usebruno/bruno
Opensource IDE For Exploring and Testing API's (lightweight alternative to Postman/Insomnia)
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[](https://badge.fury.io/gh/usebruno%2Fbruno) [](https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/actions/workflows/tests.yml) [](https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/pulse) [](https://twitter.com/usebruno) [](https://www.usebruno.com) [](https://www.usebruno.com/downloads) English Bruno is a new and innovative API client, aimed at revolutionizing the status quo represented by Postman and similar tools out there. Bruno stores your collections directly in a folder on your filesystem. We use a plain text markup language, Bru, to save information about API requests. You can use Git or any version control of your choice to collaborate over your API collections. Bruno is offline-only. There are no plans to add cloud-sync to Bruno, ever. We value your data privacy and believe it should stay on your device. Read our long-term vision here Download Bruno 📢 Watch our recent talk at India FOSS 3.0 Conference here Majority of our features are free and open source. We strive to strike a harmonious balance between open-source principles and sustainability You can explore our paid versions to see if there are additional features that…
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- Bruno - Opensource IDE for exploring and testing APIs.
- Commercial Versions ✨
- Table of Contents
- Installation
- Bruno CLI
- Run with Docker
- Features
- Run across multiple platforms 🖥️
- Collaborate via Git 👩💻🧑💻
- Important Links 📌
- Showcase 🎥
- Share Testimonials 📣
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What this repository does
Opensource IDE For Exploring and Testing API's (lightweight alternative to Postman/Insomnia)
Repository facts
- Owner
- usebruno
- Primary language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 47,960
- Forks
- 3,059
- Open issues + pull requests
- 1,954
- License
- MIT
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2022-09-27T20:51:45.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-30T14:12:34.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: api-client, api-testing, automation, developer-tools, git, graphql-client, http-client, javascript, openapi, openapi3, opensource, rest-api, testing, testing-tools
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