Newman Alternatives for API Testing in GitHub Actions

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🏷️ Discussion Type

Bug

💬 Feature/Topic Area

ARC (Actions Runner Controller)

Discussion Details

We're reviewing how we run API tests in GitHub Actions and are looking at alternatives to Newman.

Newman works well for running Postman collections from the command line, but we're interested in tools that fit more naturally into a broader API testing workflow.

The features we're looking for are:

CLI-based API testing
Multiple environment support
OpenAPI compatibility
GitHub Actions integration
Reusable test scenarios
Reliable CI/CD execution

We've been comparing options such as Hurl, Bruno CLI, HTTPie, and Apidog CLI.

Apidog CLI is particularly interesting because we can run API test scenarios from the terminal and reuse the same workflow in GitHub Actions. It also connects API testing with other parts of the API lifecycle instead of focusing only on collection execution.

For teams using GitHub Actions:

What Newman alternative are you using today?

Have you switched to another CLI tool, or is Newman still your preferred option for API testing in CI?

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