The Best Insomnia REST Client AlternativesTop API & HTTP Clients like Insomnia REST Client

Insomnia REST Client is described as 'A powerful REST API Client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux' and is a very popular API Client in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Insomnia REST Client for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best Insomnia REST Client alternative is Bruno, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Insomnia REST Client are NativeRest, Postman, Yaak and Insomnium.

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  1. Bruno icon
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    Bruno is a new and innovative open source API client, aimed at revolutionizing the status quo represented by Postman, Insomnia and similar tools out there.

    31 Bruno alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Visual Studio Code
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks Bruno is a great Insomnia REST Client alternative.

    • Bruno is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Insomnia REST Client.

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

    • Bruno is Freemium and Open SourceInsomnia REST Client is also Freemium and Open Source
  2. NativeRest icon
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    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/export in light or dark themes.

    50 NativeRest alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks NativeRest is a great Insomnia REST Client alternative.

    • NativeRest is the most popular commercial alternative to Insomnia REST Client.

    • NativeRest is Paid and ProprietaryInsomnia REST Client is Freemium and Open Source
  3. Postman icon
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    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.

    89 Postman alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks Postman is a great Insomnia REST Client alternative.

    • Postman is the most popular Web-based alternative to Insomnia REST Client.

    • Postman is Freemium and ProprietaryInsomnia REST Client is Freemium and Open Source
  4. Yaak icon
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    The API client for modern developers. Call REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs from a simple and intuitive app.

    65 Yaak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Insomnium icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
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    It's an Insomnia fork without the user account requirements, it's more lightweight and respects user privacy.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Insomnium is a great Insomnia REST Client alternative.

    • Insomnium is Free and Open SourceInsomnia REST Client is Freemium and Open Source
  6. HTTP Toolkit icon
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    HTTP Toolkit is a beautiful, cross-platform & open-source HTTP(S) debugging proxy, analyzer & client, with built-in support for modern tools and automatic interception for clients from Docker to Android to iOS.

    50 HTTP Toolkit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Docker
     
    • HTTP Toolkit is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Insomnia REST Client.

    • HTTP Toolkit is Freemium and Open SourceInsomnia REST Client is also Freemium and Open Source
  7. Hoppscotch icon
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    Hoppscotch is an open-source API development ecosystem. It helps you create your requests faster, saving you precious time on your development.

    67 Hoppscotch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Hoppscotch is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Insomnia REST Client.

    • Hoppscotch is Free and Open SourceInsomnia REST Client is Freemium and Open Source
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  9. soapUI icon
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    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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  10. Voiden.md icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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
     
  12. Cartero icon
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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Mac
     
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