Bruno

Reinventing the API Client | Local, Native Git, Open Source

4.9•10 reviews•

822 followers

Reinventing the API Client | Local, Native Git, Open Source

4.9•10 reviews•

822 followers

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The API-client built for developers. Open-source. Local Native git. Bruno stores collections on your filesystem which allows you to natively interact with git for collaboration and versioning.

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Name: Bruno
Rating: 4.9 (10 reviews)

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Bruno earns strong praise for speed, simplicity, and a local-first workflow that avoids cloud lock-in and subscriptions. Reviewers highlight Git-native versioning, readable text/JSON collections, and easy environment and secrets management as everyday productivity wins. Many say it replaced Postman/Insomnia, valuing offline use and straightforward UI over heavier feature bloat. Makers of

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commend Bruno’s intuitive API exploration and seamless integrations, noting it accelerates developer workflows without upsell friction. Some note the UI is less advanced than competitors, but reliability, openness, and Git-as-source-of-truth win out.

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•1 review

Bruno is like a fresh implementation of a good REST and GraphQL clients. Now that Insomnia and Postman have moved into this subscription/account models I couldn't wait to try another tool and Bruno has been really great with a lot of its features like Git versioning for my queries to support manage secrets or also having different kinds of environments it's the perfect replacement from insomnia at least for the way I've been using HTTP clients for the last 7 years!

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Great little http client. I appreciate the simplicity and the focus on developer experience. UI is not as advanced as some competitors, but provides the essentials and has great features, such as git-based synchronization. This is my go-to http client now.

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I've been using Bruno mainly to design and test my FastAPI project, but it works well for other APIs too. I like that it's open source and runs locally—no need to sign up or send data anywhere. Really a great little tool.

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The last resort for those looking for a decent open source API tool without corporate bloat. Storing stuff in text files is weird at first, but isn't it the right way to go for sharing without lock ins?

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8mo ago

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We've been using it for a year and love it. Easy to set up and use. Best of all: having the source of truth in Git is the killer feature I've been looking for for years.

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