Support
Help & answers.
Tinspec is built by a small team and we read every message. Reach out below, or check the FAQ first — your question may already be answered.
Report a bug
Found something broken? Include your OS, the app version (from About), and steps to reproduce.
Email a bug report →Request a feature
Tell us what you’d reach for daily — feedback steers what ships next.
Send an idea →Or email us directly at support@tinspec.dev.
FAQ
Common questions
Is Tinspec free? +
Yes — the desktop app is free and runs entirely on your machine. A paid cloud tier (sync, a web console, dev tunnels) is opening later, but the local app stays fully usable on its own.
Is the source available? +
No — the repositories are private today, so there is nowhere to read the code or send a patch. The desktop app, the request engine, and the collection format each declare the AGPL-3.0 licence and ship the full licence text, but whether the source is ever published has not been decided.
Do I need an account? +
No. There is no sign-up and no login. Open the app and start testing — everything works offline.
Is my data sent anywhere? +
No. Requests are sent from a local engine inside the app, and your collections live as plain files on your disk. Nothing is uploaded. Secrets are stored in your OS keychain, never in the files.
Where are my collections stored? +
In plain YAML files in the folder you open — commit them next to the API they test. A local SQLite database holds only run history and a rebuildable cache; deleting it loses nothing but history.
How do updates work? +
The app checks for new versions on launch and offers a one-click update. You can also check manually from the About screen. Builds are signed and notarized on macOS.
macOS says the app can’t be opened — what do I do? +
Recent builds are signed and notarized, so this should not appear. If it does on an older build, right-click the app and choose Open the first time, or remove the quarantine attribute and reopen.
How do I run the Linux build? +
For the AppImage: make it executable (chmod +x) and run it. The .deb is for Debian/Ubuntu (sudo apt install ./Tinspec_….deb). File pickers need a desktop portal, which ships on virtually all modern desktops.
Does it support gRPC? +
Yes — import a .proto, pick a service and method, author the request as JSON, and send. Unary and client-, server-, and bidirectional-streaming methods are all supported, and gateway route matchers can transcode annotated methods to REST.
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