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Bruno vs Insomnia: catalog facts
Bruno	Insomnia
Freemium Most features are free and open source under the MIT licence. Paid editions add features…	Freemium Free to use, with a free account unlocking most features. Kong sells paid plans for teams…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Collections are plain files, so Git does the versioning and sharing Offline only, with the project committing to never adding cloud sync	REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets and Server-Sent Events in one client Local Vault and Git Sync mean the cloud is optional
Some team features are paid The Bru markup is a format specific to Bruno	Most features expect an account, even though a Scratch Pad works without one The 2023 move to account-first storage cost it a lot of goodwill
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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