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Scalar API Client vs Bruno: catalog facts
Scalar API Client	Bruno
Freemium The open-source client is free; the wider Scalar platform has commercial offerings.	Freemium Most features are free and open source under the MIT licence. Paid editions add features…
Web	Windows, macOS, Linux
Understands OpenAPI descriptions Open source on GitHub	Collections are plain files, so Git does the versioning and sharing Offline only, with the project committing to never adding cloud sync
The website focuses on the commercial docs and SDK platform rather than the client Most useful when an OpenAPI description exists	Some team features are paid The Bru markup is a format specific to Bruno
Web application	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is 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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