `cline_mcp_settings.json` via the MCP Servers panel.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mailpal-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mailpal-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.gemini/settings.json`.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mailpal-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mailpal-mcp"
      ],
      "tools": [
        "*"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.copilot/mcp-config.json`, or run `/mcp add` inside the CLI.

{
  "context_servers": {
    "mailpal-mcp": {
      "command": {
        "path": "npx",
        "args": [
          "-y",
          "mailpal-mcp"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to your Zed `settings.json`.

npx -y mailpal-mcp

Run `goose configure`, choose **Add Extension → Command-line Extension**, and paste this command.

Score

39 / 100

Incomplete

Documentation13/25
Maintenance19/25
Trust6/20
Capability0/15
Install experience12/15

Documents what it does and how to connect
Has a resolvable package or endpoint
Exposes at least one tool, prompt or resource
README has substantive content
Includes a code example
Documents its configuration
Mentions credentials or security posture
Last commit 17 days ago
Has a release history
Repository is not archived
No licence detected
Namespace verified in the official MCP registry
Claimed by its owner
Published under an organisation
0 tool(s) documented
Provides prompt templates
Provides resources
12 documented install method(s)
Published to a package registry
Offers a hosted endpoint — no local install

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Version history

Versions	Published
0.1.1Latest	Aug 15, 2026