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Insomnia vs HTTPie for Desktop: catalog facts
Insomnia	HTTPie for Desktop
Freemium Free to use, with a free account unlocking most features. Kong sells paid plans for teams…	Free Usable without an account during the public beta; no price is listed.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web
REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets and Server-Sent Events in one client Local Vault and Git Sync mean the cloud is optional	Works offline and without an account Collections, environments and variables for organising requests
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	Still labelled as a public beta Unlike the HTTPie terminal tool, the desktop app is not presented as open source
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
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 October 1, 2026

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