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Bruno

Open-source IDE for API exploration with git-friendly collections

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Overview

What Bruno does

Bruno is a lightweight, open-source IDE for API exploration that stores collections in plain text format compatible with git. It provides fast API testing with environment management and scripting.

What people use it for

  • Sending and testing HTTP requests from a local client
  • Keeping API collections in Git rather than a vendor cloud
  • Offline API development without an account
  • Importing and syncing OpenAPI specifications

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The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Bruno.

  • Native Git integration, the feature that distinguishes it from cloud API clients, is Pro only at $6 per user per month
  • OpenAPI syncs are capped at 5 a month on the free tier
  • SSO, SCIM and user management require Ultimate at $11 per user per month
  • Private workspaces are a paid feature
  • Advertised prices are annual rates

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Pricing

What Bruno costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Open Source

Free

  • Full IDE features
  • Git integration
  • Local storage

Capabilities

Features

  • API Testing

    API Testing capability

  • Environment management

    Environment management capability

  • Git-friendly storage

    Git-friendly storage capability

  • GitHub

    Integration with GitHub

  • Git repositories

    Integration with Git repositories

  • Local file system

    Integration with Local file system

  • Windows support

    Available on Windows

  • MacOS support

    Available on macOS

  • Linux support

    Available on Linux

Behind it

Who makes Bruno

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Bruno
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