Bruno earns strong praise for speed, simplicity, and a local-first workflow that avoids cloud lock-in and subscriptions. Reviewers highlight Git-native versioning, readable text/JSON collections, and easy environment and secrets management as everyday productivity wins. Many say it replaced Postman/Insomnia, valuing offline use and straightforward UI over heavier feature bloat. Makers of
commend Bruno’s intuitive API exploration and seamless integrations, noting it accelerates developer workflows without upsell friction. Some note the UI is less advanced than competitors, but reliability, openness, and Git-as-source-of-truth win out.
I appreciate Git integration for APIs! 👍
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@shenjun Absolutely - it feels like the only way it should be!
Originally used Postman, but after the cloud push, I left it behind. I've tried insomnia, rapidApi (Paw), and others, but bruno's simplicity and focus on local devs won me over and it's the go-to HTTP client for me now. I use it on both Windows and Mac, and it works great in both places.
As someone has already mentioned, the interface is not as advanced as some of the other tools, but in functionality it covers the essentials of what I need and what it's missing is only minor things. I've been using Bruno for a while now, and it's continued to improve since I first started using it, so I'm perfectly content to continue using Bruno for my daily workflows.
Thank you to the developers for making a tool that's actually what the community wants instead of focusing only on what makes the most money.
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@crossbound Thanks, David! Your feedback means a lot. I also see your comments in the reply above and will put some notes in there. All valid points.
Bruno is the best...I used to hate Postman...so when Bruno came along, I just hated Postman even more 😅 Bruno rules! 💪🏻 Best tool I used so far 🤩
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@alvaro_tejada - Thanks, Alvaro!! Anything you'd want to see put into the product to make it even better?
@real_ryan_reynolds Can't think of anything right now 🤔 Bruno is great the way it is 🤩 But will for sure drop whenever I have something in mind 🤓
Long-time user here. And I have to say, I'm pretty happy with all the features Bruno offers, especially code generation.
Congrats on the launch!
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@chuckchen - Thanks, Chuck!
Novu
Finally an API client prioritising an actual developer experience without the bloat! Looks promising!
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@adamchmara Thanks Adam! Give us a try and let us know what you think!
Bilanc
love bruno - super lightweight!!
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@0x_s13i Thanks for the support, Samuel! Anything you'd like to see improved/changed?