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Insomnia vs Bruno: catalog facts
Insomnia	Bruno
Freemium Free to use, with a free account unlocking most features. Kong sells paid plans for teams…	Freemium Most features are free and open source under the MIT licence. Paid editions add features…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets and Server-Sent Events in one client Local Vault and Git Sync mean the cloud is optional	Collections are plain files, so Git does the versioning and sharing Offline only, with the project committing to never adding cloud sync
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	Some team features are paid The Bru markup is a format specific to Bruno
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
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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