Ask HN: Alternatives to Insomnia?

14 points by nzach 2y ago ↗ HN

Given the recent update[0] pushed by the Insomnia team I am now looking for alternatives.

For now the best alternative I've found is Bruno[1]. But sadly it does not support gRPC.

Does anyone have a better solution?

These are some options I've looked into:

- https://hoppscotch.io/

- https://hurl.dev/

- https://recipeui.com/

- https://kreya.app/

- https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox

[0] - https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/issues/6585

[1] - https://github.com/usebruno/bruno

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archibaldJ 2y ago ↗

I'm going to start maintaining Insomnium, a fork of Insomnia that is designed to be 100% local: https://github.com/ArchGPT/insomnium

jicea 2y ago ↗

Hi maintainer of Hurl [1] here, I'll be happy to answer any question!

If you're looking for a tool with a nice UI, Hurl might not be the ideal choice. We're focusing our tool on CLI usage and CI/CD integration.

On the other side, Hurl is a pure Open Source tool, we're not VC backed. The tool is given to the community by a big French telco Orange, which use it and has no intention to be in the software business. In a word, there is less chance for Hurl to fell into Postman or Insomnia fate.

[1]: https://hurl.dev

gatinsama 2y ago ↗

What's not to love about Bruno. Just read this:

Bruno - Opensource, Sustainability, Privacy, Freedom and Incentives https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/269