---
name: "atac"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "atac"
version: "0.24.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/atac"
---

# atac(1)

Arguably a Terminal API Client. Feature-full, free, open-source, offline and account-less.

## NAME

atac - Arguably a Terminal API Client. Feature-full, free, open-source, offline and account-less.

## SYNOPSIS

**atac** \[**-d**\|**--directory**\] \[**--filter**\] \[**--tui**\] \[**--no-ansi-log**\] \[**-v**\|**--verbose**\]... \[**-q**\|**--quiet**\]... \[**--dry-run**\] \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[**-V**\|**--version**\] \[*subcommands*\]

## DESCRIPTION

ATAC is Arguably a Terminal API Client. It is based on well-known clients such as Postman, Insomnia, or even Bruno, but inside your terminal without any specific graphical environment needed. The philosophy of ATAC is to be free, account-less, and offline for now and forever.

## OPTIONS

- **-d**, **--directory** *\<DIRECTORY\>*

  Main application directory, containing JSON/YAML collections files, the atac.toml config file and the atac.log file

- **--filter** *\<FILTER\>*

  Will only allow collection files that matches the regex filter

- **--tui**

  Run TUI after command

- **--no-ansi-log**

  Avoid using ANSI format for log file/output

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Increase logging verbosity

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  Decrease logging verbosity

- **--dry-run**

  Avoid saving data to the collection and environment files

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help (see a summary with '-h')

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version

## SUBCOMMANDS

- atac-collection(1)

  Collection commands

- atac-request(1)

  Request commands

- atac-try(1)

  One-shot request sender

- atac-env(1)

  Environment commands

- atac-import(1)

  Import a collection, a request or an environment from other file formats (Postman v2.1.0, cURL, OpenAPI)

- atac-completions(1)

  Create a completion file

- atac-man(1)

  Generate ATAC man page

- atac-help(1)

  Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

## VERSION

v0.24.0