Bruno
Bruno is an open-source IDE developed to explore and test API. It stores the request information directly in the file system with the Bru markup language in plain text format. It runs completely offline and supports Git usage for version control.
Bruno
100usebruno · Testing & QA
Alternative to (project's own claim): Postman, Insomnia
Common commercial products in this category: BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, TestRail
- You can store API collections directly on your file system.
- Using git, you can work as a team on API collections.
- You can test API on Mac, Windows and Linux platforms.
- • High number of open issues (1,954)
- • NeutralHacker News
Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)
“Bruno/Postman is basically curl + a filesystem + git + jq + make. If you're really comfortable with all those tools, you won't understand Postman because you'll say "why don't people just chain all these tools together?". It's like the famous hn comment on dropbox, "why don't…”
- ↓ NegativeHacker News
Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)
“IDEs such as JetBrains Rider and Visual Studio offer a .http file feature for making HTTP requests, reducing the necessity of tools like Postman and Bruno, particularly for basic scenarios. Regardless, I'm happy to see Bruno as an alternative. I don't often need to test HTTP…”
Verified against README · Oct 26, 2026 · source