Creator of Hoppscotch, an open-source API development ecosystem used by 500,000+ developers worldwide. Indian software engineer and open-source advocate.
Building tools that millions of developers use — from a college dorm room in Kerala.
Liyas Thomas is an Indian software engineer and the creator of Hoppscotch (formerly Postwoman), one of the most popular open-source API development platforms in the world. What started as a solo side project during his college days has grown into a 65,000+ GitHub star project backed by the GitHub Accelerator program.
Liyas’s work exemplifies how Indian open-source talent can build world-class developer tools that compete with Silicon Valley products — and win on transparency, privacy, and community.