Bruno Has a Free API Client — Git-Friendly Postman Alternative That Stores Requests as Files

Bruno is an offline-first, open-source API client that stores collections as files on your filesystem.

What You Get for Free

• Git-friendly — requests stored as plain text files (.bru format)
• No cloud — everything local, no account required
• REST & GraphQL — full support for both
• Scripting — pre-request and post-request JavaScript
• Environments — manage variables per environment
• Collection runner — run all requests in sequence
• CLI — run collections in CI/CD pipelines
• Import — from Postman, Insomnia, OpenAPI

Quick Start

# Install: brew install bruno or download from usebruno.com
# Create collection → requests saved as .bru files → commit to git

Why Developers Choose It

Postman forces cloud sync. Insomnia went commercial:

• Files on disk — version control your API collections with git
• No account — start immediately, no sign-up
• Offline — works without internet

A team stored Postman collections in cloud but couldn't diff changes or review API updates in PRs. With Bruno, every API request is a file — PRs show exactly what changed in the API contract.

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