Bruno

Offline-first API client and CLI with Git-friendly collections for teams leaving Postman or Insomnia.

Bruno is an open source alternative to Postman and Insomnia. Offline-first API client and CLI with Git-friendly collections for teams leaving Postman or Insomnia. MIT licensed, 45.3k GitHub stars, self-host with Docker, no terminal required to start, and last released 2026-07-02.

Should you switch?

Use it if

Teams that want an offline-first API client with local collections, Git-based collaboration, and a CLI for running requests in CI.

Skip it if

You need browser-based collaboration, cloud sync, or a shared hosted workspace instead of local files.

Watch out

Bruno keeps sync local by design, so team workflows rely on Git; some features live in paid editions.

In the product

Bruno API client showing a request collection and response pane.

Official screenshot

Community proof

"thanks for your efforts, we switched to Bruno from Postman and are quite happy!"
elephantum · hacker_news · 2024-03-10

"Switched two years ago from Postman to Insomnia. Now Insomnia is also adding lots of logins and paid stuff and I am switching to Bruno. So far it seems great!"
b99andla · hacker_news · 2024-03-14

Maintenance health

CadenceActive

Last releasev3.5.1 · 2026-07-02

Can you do it today?

Get started

1. Run with Docker

docker pull usebruno/cli:latest && docker run -v $(pwd):/bruno usebruno/cli run

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api-clientapi-testingautomationdeveloper-toolsgit