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bruno
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π οΈNon-AI Open Source Projects that are π₯
Bruno is a Git-friendly API client. Feature-wise, what makes it stand out from other popular GUI API clients out there is that Bruno stores your collections directly in a folder on your filesystem and it's a desktop app made for offline use.
- What happens when an HTTP client raises $225M at a $5.6B valuation
- FLaNK AI for 11 March 2024
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When 'open core' projects reject contributions for competing with the EE
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39653718 https://www.usebruno.com/
Good timing to find alternatives.
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Bruno
Especially once a VC gets into the fold.
We will never take VC funding. We received around 10 inbound reach outs from VCs till date and have denied funding from all of them. We will remain independent and I have written about it in detail here https://www.usebruno.com/blog/bootstrapping
> I didn't stick with Bruno. I think it was due to not having an equivalent to Postman's pre-request scripts.
Bruno has come a long way, we support pre-request scripts and a lot more
> But can it handle oauth2? I had to write a httpie script recently just to test an oauth2 api.
We have released oauth2 support, some rough edges are being polished
> Good thing it's open source. Money being involved, I don't have long term hopes for it's openness.
I understand this is a hard problem. We are fully bootstrapped and independent. We earn money via selling the Golden Edition. We will build more developer products in the long term, and the goal is to make even the golden edition features also open source in the future. In the unlikely case of me going dark (dead/incapacitated to lead the project), I have instructed our small team (2 FT employees) and my family to release our golden edition features too to the community as opensource. I am committed to this cause.
Some good links where I have discussed about opensource, freedom and monetization
- https://www.usebruno.com/blog/bootstrapping
- https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/269
If you'd like to pre-order the golden edition: https://www.usebruno.com/pricing
Thank you for all the love and kind words, HN!
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Ask HN: What Underrated Open Source Project Deserves More Recognition?
Have you heard of the Bruno project? It's an open-source alternative to subscription-based API testing applications like Postman and Insomnia. It's gaining popularity and deserves more attention. Plus, since it's open-source, users can enjoy full privacy. Check it out at https://github.com/usebruno/bruno.
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Tools that Make Me Productive as a Software Engineer
Now, I'm looking at trying Bruno, a new tool I heard about. Bruno has all the features you'd want, like support for websockets. What's great about Bruno is it only costs $19 for a one-time payment, which seems like a good deal. I want to see how well it works for me and if it's as good as it sounds. I'm excited to try it out and maybe talk about it later.
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15 open-source tools to elevate your software design workflow
In contrast to Postman, Bruno aims to be an offline-first API client which stores requests in a local folder. You can still collaborate using Git, but everything else happens on your machine. Bruno turns out to be a great solution when you just want to run HTTP requests. It supports a lot of features you might know from Postman or Insomnia (set environment variables, several authentication methods, and scripted tests, to name a few). Looking at the roadmap, the amount of these is only going to increase.
- Bruno: Re-Inventing the API Client
- Bruno is a Fast and Git-Friendly open source API client
insomnium
- Ask HN: Alternatives to Postman?
- What do you use insomnia or postman and why ?
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Insomnia REST client updated to require signup to use
A previous post linked to a privacy-focused fork of Insomnia known as Insomnium here: https://github.com/ArchGPT/insomnium
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HTTPie Desktop: cross-platform API testing client for humans
https://github.com/ArchGPT/insomnium - and soon with local llm support
disclaimer: I'm the maintainer and my day job is fine-tuning llm
p.s. I will always keep insomnium 100% local & FOSS
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Tell HN: Postman just wiped all my stuff
Iβd like to recommend Insomnium, a 100% local-first Insomnia fork. https://archgpt.dev/insomnium
- Insomnium β Local, privacy-focused fork of Insomnia API client
- Show HN: Insomnium β 100% local and privacy-focus fork of Insomnia API client
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Ask HN: How do you manage API collections using cURL?
https://github.com/ArchGPT/insomnium
(IDK if it meets all your reqs, but check it out)
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Bruno: Open-Source IDE for Exploring and Testing APIs
There's also the recent fork of Insomnia, here:
https://github.com/ArchGPT/insomnium
and discussed here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37708582
What are some alternatives?
Postwoman - π½ Open source API development ecosystem - https://hoppscotch.io
insomnia - The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.
awesome-api-clients - List of awesome API clients. Postman and Insomnia alternatives
Restfox - Offline-First Minimalistic HTTP & Socket Testing Client for the Web & Desktop
httpie - π₯§ HTTPie CLI β modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more.
RecipeUI - Discover, test, and share APIs in seconds
milkman - An Extensible Request/Response Workbench
apidash - API Dash is a beautiful open-source cross-platform API Client built using Flutter which can help you easily create & customize your API requests, visually inspect responses and generate API integration code. A lightweight alternative to postman/insomnia.
Kreya - Kreya is a GUI client for REST and gRPC with innovative features for environments, authorizations and more.
fetchbook - Run and test your HTTP requests. Git friendly, 100% local.