Bruno vs HTTPie

Comparing two open source alternatives to Postman . Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Bruno

MIT

Opensource IDE For Exploring and Testing API's (lightweight alternative to Postman/Insomnia)

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HTTPie

BSD-3-Clause license

🚀 HTTPie Desktop — cross-platform API testing client for humans. Painlessly test REST, GraphQL, and HTTP APIs.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Bruno	HTTPie
License	MIT	BSD-3-Clause license
Self-hostable	No	Yes
GitHub Stars	42,332	37,776
Forks	2,247	3,841
Open Issues	1,778	259
Last Commit	Mar 28, 2026	Dec 17, 2024
First Released	Sep 27, 2022	Feb 25, 2012
Categories	API Development & Testing Tools	API Development & Testing Tools
Tags	#API #rest #http client #api client #openapi	#API #api client #http client

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