usebruno/bruno on Hacker News

…to it. One of my tools, bruno, was impacted but seems to be limited to cli via npm install [1] [1] https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/security/advisories/GHSA-6...

comment by xyst · 2026-03-31 · in Axios compromised on NPM – Malicious versions drop remote access trojan

…) is a programming language for edge-based IoT applications. - Bruno ( https://github.com/usebruno/bruno ) is an open source IDE for exploring and testing APIs. It has also been used in a number of projects by Ink & Switch ( http

comment by pdubroy · 2026-03-30 · in Ohm's Peg-to-WASM Compiler

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RFC: OpenCollection YAML Specification

story by jicea · 2026-01-06 · 0 comments

…[2]: https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/issues/10649 [3]: https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/issues/6515

comment by JazCE · 2026-01-04 · in Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time

have you tried this one: https://github.com/usebruno/bruno

comment by allenleee · 2025-12-22 · in Ask HN: What developer tool do you wish existed in 2026?

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story by jicea · 2025-12-19 · 0 comments

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Open Source IDE for Exploring and Testing API's (Postman/Insomnia Alternative)

story by lastdong · 2025-08-06 · 1 comment

…a lot of what postman does, and more than that you can even import your postman collections. [0] : https://github.com/usebruno/bruno

comment by az09mugen · 2025-05-16 · in Postman is logging all your secrets and environment variables

For an example usecase, the Bruno API client uses Ohm to parse its .bru API spec files https://github.com/usebruno/bruno

comment by jbreckmckye · 2025-02-12 · in Ohm: A user-friendly parsing toolkit for JavaScript and TypeScript

…value your data privacy and believe it should stay on your device. Read our long-term vision here < https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/269 >. I glanced over that github discussion and don't see where they've gone back on that…

comment by natebc · 2025-02-01 · in Hoppscotch: Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia

https://github.com/usebruno/bruno has the source code. It's a node app so i guess by binary you mean a way to run it without the normal electron wrapper? You should be able to run it standalone though i've never tried it outside it's…

comment by natebc · 2025-02-01 · in Hoppscotch: Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia

Also Bruno https://github.com/usebruno/bruno I believe both Bruno and Hoppscotch are "open core" with expensive paid plans for additional/enterprise functionality, and they limit community-contributed functionality in the open source…

comment by kbutler · 2025-02-01 · in Hoppscotch: Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia

The industry has largely moved to [Bruno]( https://github.com/usebruno/bruno )

comment by DrBenCarson · 2025-02-01 · in Hoppscotch: Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia

…are hosting their entire API knowledge base in a third party server instead of their git repo... https://github.com/usebruno/bruno

comment by bearjaws · 2024-10-14 · in Huly – Open-source project management platform

Yeah, never understood the charm of it either. My favorite is Bruno ( https://github.com/usebruno/bruno ), one can even commit its text-based files to version control. Insomnia is probably better but had a major fiasco last year -…

comment by ashishb · 2024-10-13 · in The Indian startup bubble is insane

https://github.com/usebruno/bruno would be a better comparison.

comment by hu3 · 2024-09-11 · in Yaak is now open source

…was a deal-breaker wether to use it at work. We opted for Bruno[1], which is local-only [1] https://github.com/usebruno/bruno

comment by vladde · 2024-08-01 · in Insomnium (offline-only fork of Insomnia) is dead

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Why replacing Postman for Bruno saved my company millions (really)

story by Letmetest · 2024-05-20 · 3 comments

…the environment variable interpolation in body fix [1] to merge before switching over to it. [1] https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/pull/1217

comment by max23_ · 2024-03-11 · in Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

…about opensource, freedom and monetization - https://www.usebruno.com/blog/bootstrapping - https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/269 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bSMFpbcPiY We are also working on standardizing and improving…

comment by helloanoop · 2024-03-10 · in Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

There is reason they didn’t go with YAML like syntax the author talks about it extensively here https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/360

comment by manquer · 2024-03-10 · in Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

I've had my eye on Bruno for a while but this issue with path parameters is somewhat annoying. https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/pull/484

comment by zikohh · 2024-03-09 · in Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

…the whole insomnia thing happened, where the dev points out how he aims to not go the same route https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/269

comment by bennyp101 · 2024-03-09 · in Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

Bruno https://www.usebruno.com/ https://github.com/usebruno/bruno Alternative to postman, that's fully local and syncs to git easily. Unlike hoppskotch and insomnia that are free, but offer paid sync, Bruno just works in git. Unlike…

comment by shp0ngle · 2024-03-08 · in Ask HN: What underrated open source project deserves more recognition?

…Github: https://github.com/brulang/bru-lang Bruno: Website: https://www.usebruno.com/ Github: https://github.com/usebruno/bruno

comment by helloanoop · 2024-01-23

Have you heard of Bruno, a similar open source project also with no cloud accounts? https://github.com/usebruno/bruno How is yours different? Was there something in Bruno you didn't like?

comment by solardev · 2023-12-03 · in Show HN: HTTP/WebSocket/GraphQL/gRPC desktop client without the need of login

You can try bruno - https://github.com/usebruno/bruno .

comment by hiyer · 2023-10-09 · in HTTPie Desktop: cross-platform API testing client for humans

…good up and coming candidate. Found about this one after all the insomnia drama a couple weeks ago https://github.com/usebruno/bruno

comment by sphars · 2023-10-09 · in HTTPie Desktop: cross-platform API testing client for humans

…compared to other Electron apps if you mean lightweight compared to other Electron apps.[2] [1] https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/issues/337 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37697206

comment by pseudalopex · 2023-10-08 · in Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account

…Checkout things that you can do in scripting in Bruno which no other client does - https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/385 You'll love it.

comment by helloanoop · 2023-10-07 · in Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account

…On cookies, we are building UI support, meanwhile you can use scripting workaround described here https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/385#discussion...

comment by helloanoop · 2023-10-07 · in Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account

Try Bruno - https://github.com/usebruno/bruno - Free and Opensource IDE for exploring and testing APIs - It is lightweight with MIT license - Bruno stores your collections directly in a folder on your filesystem - Use git for collaboration…

comment by helloanoop · 2023-10-06 · in Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account

…with postman and insomnia: https://github.com/4lejandrito/fetchbook I really liked Bruno ( https://github.com/usebruno/bruno ) but I prefer the flexibility of a real language like typescript and the Request Web API standard.

comment by 4lejandrito · 2023-10-06 · in Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account

…VC funding and promises to stay away from it. So it should not suffer from enshittification. See https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/269

comment by redox99 · 2023-10-06 · in Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account

I have found Bruno ( https://github.com/usebruno/bruno ) to be a decent basic alternative with a nice bonus of being version control friendly, keep in mind that it's fresh and relatively unpolished though - for instance it doesn't ask you…

comment by isbvhodnvemrwvn · 2023-10-06 · in Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account

…about Bruno. Just read this: Bruno - Opensource, Sustainability, Privacy, Freedom and Incentives https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/269

comment by gatinsama · 2023-10-06 · in Ask HN: Alternatives to Insomnia?

checkout this github discussion: https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/360

comment by helloanoop · 2023-10-04 · in Insomnia REST client now requires an account

…It's really hard to do this in opensource. I hope Bruno can do that. I penned some thoughts here: https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/269

comment by helloanoop · 2023-10-03 · in Bruno – Opensource, sustainability, privacy, freedom and incentives

…opensource sustainability, the early days and the future plans of Bruno in this discussion thread: https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/269

comment by helloanoop · 2023-10-02 · in Bruno: Open-Source IDE for Exploring and Testing APIs

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story by ushakov · 2023-10-01 · 27 comments

Here is how we avoid that in v1.0.0 I have penned down some thoughts: https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/269 Would love you to hear your thoughts and perspectives.

comment by helloanoop · 2023-10-01 · in Insomnia REST client now requires an account

I tracked this through the code. Telemetry is set up here: https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/blob/main/packages/bruno-a... It uses next.js config which is here: https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/blob/main/packages/bruno-a... I don't know…

comment by isbvhodnvemrwvn · 2023-09-30 · in Insomnia REST client now requires an account

…task that I am working on. Glad to see that some folks use scripts and directly implement oauth2 https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/issues/178 Many users are surprised when they find this capabilty, It opens up a lot of possibilities -…

comment by helloanoop · 2023-09-30 · in Insomnia REST client now requires an account

It's actually been up for almost a year, but many issues are not de-duplicated: https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/issues/81

comment by isbvhodnvemrwvn · 2023-09-30 · in Insomnia REST client now requires an account

…Hurl and Step CI for automated testing Restfox: https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox Bruno: https://github.com/usebruno/bruno ezy: https://github.com/getezy/ezy Step CI: https://github.com/stepci/stepci Hurl:…

comment by typosaur · 2023-09-29 · in Insomnium – Local, privacy-focused fork of Insomnia API client

https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/issues/251

comment by PH95VuimJjqBqy · 2023-09-29 · in Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Bruno: Open-Source IDE for Exploring and Testing APIs

story by thunderbong · 2023-09-29 · 17 comments

https://github.com/usebruno/bruno , https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch , https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox If you want a more minimal solution/CLI https://github.com/httpie/cli and https://github.com/ducaale/xh work

comment by byyll · 2023-09-28 · in Insomnia REST client now requires an account

I see. If you don't mind, can you post an issue here on our github tracker - https://github.com/usebruno/bruno and any screenshots of the issue > if you rename a collection with existing requests in it I am assuming you are renaming…

comment by helloanoop · 2023-09-28 · in Insomnia REST client now requires an account

Try Bruno - https://github.com/usebruno/bruno - Free and Opensource IDE for exploring and testing APIs - It is lightweight with MIT license - Bruno stores your collections directly in a folder on your filesystem - Use git for collaboration…

comment by helloanoop · 2023-09-28 · in Insomnia wiped all user data, forcing users to use their cloud