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Bruno vs Advanced REST Client: catalog facts
Bruno	Advanced REST Client
Freemium Most features are free and open source under the MIT licence. Paid editions add features…	Free Free to download; the source is published on GitHub.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS
Collections are plain files, so Git does the versioning and sharing Offline only, with the project committing to never adding cloud sync	Dedicated desktop app for manual HTTP and REST testing Source code is public and the repository is still active
Some team features are paid The Bru markup is a format specific to Bruno	No releases published on the GitHub releases page License is not clearly identified in the repository metadata
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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