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REST Client for VS Code vs Bruno: catalog facts
REST Client for VS Code	Bruno
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Freemium Most features are free and open source under the MIT licence. Paid editions add features…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Requests stored as plain text .http files Responses shown directly in the editor	Collections are plain files, so Git does the versioning and sharing Offline only, with the project committing to never adding cloud sync
Requires Visual Studio Code Focused on HTTP requests rather than full API test suites	Some team features are paid The Bru markup is a format specific to Bruno
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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