hooksense

Capture, inspect, and forward webhooks to your local dev server.

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No signup required. Get a public webhook URL in seconds and forward requests to localhost.

npx hooksense listen --forward http://localhost:3000/webhook

  HookSense — Webhook forwarder

  Endpoint:  https://hooksense.com/w/abc12345
  Forward:   http://localhost:3000/webhook
  Status:    ● Connected

  12:34:01  POST    application/json      1.2KB  → 200 OK (23ms)
  12:34:05  POST    application/json      856B   → 200 OK (18ms)
  12:34:12  PUT     text/plain            128B   → 404 Not Found (5ms)

Features

• Instant webhook URL — no signup, no config files
• Real-time forwarding — webhooks hit your localhost in milliseconds
• Auto-reconnect — drops connection? reconnects with backoff automatically
• Colored output — method, content-type, size, response status at a glance
• Works with any framework — Express, Next.js, FastAPI, Rails, anything on localhost

Install

npm install -g hooksense

Or run directly:

npx hooksense listen --forward http://localhost:3000/webhook

Commands

hooksense listen [slug]

Listen for incoming webhooks and optionally forward them.

# Create new endpoint + forward
hooksense listen --forward http://localhost:3000/webhook

# Use existing endpoint
hooksense listen abc12345 --forward http://localhost:3000/webhook

# Just listen (no forwarding)
hooksense listen abc12345

hooksense create

Create a new webhook endpoint and print the URL.

hooksense create

hooksense login / hooksense logout

Authenticate for more endpoints and longer data retention.

hooksense login
hooksense logout

Options

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | -f, --forward <url> | URL to forward incoming webhooks to | | --api <url> | Override API server URL |

Set HOOKSENSE_API environment variable to change the default API URL.

Use Cases

• Stripe webhooks — test payment events locally
• GitHub webhooks — debug push/PR events on your machine
• Shopify webhooks — develop apps without deploying
• Any webhook provider — works with everything that sends HTTP requests

License

MIT