Alternatives to Bruno

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Hoppscotch

76/100open sourcefreemiumexplicit relation

Hoppscotch is a free, open-source API development ecosystem for building, testing, documenting, and collaborating on APIs through a lightweight, fast web-based interface. It supports REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, MQTT, SSE, and Socket.IO protocols across web, desktop, and CLI clients. With 79K+ GitHub stars, 2.5M+ users, and 5M+ monthly API requests, Hoppscotch has become a leading open-source alternative to Postman for developers who prioritize speed, simplicity, and self-hostable workflows.

Freemium open-source API development ecosystem and Postman alternative (MIT licensed). Self-hosted Community edition is 100% free with Docker. Hoppscotch Cloud Free tier ($0/mo) provides unlimited individual requests, collections, and cloud sync. Team plan starts at $6/user/mo for unlimited shared team workspaces, shared collections, environments, and RBAC. Enterprise plan ($12-$15/user/mo or custom on-premise) adds SAML/OIDC SSO, advanced audit logs, dedicated SLAs, and on-premise self-hosted enterprise deployment.Review →

Postman

82/100freemiumexplicit relation

The most popular API platform used by 30M+ developers worldwide. Build, test, and document APIs with collections, environments, automated testing, and team collaboration. Features mock servers, monitoring, API design tools, and a vast public API network. The industry standard for API development workflows from prototyping through production testing and documentation.

Postman operates on a per-user tiered SaaS freemium model. Free plan ($0/mo) supports up to 3 users, basic API client (REST/GraphQL/gRPC/WebSocket), 1,000 Cloud API calls/mo, and 25 Postbot queries. Basic is $14/user/mo billed annually ($19 billed monthly) for unlimited users, 10 collections, and 10k calls. Professional is $29/user/mo billed annually ($39 monthly) offering SAML SSO, 100k calls, private workspaces, and Postbot AI. Enterprise is $49/user/mo billed annually featuring advanced API Governance, SCIM provisioning, private domains, SOC 2 Type II, and 250k+ calls.Review →

Insomnia

open sourcefreemiumexplicit relation

Open-source API client by Kong for designing, debugging, and testing REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSocket APIs. Features a clean interface with environment variables, authentication helpers, code generation, cookie management, and response timeline. Supports OpenAPI and Swagger specs for design-first workflows. Git Sync for version-controlled API collections. Available on macOS, Windows, and Linux. A popular alternative to Postman with stronger focus on privacy and local-first usage.

Open-source multi-protocol API design and testing platform by Kong (Apache-2.0). Community edition is 100% free with local offline vault, multi-protocol testing (REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket), OpenAPI linting, Inso CLI, and Git Sync. Cloud Free offers $0/mo for 1 user and 1 collection. Individual plan is $5/mo with unlimited cloud projects. Team plan is $12/user/mo with real-time team collaboration and Kong Konnect integration; Enterprise provides SSO/SAML, SCIM, and enterprise SLAs.

Yaak

open sourcefreemiumexplicit relation

Yaak is an API client built by the original creator of Insomnia, designed with Git-friendly file storage from the ground up. API requests, environments, and collections are stored as human-readable files that version control naturally alongside application code. Supports REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSocket with a clean, keyboard-driven interface focused on developer productivity.

Freemium and open source under the MIT license. Yaak is free ($0) for personal, non-commercial use and fully open source to build from source. For commercial and professional use of official prebuilt binaries, a commercial license is available at $50/year per seat, featuring a lifetime fallback license upon subscription cancellation.

HTTPie

open sourcefreemiumexplicit relation

User-friendly CLI HTTP client for testing and debugging APIs with intuitive syntax, colorized output, and JSON highlighting. Simpler than curl with sensible defaults — auto JSON formatting, persistent sessions, and auth helpers. Also available as HTTPie Desktop (GUI) and HTTPie for Web (browser-based). Supports HTTPS, proxies, file uploads, and plugins. 34K+ GitHub stars. The developer-friendly curl alternative for API work.

User-friendly API testing and HTTP client suite with open-source CLI (BSD-3-Clause). Community CLI is 100% free with formatted outputs and session persistence. Web & Desktop Free plan offers $0/mo with unlimited personal requests, local collections, and offline mode. Team plan is $8/user/mo with real-time shared workspaces, synced environment secrets, and shared history; Enterprise provides SSO/SAML, audit logs, and custom SLAs via custom quote.

Open-source Bruno alternatives

Hoppscotch, Insomnia, Yaak, HTTPie — see all open-source developer tools.

Free Bruno alternatives

Hoppscotch, Postman, Insomnia, Yaak, HTTPie offer a free plan or free tier.

More Productivity & Workflow tools

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Grok BotGrok Bot is SpaceXAI's beta workspace for persistent AI teammates that use apps, websites, files, terminals, plugins, and MCP on a user-scoped cloud computer. Bots can learn routines, coordinate in parallel, and, when enabled by team policy, launch Cursor Cloud Agents that work on code in isolated environments and return pull requests and verification artifacts.RaycastBlazingly fast, extensible productivity launcher for macOS that replaces Spotlight and serves as a keyboard-driven command center. Includes instant app launching, clipboard history, snippet management, window management, calculator, and a built-in AI chat with multiple models. Extension store with 1,000+ community integrations (GitHub, Jira, Linear, Docker). Script commands for shell automation, plus a React/TypeScript API for custom extensions.LinearFast, opinionated project management for software teams with a keyboard-first interface, cycles, roadmaps, and deep GitHub/GitLab integration. Used by Vercel, Anthropic, and Coinbase. The modern Jira alternative that engineering teams actually enjoy using, with a clean design and responsive UI that makes issue tracking feel effortless rather than burdensome.ObsidianKnowledge management app based on local Markdown files with powerful linking and graph visualization. Bidirectional links, graph view, canvas for spatial thinking, templates, daily notes, and 5,000+ community plugins. All data is stored as plain .md files with no vendor lock-in. Custom themes, Vim mode, and Dataview support database-like queries. Sync and Publish are paid add-ons; the core app remains free for personal use.ZapierThe most popular no-code automation platform connecting 9,000+ apps and app connections to automate workflows without writing code. Features multi-step Zaps with conditional logic, AI Copilot for natural language workflow creation, Tables, Forms, and MCP integration for AI orchestration. Task-based pricing with a free tier at 100 tasks/month. Used by businesses from solo operators to enterprise teams for eliminating repetitive work across their software stack.AppsmithAppsmith is an open-source low-code platform for building internal tools, admin panels, and dashboards. Drag-and-drop UI builder with 45+ widgets, connects to any database or API. Supports JavaScript for custom logic. Self-hostable alternative to Retool with 35K+ GitHub stars.OpenWikiOpenWiki is LangChain’s open-source CLI for generating and maintaining an agent-focused wiki inside a codebase. It can create an openwiki/ documentation folder, update it from repository changes, add guidance to AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md, and run via an interactive CLI or daily GitHub Action so coding agents have durable context without stuffing every detail into prompts.Agent OrchestratorAgent Orchestrator manages fleets of parallel AI coding agents, each working in isolated git worktrees. It handles CI failures, code review comments, and pull request coordination while keeping humans involved for judgment calls. The current canonical repository is maintained under Untrivial AI.JeanJean is an open-source desktop dev environment for AI agents from coolLabs (the team behind Coolify). It runs multiple coding agents — Claude Code, Codex, and others — in parallel inside isolated git worktrees, each with its own chat session and terminal. Magic git commands handle commits, PR descriptions, code reviews, and merge conflicts with AI assistance, while built-in Linear and GitHub integrations load issue context into every session.

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FAQ

Which Bruno alternative is listed first?

Hoppscotch is first in the editor-selected list of 5 Bruno alternatives and carries an editorial review score of 76/100. The stored order is editorial; review scores do not determine membership or position.

Are there open-source Bruno alternatives?

Yes — Hoppscotch, Insomnia, Yaak, and more are open source.

Are there free Bruno alternatives?

Yes — Hoppscotch, Postman, Insomnia, and more offer a free plan or free tier.