Bruno AlternativesAPI & HTTP Clients like Bruno

Bruno is described as 'New and innovative open source API client, aimed at revolutionizing the status quo represented by Postman, Insomnia and similar tools out there' and is a API Client in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Bruno for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best Bruno alternative is Postman, which is free. Other great apps like Bruno are Insomnia REST Client, Yaak, Insomnium and RapidAPI for Mac.

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  1. Postman icon

    Postman

     177 likes

    Postman is a collaborative platform for API development that provides extensive tools for designing, testing, and documenting APIs. It allows API verification through requests, automated testing via Collection Runner, and offers both free and paid plans, catering to individuals and teams.

    90 Postman alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
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    • Postman is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Bruno.

    • Postman is the most popular free alternative to Bruno.

    • Postman is Freemium and ProprietaryBruno is Freemium and Open Source
  2. Insomnia REST Client icon

    Insomnia REST Client

     145 likes

    A powerful REST API Client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux.

    83 Insomnia REST Client alternatives

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Specify URL, payload, headers, and authorization all in one place. Then just hit send.
     

    • Insomnia REST Client is the most popular Open Source alternative to Bruno.

    • Insomnia REST Client is Freemium and Open SourceBruno is also Freemium and Open Source
  4. Yaak icon

    Yaak

     18 likes

    The API client for modern developers. Call REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs from a simple and intuitive app.

    66 Yaak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Clean an minimal interface
     
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    Comments about Yaak as an Alternative to Bruno
    PrimalSoftRock
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    YAAK is a fair alternative to Bruno. It misses some features, so it is no full replacement (as of now: August 2025). I tried it for some time but it doesn't feel complete. Especially regarding Scripting. The project is still "young" I'll check it out again, when it has reached a certain maturity.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Yaak is Free Personal and Open SourceBruno is Freemium and Open Source
    • Yaak is Privacy focusedBruno is not according to our users
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    NativeRest

    Native desktop app for Windows offers high-performance REST and HTTP API testing, low memory and CPU use, custom methods, portable version, proxy support, multiple environments, code generation, multilingual interface, and import...

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    Insomnium

     16 likes

    Insomnium is a fast local API testing tool that is privacy-focused and 100% local. For testing GraphQL, REST, WebSockets and gRPC. This is a fork of Kong/insomnia.

    24 Insomnium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. RapidAPI for Mac icon

    RapidAPI for Mac

     60 likes

    RapidAPI for Mac (formerly Paw) is a full-featured HTTP client that lets you test and describe the APIs you build or consume. It has a beautiful native macOS interface to compose requests, inspect server responses, generate client code and export API definitions.

    58 RapidAPI for Mac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Voiden.md

     6 likes

    Voiden.md is an offline-first, Git-native API workspace that unifies specs, docs, tests, and mocks using programmable Markdown blocks. Build APIs the way you actually work.

    29 Voiden.md alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. soapUI icon

    soapUI

     59 likes

    Eviware, the maker of soapUI, Web Service Testing Leader

    soapUI is a tool for functional testing, mainly of web services like SOAP based web services and RESTful web services, but also HTTP based services and JMS Services as well as databases. soapUI is an open source and compl.

    79 soapUI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Advanced REST Client

     27 likes

    API testing tool. Which allows web developers to create and test custom HTTP requests.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • AppImageHub
    • Google Chrome
    • Chromium
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    Hurl

     7 likes

    Hurl is a command line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format. It can capture values, evaluate queries on headers and body response. It is very versatile: it can be used for both fetching data and testing HTTP sessions.

    36 Hurl alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    Html report
     
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    Cartero

     6 likes

    Cartero is a graphical HTTP client that can be used as a developer tool to test web APIs and perform all kind of HTTP requests to web servers. It is compatible with any REST, SOAP or XML-RPC API and it supports multiple request methods as well as attaching body payloads to...

    Cost / License

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    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Mac
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  15. Restfox icon

    Restfox

     2 likes

    Offline-first web HTTP client.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Docker
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