Insomnia REST Client Alternatives

Apps similar to Insomnia REST Client include Bruno, which is open source with a free version. Other options are Postman, Yaak, HTTP Toolkit and Hoppscotch. You're spoiled for choice with API Clients like Insomnia REST Client: we list more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. All the user-friendliness of our Terminal version, now wrapped up in a sleek graphical interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • Flathub
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  2. Treblle icon
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    Treblle is a federated API Intelligence platform delivering full API visibility, security, and control from one integration point.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  3. 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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. gRPC icon
     1 like

    gRPC is a modern open source high performance Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework that can run in any environment. It can efficiently connect services in and across data centers with pluggable support for load balancing, tracing, health checking and authentication.

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    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Kreya icon
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    Kreya is a GUI client for gRPC, REST and WebSocket APIs with innovative features for environments, authorizations and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. DevTools icon
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    A free, open-source Postman-style API tester you run locally. Record browser requests, auto-generate chained tests, and ship them straight to your CI—no sign-ups, no cloud, just code.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
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  7. Chapar icon
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    Upcoming API testing tool in beta, built in GoLang, supporting HTTP/gRPC, workspaces, environments, request management, and various content types. Features include dark mode, local data storage, Postman import, environment variable setting, and request chaining.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. Thunder Client is a hand-crafted lightweight Http Client extension for Visual Studio Code. No separate download needed, Just install the extension from VS Code marketplace.

    71 Thunder Client alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
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  9. EchoAPI icon
     Like

    EchoAPI is an all-in-one API development collaboration platform that offers essential features like API debugging, design, automated testing, stress testing, and documentation generation.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Visual Studio Code
    • IntelliJ IDEA
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  10. Runscope icon
     9 likes

    Runscope helps you monitor, log and measure API usage to solve API problems fast. Automatically monitor APIs without any coding. Runscope provides complete logging for all of your API traffic. Track down troublesome API calls with powerful search.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  11. Restfox icon
     2 likes

    Offline-first web HTTP client.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Docker
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