Settings

LitePost settings let you customize the application theme, configure JSON response display behavior, and manage updates.

Accessing Settings

Click the gear icon in the title bar (top-right area, next to the window controls) to open the settings panel. It slides in from the right side of the window.

Theme

LitePost ships with six built-in themes -- five dark and one light. Selecting a theme applies it immediately, no restart required.

Theme	Description
Night Desk	Warm graphite with an amber accent (default)
Green C	The Night Desk graphite ground with an emerald accent
Schematic	Light engineering-paper theme with cobalt ink
Sapphire	Deep navy with a blue accent
Amethyst	Aubergine with a violet accent
Obsidian	Pure black with white accents (OLED-friendly)

Each theme controls the accent color, surfaces, and highlights across the entire application -- including the Monaco body editor and response syntax highlighting, which follow the active theme. The active theme is indicated by a highlighted ring around its color swatch in the settings panel.

JSON Viewer

These settings control how JSON responses are rendered in the collapsible tree viewer. Adjusting them is useful when working with large or deeply nested API responses.

Max Auto-Expand Depth

How many levels deep the JSON tree automatically expands when a response is first displayed.

• Default: 2
• Range: 0 -- 10
• Set to 0 to collapse everything by default. Set higher to see more of the response structure without manual expanding.

Max Auto-Expand Array Size

Arrays with more elements than this threshold are collapsed by default, showing only a summary line (e.g., Array(150)).

• Default: 50
• Range: 0 -- 200 (step: 10)

Max Auto-Expand Object Size

Objects with more properties than this threshold are collapsed by default.

• Default: 20
• Range: 0 -- 100 (step: 5)

TIP

If you frequently work with large payloads, lowering these thresholds can significantly improve rendering performance and make it easier to navigate responses.

Updates

LitePost can check for updates both automatically and manually.

Automatic Checks

The application checks for updates on startup and then once every 24 hours while running. No action is needed to enable this -- it happens by default.

Manual Check

In the settings panel, click Check Now in the Updates section to trigger an immediate check. If a new version is found, a toast notification appears with:

• The new version number
• Release notes (when available)
• An Install Now button that downloads and installs the update with a progress indicator, then relaunches the app

If you are already on the latest version, a confirmation toast is shown instead.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+K / Cmd+K	Open the command palette
Ctrl+I / Cmd+I	Open cURL import modal
Enter (in the URL bar)	Send the request

Data Storage

All application data -- collections, environments, settings, and theme preferences -- is stored locally on your machine as JSON files managed by the Tauri filesystem plugin. Nothing is sent to any external server.