usebruno/bruno

Health v2 · maintenance only

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46566 stars · 2820 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Bruno is an open-source desktop IDE for exploring and testing REST and GraphQL APIs, positioned as a lightweight alternative to Postman and Insomnia. Collections are stored as plain-text files on the filesystem, making them Git-friendly, offline-first, and free of cloud sync or accounts.

Use cases

• test rest apis locally without a cloud account
• postman alternative that stores collections in git
• run api test collections in ci pipelines
• import postman collections and environments
• send graphql requests from a desktop client
• collaborate on api collections via version control
• automate api workflows from the command line

When to choose

• you want offline-first API testing with no login or cloud sync
• your team versions API collections in Git alongside code
• you need a CLI to run API tests in CI/CD
• you prefer plain-text, diff-friendly collection formats

When to avoid

• you rely on cloud-synced collections shared across devices without Git
• you need built-in mock servers or extensive Postman-specific integrations
• you want a browser-based API client

Facets

application · maturity active

http-client testing cli developer-tools developer-tools apis testing cross-platform cli windows api-client postman-alternative rest graphql openapi git-native offline-first api-testing command-line desktop linux macos

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