🚀 Meet Rest – effortless JSON sharing for developers

Hey, I'm Ege. I'm 15 and I love building tools that solve real problems in a simple, clean way. Over the past few days, I made something called Rest. It's a super lightweight CLI tool that lets you share JSON data through temporary public links. No need to spin up a server or write throwaway code.

⚙️ What makes Rest different

Most tools for sharing data feel bloated. They ask you to create accounts, set up backends, or deal with too much config. Rest doesn't do any of that. One command is all it takes to get a public link to your JSON. You can also control how long the link stays active or how many times it can be viewed.

Rest is meant to be simple. No accounts. No setup. Just a clean CLI, a simple API, and a tiny frontend to view your data.

💡 Why I built it

I kept running into the same issue while working on small APIs or coding with friends. I needed a quick way to share a JSON payload or mock an endpoint without wasting time. I wanted something fast, minimal, and easy to install. So I built Rest — first for myself, and now for anyone who needs it.

🛠 How it works

Rest has a Go backend, a clean little REST API, a simple frontend to preview your JSON, and a CLI that does what you expect. Everything is temporary. You choose how long a link lasts and how many times it can be opened.

✅ Use cases

Rest is perfect for sharing payloads while pair programming, during code reviews, when mocking APIs, or while debugging frontend requests. Basically, if you're working with JSON and want to save time, Rest can help.

🚧 Try it out

If you like tools that are simple and just work, Rest is probably for you. I'd love for you to try it, break it, or even contribute. It's still early, but I'm planning to improve it and maybe open-source more parts soon.

Check it out on GitHub and let me know what you think:
https://github.com/egeuysall/rest