Insomnia REST Client Alternatives

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 100 alternatives to Insomnia REST Client for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Google Chrome 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 Bruno or Postman. Other great apps like Insomnia REST Client are Yaak, Hoppscotch, HTTP Toolkit and Insomnium.

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  1. Guide API icon
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    API integration platform for testing, prototyping, and running of any API flow. The right tool for successful API flow integration - nice, easy, simple, and cheap.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. httpiness icon
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    Httpiness is aimed to be a simple, straightforward HTTP client which minimizes time to configure, send, reconfigure and resend requests in order to maximize development efficiency.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. Escambo icon
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    Escambo is an HTTP-based APIs test application for GNOME.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. Lama2 icon
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    Lama2 defines the human-friendly l2 syntax and CLI for describing and executing APIs. Store your APIs in plain-text files. Collaborate with team using version control (say, git). Run Lama2 directly from VSCode extension. Think of Lama2 as Markdown for APIs.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Api2File icon
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    A self hosted service that exposes live data from APIs as files on a virtual network share. Providing automatic transformation of data to useful file formats while offering comprehensive security options.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  6. Gotcha HTTP Client is a lightweight http client that allows you to make requests and inspect responses.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. API Pilot icon
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    Intercept, modify, and mock HTTP requests with ease. A powerful developer tool to streamline your API development and testing workflow.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
     
  8. ApiClient icon
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    Helps you to test the Rest API with your phone including features like import, edit and export postman collections.With this, you don't need to look for your laptop or PC whenever you need to test and modify your REST APIs. You can work on them anytime, on the go.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  9. FRequest icon
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    FRequest is a fast, lightweight and opensource Windows / macOS / Linux desktop program to make HTTP(s) requests (e.g. call REST apis).

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. OlympAPI icon
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    Native API client for Windows & Linux — collections, environments, OpenAPI import, Git sync, request chaining, and response testing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Free, privacy-first API client built natively into VS Code. Test REST, GraphQL & WebSocket APIs locally — no login, no cloud sync, no telemetry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Visual Studio Code
     
  12. Restretto icon
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    Minimal native and free REST API client for Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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