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Bruno

Bruno is an API client, available on Windows and Linux.

  • Limited free plan
  • Windows and Linux
  • No account

Overview

Bruno is an API client, available on Windows and Linux. Other documented uses: code editing.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Bruno is the Git-native API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC and Websocket.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Opensource IDE For Exploring and Testing API's (lightweight alternative to Postman/Insomnia)” — Winget, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Bruno offers a limited free plan; advanced features or heavier use are paid.

It is distributed under a proprietary licence: free to use under its terms, which may change; that licence is not an open source licence.

Plans and conditions

  • Free plan: basic features are free; others are reserved for paid plans.
  • Paid subscriptions offered by the publisher.

Strengths

  • No account needed
  • No credit card asked
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

  • Limited free plan
  • Closed source

About

Bruno is a Fast and Git-Friendly API client. 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. Stores your collections in a folder on your filesystem Use git for collaboration No cloud sync. Fully offline. Majority of our features are free and have been opensourced under the MIT license.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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