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 NativeRest. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Postman or Bruno. Other great apps like Insomnia REST Client are Yaak, HTTP Toolkit, Hoppscotch and Insomnium.

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  1. NativeRest icon

    NativeRest

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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

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

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

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

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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 the most popular free alternative to Insomnia REST Client.

    • Postman is Freemium and ProprietaryInsomnia REST Client is Freemium and Open Source
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    Bruno

     44 likes
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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 (MIT)

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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 Open Source alternative to Insomnia REST Client.

    • Bruno is Freemium and Open SourceInsomnia REST Client is also Freemium and Open Source
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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...

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    Yaak

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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 (MIT)

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    • Linux
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    HTTP Toolkit

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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 (AGPL-3.0)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Docker
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    • 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
  8. Hoppscotch icon

    Hoppscotch

     41 likes
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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 (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • 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
  10. Insomnium icon

    Insomnium

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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 (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • 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
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    RapidAPI for Mac

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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
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    soapUI

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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Voiden.md

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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
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    Advanced REST Client

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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
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    Cartero

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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...

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