Software · Development
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)
Sources and checks
- Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
- Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (limits, free status, commercial use) —
- Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
- Facts collected from Comptoir du Libre (source code, licence) —
- Facts collected from Automatic reading of the official pages (account, free status) —
- Last technical check: 6 November 2026
- Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)
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