The Git-native API client

Executive Director, Software Engineering · Wells Fargo

Bruno is an open-source API client that's lightweight, blazing fast, and completely local-first. No cloud sync, no hidden costs just pure simplicity and control... If you're tired of heavy, cloud-based API clients and want something lean, secure, and developer-friendly, Bruno might be the perfect fit for you.

Juan Marín

@juanmarin_co

Switched from Postman to @use_bruno and I'm not going back. Collections are plain text files in Git. No cloud accounts. No per-user licensing fees. Your entire team can use it. 🔥 Open-source API client that finally gets it right

Dec 5, 2025

Krishna Tangirala

Principal Engineer · Freddie Mac

I have been using Bruno for over a year now and it is pretty good. It is a good alternative to Postman (it also has a feature for importing your existing Postman collections to Bruno). Go check it out!

Junzo

@no_diggit

Bruno feels perfect concept for me. define easier than Swagger. test easier than Postman. share definitions with git repo. that is all i needed.

Dec 23, 2025

Glen Polo

alecgregoryon Feb 19, 2026The docs page for variables is fantastic! The diagram showed me exactly the info I was looking for right away and the supporting textual info is great too. I know git is usually used for 'issues' but why not some positive feedback too?

I've been sharing with all of my engineering colleagues and have introduced the tool into every team I've led. The tool takes over afterwards. Adoption increases naturally by just being good, simple, secure, feature rich... I've been able to do things in minutes now, which used to take hours/days before.

NovaFuture

@novafuturian

Stability and crash fixes are often the most important updates for a daily driver. It is great to see the team prioritizing the core user experience over just adding new features.

Jan 3, 2026

David Legrand

@davlgd

Congrats! New UI, Inbuilt Terminal, Git and Workspaces are game changer. Keep up the good work 💪

Jan 5, 2026

Alvaro Ignacio

@GavilanPatagon

Bruno is a lightweight and fully local alternative for Postman. Really nice!

Jan 7, 2026

Emil Privér

@emil_priver

I've started to use @use_bruno more and more. I really like that you can store the API schema as a folder within the project and it's really good as well I am not using it for querying the prod apis but for local dev is it really nice

Jan 22, 2026

Priyank Mishra

@mishra_priyank

You don't need @getpostman anymore. @use_bruno is free, offline, and stores collections as git files. I pointed Claude Code at our backend and it: → Scanned every route file → Created 121 .bru requests across 17 collections → Set up dev + sandbox environments

Nathan Luxford

CEO & Founder · Best Solution IT

The machines are just catching up, but we always knew! Bruno is the best in-class API client because it's Git friendly and open source first.

Yahya

@abscheik

@use_bruno is absolutely incredible! i should have done this a long time ago

Mar 9, 2026

Bastian Saß

dbPietahon May 25, 2026What an absolute breath of fresh air after trying to work with Postman and Insomnia's bloated AI & cloud first shenanigans. I introduced it to other developers and analysts at work and they were giddy to adopt it. Love from Belgium.

Match made in heaven: In case you're dealing with any kind of API development in Claude you should definitely have a look at Bruno for maintaining your API collection. Bruno stores the API collections as text files locally, by which it can be part of your code repository easily.

Ace

@vikings_ace

start fast, organize later is such a good product principle. most tools get the order wrong and force structure before you even know what you're building

Mar 24, 2026

Julian Somesan

@juliansomesan

Bruno joins our tool stack as our de facto API client. Its benefits, from the offline work, to its performance, outweigh the effort needed to learn its UI.

Mar 26, 2026

Jan-Henrik Damaschke

@JanDamaschke

When postman went rogue and you couldn't really use it anymore I switched to Insomnia a long while back. But for over a year now I am using @use_bruno and I am super satisfied with the whole experience! Compared to postman they understand what is important to users.

Mar 28, 2026

dm-fnxson Jun 24, 2026Works for my cases like a charm! Just copied the auth over and it was running. Thanks a lot, now I can finally delete Postman from my system.

Quality Kickstart

@QKickstart

My favorite API testing tool is @use_bruno. It has two key advantages over Postman: 1) No account is needed to save and share requests 2) Bruno requests are saved in separate files rather than a collection with thousands of lines of JSON

May 22, 2026

Divyesh Voriya

Frontend Developer · Potenz Technology Private Limited

At first, I thought, "Another API testing tool?" But after spending some time with it, I realized why developers are talking about it... One thing that stood out to me is that your API collections are saved as plain text files, making version control much easier compared to traditional approaches. If you're a developer who regularly works with APIs, Bruno is definitely worth checking out.

Samian

@ApplyWiseAi

bruno keeps shipping surprises. an AI-native API client is a fun direction

Jul 2, 2026

Some tools are interesting because they add more features. Others are interesting because they remove a lot of nonsense. Bruno feels like the second type. It's an open-source API client that takes a very simple but powerful approach... Your API collections live as files in your project, versioned with Git, readable, reviewable, and shareable. Simple.

Swupel e.U.

@swupel

For those asking Bruno vs. Postman Basically Bruno offers better UI and integrations compared to a traditional post man setup

lordrhodoson Oct 20, 2025Just finished migrating myself. What a pleasing experience 🎉 ❤️

LePenseur

@LePenseurNoir

I love Bruno ! I use it everyday !

Nov 22, 2025

Hamza Afridi

@hamzazafridi

@use_bruno is class! Love its git-friendly project structure!

Nov 28, 2025

Digital Nomad

@returntodustyou

@use_bruno, it's open sourced, can save everything locally as plaintext files, git friendly (.bru), super lightweight, runnable js script support, has great learning curve for beginners

Maxwell Weru

@maxwellweru

Love using @use_bruno for privacy (separate .env files and environments), for versioning with git, and being integrated inside @code

Bruno has released the foundation for some very usable sandboxes that you can use to test your APIs, but also automate and integrate using agents.

Adam Hawley

@_adamjhawley

Recently swapped postman out for @use_bruno and haven’t looked back since they added WebSocket support

Dec 29, 2025

Engineering Team Lead (QA) · Sage

we chose Bruno for exactly this reason…privacy. such a great tool! highly recommend!

Metro

@ibrahimraimi_

Found a new API Client @use_bruno and I am loving it.

Feb 11, 2026

Feroz Ally

laurensdcon Feb 4, 2026I liked Bruno. Then I read this. Now I love Bruno.

Simply brilliant! Glad we made the switch 👌

Chris

@thawinwats

Try @use_bruno, and you will forget Postman

Jun 19, 2026

Rohit Kashyap

@rohit_jsfreaky

bruno keeps shipping, a local first api client is the vscode of postman moment

Senior Technical Consultant · Perficient

Devesh Mehra

@Iam_DEv22

Yeah bruno is good light weight open source alternative.

Jul 15, 2026

Dave Ashworth

@daveashworth

I just downloaded @use_bruno on Thursday after losing my entire Insomnia API collection after my Mac crashed! Love it.

Thanks! This year, I convinced my org to migrate to @use_bruno from postman. This was the single most demanded feature from my team. They are happy now :)

Nov 21, 2025

Pawan Akre

Executive Director, Software Engineering · Wells Fargo

Principal Engineer · Freddie Mac

Junzo

@no_diggit

Bruno feels perfect concept for me. define easier than Swagger. test easier than Postman. share definitions with git repo. that is all i needed.

Dec 23, 2025

Glen Polo

NovaFuture

@novafuturian

Stability and crash fixes are often the most important updates for a daily driver. It is great to see the team prioritizing the core user experience over just adding new features.

Jan 3, 2026

David Legrand

@davlgd

Congrats! New UI, Inbuilt Terminal, Git and Workspaces are game changer. Keep up the good work 💪

Jan 5, 2026

Alvaro Ignacio

@GavilanPatagon

Bruno is a lightweight and fully local alternative for Postman. Really nice!

CEO & Founder · Best Solution IT

The machines are just catching up, but we always knew! Bruno is the best in-class API client because it's Git friendly and open source first.

Yahya

@abscheik

@use_bruno is absolutely incredible! i should have done this a long time ago

Mar 9, 2026

Bastian Saß

dm-fnxson Jun 24, 2026Works for my cases like a charm! Just copied the auth over and it was running. Thanks a lot, now I can finally delete Postman from my system.

Ace

@vikings_ace

start fast, organize later is such a good product principle. most tools get the order wrong and force structure before you even know what you're building

Mar 24, 2026

Julian Somesan

@juliansomesan

Bruno joins our tool stack as our de facto API client. Its benefits, from the offline work, to its performance, outweigh the effort needed to learn its UI.

Frontend Developer · Potenz Technology Private Limited

Samian

@ApplyWiseAi

bruno keeps shipping surprises. an AI-native API client is a fun direction

Jul 2, 2026

For those asking Bruno vs. Postman Basically Bruno offers better UI and integrations compared to a traditional post man setup

lordrhodoson Oct 20, 2025Just finished migrating myself. What a pleasing experience 🎉 ❤️

LePenseur

@LePenseurNoir

I love Bruno ! I use it everyday !

Nov 22, 2025

Hamza Afridi

@hamzazafridi

@use_bruno is class! Love its git-friendly project structure!

Nov 28, 2025

Digital Nomad

@returntodustyou

@use_bruno, it's open sourced, can save everything locally as plaintext files, git friendly (.bru), super lightweight, runnable js script support, has great learning curve for beginners

Maxwell Weru

@maxwellweru

Love using @use_bruno for privacy (separate .env files and environments), for versioning with git, and being integrated inside @code

Bruno has released the foundation for some very usable sandboxes that you can use to test your APIs, but also automate and integrate using agents.

Adam Hawley

@_adamjhawley

Recently swapped postman out for @use_bruno and haven’t looked back since they added WebSocket support

Dec 29, 2025

Engineering Team Lead (QA) · Sage

we chose Bruno for exactly this reason…privacy. such a great tool! highly recommend!

Metro

@ibrahimraimi_

Found a new API Client @use_bruno and I am loving it.

Feb 11, 2026

Feroz Ally

laurensdcon Feb 4, 2026I liked Bruno. Then I read this. Now I love Bruno.

Simply brilliant! Glad we made the switch 👌

Chris

@thawinwats

Try @use_bruno, and you will forget Postman

Jun 19, 2026

Rohit Kashyap

@rohit_jsfreaky

bruno keeps shipping, a local first api client is the vscode of postman moment

Technical Solutions Expert · Givaudan

Devesh Mehra

@Iam_DEv22

Yeah bruno is good light weight open source alternative.

Jul 15, 2026

Cihan Cinar

9mo ·

You're doing a really good job with Bruno thank you. Honestly the best api client, no bad dream about postman asking me to authenticate for testing an api.

Ludovico Besana

QA Lead · Doctolib

8mo ·

Over the last few months I've been using Bruno more and more, an open source, offline first, truly Git friendly API client. No accounts. No weird syncing. No sensitive data drifting across the cloud. Just plain text files, clean versioning, and real collaboration... Spoiler: once you try it, going back is hard.

Hermes Frangoudis

@hermes_f

I prefer @use_bruno. It also supports importing existing Postman scripts + environments, and does all the conversions for you.

Nov 19, 2025

Phanor Coll

@phanor

I'm not much of a UI kind of guy, but tried Bruno for testing APIs and it works for me, love the local aspect of it. Still, I'm more of httpie/CLI kind of guy. Now, Bruno's CLI got me curious, I'm going to try that next.

Nov 21, 2025

Rituraj

@RituWithAI

Bruno 2.15.0 is a solid upgrade—UX improvements, expanded variable handling, and robust gRPC/OpenAPI support make it a stronger local-first dev tool. The Ctrl/Cmd-click URLs and streaming fixes alone improve daily workflow significantly.

Nov 29, 2025

ViktorNguyennon Dec 25, 2025First of all, thank you for the incredible work on the V3 RC-build! The new UI, categorized tabs, and the inclusion of JS files in the free plan are massive updates that fit perfectly with my current banking project automation. We really appreciate the effort you're putting into this.

Pavan G.

@PavanGayakwad

We moved from postman to @use_bruno. It is working super good for us.

Nathan Luxford

Adrekon Jan 8, 2026The new interface in version v3 is amazing, and the new themes are beautiful. It's much more enjoyable to work with Bruno every day now.

I stumbled upon Bruno, an open-source client built by Anoop M D. I was immediately impressed by the product... Over the last two years, we haven't just used the product; we've partnered with Anoop to help evolve Bruno from a brilliant open-source project into a truly enterprise-ready platform.

Adhithyan Suresh

Full-stack Developer · Coxdo Solutions

Technical Lead · Ludocare

After trying it for the first time, I immediately started liking it. The thing I loved the most is that API requests are stored as files inside your project folder. Each request is just a simple text file, which makes it super easy to manage and share using Git... It's a lightweight API client that doesn't eat a lot of RAM and it's also a really nice Git-native API client.

Jean-Philippe N.

lucascostion Feb 6, 2026Thanks for making request history a free feature! It was the main thing holding me back from recommending Bruno for people starting out. 👏👏

Ça faisait presque 10 ans que j'utilisais Postman... Et je suis tombé sur Bruno. Et franchement… gros coup de cœur. Tu peux l'installer en local. Les collections et environnements sont des fichiers. Versionnés dans notre gitlab self hosted ! Partage ultra simple entre les dev. Une dépendance en moins à un SaaS.

Simon Dürr

@duerrsimon

Claude is already writing all my Bruno files for me 😇 Keep up the great work, awesome tool!

Jan 29, 2026

Samuel Oguntimehin

@samuelOtimehin

We don’t talk about Bruno @use_bruno is actually a pretty decent tool for testing and exploring local APIs, tho

Feb 21, 2026

pkfoxon Feb 25, 2026Well done to all involved with maintaining and developing Bruno, the 3.14 release fixed the .env files problem where process was not being picked up and also the additionalContextRoots in opencollection.yml now works as it should. Give Bruno an extra biscuit.

Ashutosh Khanduala

@ashuvssut

Just read their long term vision. This is best API client i have ever come across. imo, in a few years this would be huge. I love it. my AI agents love the .bru files. I just have to say "convert this .bru file into useXYZTanstackMutation" ✨

Founder / Instructor · Quality Quest Academy

Michał Sroczyński

W ostatnim czasie eksploruję alternatywy. Odkryłem Bruno. Podoba mi się to, że proponuje inne podejście do pracy z API... Bo jeśli requesty i kolekcje żyją w repo, to nagle dużo rzeczy staje się bardziej naturalnych: Wersjonowanie, diffy, review, rollback... Bruno wydaje mi się sygnałem, że API tooling może iść też w tę stronę: local-first, Git-native, bliżej kodu.

Jonas

@JonasDoesThings

OpenAPI Syncing is great! Sending requests without saving/collection is lovely too, I can finally delete all of my forgotten "tmp_xx" requests. thx

Mar 20, 2026

Advanced Application Engineer · Waystar

Masa nowości w kolejnej wersji Bruno! Polecamy. Bardzo konkretny i dynamiczny rozwój tego narzędzia. PS. Jak ktoś nie słyszał to Bruno to fajna alternatywa dla Postman czy Insomnia. Prostsze ale bardziej lokalne i tańsze.

Chad Mallory

Técnico de sistemas (NOC) · Certto Telecom

I'm so glad I made the switch, wrote up company docs on how to migrate, and began showing other team members all of the perks of Bruno compared to every other API explorer. Licensing cost aside, the git repos without relying on "secure" cloud storage is obviously the biggest selling point, but so is the constant improvement with every update.

Eduardo Bombonatto

Rich-Hopkinson Jun 30, 2026I paid for a Bruno license after the first time I used it, because I recognized the value. Hard to believe that was three years ago. The software is solid, and the team is responsive when problems come up. I've been quite happy using Bruno - a definite breath of fresh air after years of Postman.

Larguei o Postman! pois hoje conheci o Bruno — Coleções salvas dentro das minhas pastas usando plain-text markup; não precisa de autenticação; sem limite de coleções; faz requisições direto do meu computador.

Amanda

@Amanda6plj

Great feature! Having full request history in Git is a game-changer for tracking and debugging.

Mar 30, 2026

Neo

@timerringX

After discovering that apifox was hit by a CDN supply chain attack last month, I have been searching for an alternative product. I finally found one today. So drop apifox and use #Bruno. @use_bruno A real agent-friendly API client.

Apr 6, 2026

Daniel Dubbeldam

@ddubbeldam

switched from @getpostman to @use_bruno months ago. best descision i could make: bruno is: - free - easier - better in documentation - faster - in general: better!

Jun 16, 2026

TheRaspyDevon Jul 14, 2026I can confirm that version 3.5.1 doesn't have this bug anymore. Performance and memory consumption is like before. I tested with both Bruno UI and Bruno CLI on my MacBook and native Linux in a Docker container. Thanks for fixing this bug!

Harsh Kharwar

@HarshKharw26262

Bruno is the best ..I have used postman but for m burno works the best

Scrum Master · Digikey Global Capability Center

Amresh Lenka

1mo ·

Been running Bruno for our API test suites for a while now — this AI-assisted test generation in the terminal is a great addition. Scaffolding assertions like this instead of writing them manually is a real time-saver for building out coverage fast.

Joseph Foster

Founder & Developer

1mo ·

Congrats! I value the local-first approach as well. That's the philosophy I used when building Investment Optimization. Keeping users in control of their own data is becoming more important than ever. Great work, and congratulations on the award!

Bradley Stannard

Security Engineer · ComplyAdvantage

10mo ·

Moved to Bruno a while ago and honestly, amazing.

Ollie Bannister

@Olwiba

Bruno is such a joy to use. Thank you

Dec 4, 2025

Gajdasczon Nov 15, 2025Bruno is by far the least intrusive and most promising option currently available.

Robert Dean

@deanrl

I've been gravitating towards @use_bruno, which is more developer-friendly and doesn't require me to store my data in a cloud space I don't control.

Dec 7, 2025

iameddy

@eddyozone

switched from postman to using @use_bruno and i'm loving it, postman is cloud heavy

Dec 26, 2025

kaspervrindon Nov 26, 2025Thanks for creating Bruno. It's a great tool and much better than Postman.

Manmeet Singh

@thatsmanmeet

I have been using @use_bruno for quite some time and it's a great replacement for Postman.

Feb 6, 2026

Slaven Ivić

Software Development Engineer · Autodesk

PramodKumarYadavon Dec 19, 2025Thanks Bruno team for this major upgrade 🎊! More specifically for making some of the useful paid features free and those important bug fixes 🙌🎉

Interesting, combining this with Bruno's version control and with custom repo-based claude/cursor skills, seems like adding new API functional tests is now one prompt away.

Jairaj Sahgal

SDE-3 · Safe Security

I have been asking claude to write bruno files for me after I manually create apis, its very fun and easy

Piyush K. Dongre

@piyushdongrecom

I like that bruno supports sparql queries.

citDennison Mar 11, 2026Way to go, that was quick! Great work you are doing on Bruno by the way!

Cihan Cinar

Technical Solutions Expert · Givaudan

9mo ·

You're doing a really good job with Bruno thank you. Honestly the best api client, no bad dream about postman asking me to authenticate for testing an api.

I prefer @use_bruno. It also supports importing existing Postman scripts + environments, and does all the conversions for you.

We moved from postman to @use_bruno. It is working super good for us.

Nathan Luxford

Adrekon Jan 8, 2026The new interface in version v3 is amazing, and the new themes are beautiful. It's much more enjoyable to work with Bruno every day now.

Adhithyan Suresh

Full-stack Developer · Coxdo Solutions

Technical Lead · Ludocare

Jean-Philippe N.

lucascostion Feb 6, 2026Thanks for making request history a free feature! It was the main thing holding me back from recommending Bruno for people starting out. 👏👏

Simon Dürr

@duerrsimon

Claude is already writing all my Bruno files for me 😇 Keep up the great work, awesome tool!

Jan 29, 2026

Samuel Oguntimehin

@samuelOtimehin

We don’t talk about Bruno @use_bruno is actually a pretty decent tool for testing and exploring local APIs, tho

Founder / Instructor · Quality Quest Academy

Jonas

@JonasDoesThings

OpenAPI Syncing is great! Sending requests without saving/collection is lovely too, I can finally delete all of my forgotten "tmp_xx" requests. thx

Mar 20, 2026

Advanced Application Engineer · Waystar

Chad Mallory

Técnico de sistemas (NOC) · Certto Telecom

Eduardo Bombonatto

Amanda

@Amanda6plj

Great feature! Having full request history in Git is a game-changer for tracking and debugging.

switched from @getpostman to @use_bruno months ago. best descision i could make: bruno is: - free - easier - better in documentation - faster - in general: better!

Jun 16, 2026

Harsh Kharwar

@HarshKharw26262

Bruno is the best ..I have used postman but for m burno works the best

Scrum Master · Digikey Global Capability Center

Amresh Lenka

Security Engineer · ComplyAdvantage

10mo ·

Moved to Bruno a while ago and honestly, amazing.

Ollie Bannister

@Olwiba

Bruno is such a joy to use. Thank you

Dec 4, 2025

Gajdasczon Nov 15, 2025Bruno is by far the least intrusive and most promising option currently available.

Robert Dean

@deanrl

I've been gravitating towards @use_bruno, which is more developer-friendly and doesn't require me to store my data in a cloud space I don't control.

Dec 7, 2025

iameddy

@eddyozone

switched from postman to using @use_bruno and i'm loving it, postman is cloud heavy

Dec 26, 2025

kaspervrindon Nov 26, 2025Thanks for creating Bruno. It's a great tool and much better than Postman.

Manmeet Singh

@thatsmanmeet

I have been using @use_bruno for quite some time and it's a great replacement for Postman.

Feb 6, 2026

Slaven Ivić

Software Development Engineer · Autodesk

PramodKumarYadavon Dec 19, 2025Thanks Bruno team for this major upgrade 🎊! More specifically for making some of the useful paid features free and those important bug fixes 🙌🎉

Interesting, combining this with Bruno's version control and with custom repo-based claude/cursor skills, seems like adding new API functional tests is now one prompt away.

Jairaj Sahgal

SDE-3 · Safe Security

I have been asking claude to write bruno files for me after I manually create apis, its very fun and easy

Piyush K. Dongre

@piyushdongrecom

I like that bruno supports sparql queries.

citDennison Mar 11, 2026Way to go, that was quick! Great work you are doing on Bruno by the way!

darengranton Oct 22, 2025I've just had a chance to pick up the latest version and the import paths work really well for my use case, thank you for the new feature. gRPC support is really shaping up, looking forward to scripting landing.

Pavan G.

@PavanGayakwad

@use_bruno is a wonderful no nonsense API testing tool for all (Windows, Mac and Linux) platforms. Its free and open-source with all needed features in it.

Nov 18, 2025

Akhil Kumar Thummallapalli

QA Tester · Sage

8mo ·

It's been amazing to watch Bruno grow from "just another alternative" into a tool that genuinely understands what we need. Faster, cleaner, and refreshingly human-focused. All of sudden, it has almost all features we had in Postman. Honestly, the transformation has been inspiring.

rylon Dec 4, 2025I am one of those using post response vars heavily, and I found it to be a breath of fresh air compared to Insomnia (which I migrated from). I think you guys made a great choice in keeping it. Thanks!

Carlos Solis

LinkedIn Learning Instructor · LinkedIn

Good Bruno! 🐕 Using V3 now and the experience is seamless. Loved the UX and features. this is exactly what devs needed!

Nick Selvaggio

@direct

I switched to @use_bruno a while ago. Just simpler… feels like what postman was early on.

zq99299on Dec 30, 2025First off, I want to say a huge thank you for building Bruno! It's an amazing tool that's made my API testing workflow so much smoother. The recent v3 Preview release with the UX refresh, YAML support, and inbuilt terminal is really impressive—these updates have already made a big difference in how I use the tool.

Suad Wolgram

@SuadWolgram

@use_bruno is solid—especially the straightforward Git integration. It makes collaboration and versioning noticeably easier compared to most free alternatives.

Dec 23, 2025

Subodh Galande

@sub_0dh

Loved using @use_bruno instead of Postman lately 🚀 Local-first collections, Git-friendly JSON files, no forced cloud sync, and faster startup. Feels lightweight, dev-focused, and perfect for teams that version APIs properly. Highly recommend trying it.

Dec 29, 2025

pkfoxon Feb 1, 2026I've been a professional programmer for ~40 years (retired now but still at it). Just discovered Bruno after years with Postman, which was very good but seems to have lost its way. I think Bruno caters for a generation of new users and disillusioned Postman users like myself - nice work guys.

m0s

@mewset

Bruno is such a solid Postman alternative! Love that it's open source and stores collections as plain files. Git-friendly API testing is the way to go for team collabs.

Jan 6, 2026

Jaroslav Fisera

Solutions Engineer · Colours of Data

Senior Test Automation Engineer · Epam Systems

After reviewing tools like Apidog or Insomnia, we ended up with Bruno. Git-native API client — we finally moved our collections to GitHub. The nature of the tool encourages you to do so, so it was a no-brainer. No cloud or sign-ins, fully local — you just get the client, your collections and that's it... Goodbye, Postman. Welcome, Bruno.

Chirag Bhadoria

Senior Quality Engineer · In The Pocket

Recently, my team moved from Postman Enterprise to Bruno — a local-first, Git-native API client... $0 Tooling Cost: Replaced expensive enterprise licenses with a Git-native flow. Privacy-First: Our API data and secrets never leave the local environment.

Thomas Vackier

Competition is good for the end user, Postman is moving to git native and also YAML... Big kudos to Bruno for stirring up the API client space. That was much needed.

Ashutosh Khanduala

@ashuvssut

i finally found it! im ditching Postman im gonna use @use_bruno instead It has everything, pre-request, post-request scripts, tests, using external deps what i love the most: - collaboration via git. I use VSCode's VCS for it!! - writing reusable utility functions in js files🤌

nathaniel-d-efon Mar 19, 2026I recorded a quick demo showing off the gRPC functionality of Bruno against an Arrow Flight server. I'm so happy to finally be rid of Postman, great work all!

cal morris

@_CalMorris

been using @use_bruno a fair bit recently and really enjoying it. super easy to keep on top of changes as they are easy to read in a PR and the ui is clean. excellent work folks! 🚀

Mar 12, 2026

brunoziieon May 25, 2026Bruno's Git-friendly approach is honestly what sets it apart from every other API client out there. Being able to keep endpoint documentation versioned alongside the codebase is a game changer for team workflows.

Callacob

@Call_acob

I love how Bruno🐶 openly compares itself to Postman🙂‍↔️ it shows confidence and 🗣️I also choose @use_bruno over postman it feels very fast 🍀 That’s what I love about tech if you have a better solution, you can put it out there and challenge what already exists.

Mar 24, 2026

Ashwin Shanmugam

@AshwinShanmugam

Switched from @getpostman to @use_bruno. Clean UI & no noise. Got me thinking…what if an agent could understand intent and hit multiple endpoints without manually filling these fields here? New startup idea? xD

Mar 25, 2026

JosephGonzalez03on Jun 4, 2026I have really enjoyed using your tool since before the UI update. I have also appreciated the feature-parity work you all have been doing. Search with ctrl + k is so nice that I don't mind pulling up requests that I need again.

Jan C. Gerhard

System Integration Developer (PrePress) · Amagoo AG

In my opinion, Bruno is the best client on the market, and I love using this tool every day! The Git-first approach is unbeatable. The UI and UX are top-notch!

Daniel G.

Founder, CEO · TLVTech

Generative AI Solutions Engineer (生成AIソリューションエンジニア) · Classmethod

We switched to Bruno, an open-source alternative that stores API collections directly in the repository. The collections live alongside the code, can be reviewed in pull requests, and stay version-controlled with the application.

Sidrit Trandafili

@strandafili

Wait how cool is @use_bruno ? I think i might've found an API client that is pleasant to work with

Jun 14, 2026

Yu-chen Lin

Switched from Postman to Bruno and my API collections finally live where they belong — in the project repo... "Add the .bru file for that endpoint too" is now a legit PR review comment. That alone made the switch worth it.

Deependra Solanky

@solanky

Accidentally discovered Bruno while looking for a desktop API client for Fedora, the only one with an official RPM.

Antebioson Oct 15, 2025I downloaded the latest release AND I LOVE IT! It feels so much better. THANKS!!!

Shyam Verma

@ssv445

I love bruno, all my api requests are in project folder itself. no login needed.

Muyiwa

@muyiwa_dev

I love your product. Lightweight and portable.

philippsteinbergon Oct 21, 2025I tested it with the CLI and it now works in our use case. Thanks for the help and providing such a great application.

Pavel Petr

Business and IT Analyst - KB+ · Komerční banka

10mo ·

Great. I can finally uninstall rest of my tools like Postman and others.

Edouard De Labareyre

Founder CTO · PPE analytics

muyaon Nov 21, 2025Great work with Bruno as always! Thank you for putting in the time to build such an amazing product!

Go Bruno ! Integrating API workflows in our git repos is amazing.

Kin Lane

API Evangelist · API Evangelist

freiondrejon Dec 15, 2025Thanks for the software btw!! It's been quite some time since I last felt so excited about an app. 🥰

OpenAPI in Git, then using Microcks to mock, and Bruno to work with, makes for a very useful REST API and MCP sandbox.

Pandelis Zembashis

@PandelisZ

We love Bruno for this and our Bruno folder sees lots of edits by the cosine agent :)

Jan 16, 2026

Hasan Khan

@hasann_khann

Try bruno @use_bruno its open source and manages api collections using git, the company I work at switched from Postman to bruno

Mar 1, 2026

Deb Law

@DebLaw131629

The GitHub integration alone makes this worth the upgrade.

May 26, 2026

Aryan K.

@funinkina

goated app, convinced everyone at my last org to migrate to bruno from postman...

Jul 12, 2026

Michał Sroczyński

Founder / Instructor · Quality Quest Academy

Very happy to see GraphQL query builder in Bruno. Good job!

Akhil Kumar Thummallapalli

Thinking about moving from Postman to Bruno? I recommend you do! All requests on disk, in GIT. #AWESOME

Pavan G.

@PavanGayakwad

@use_bruno is a wonderful no nonsense API testing tool for all (Windows, Mac and Linux) platforms. Its free and open-source with all needed features in it.

Nov 18, 2025

QA Tester · Sage

8mo ·

Carlos Solis

LinkedIn Learning Instructor · LinkedIn

Good Bruno! 🐕 Using V3 now and the experience is seamless. Loved the UX and features. this is exactly what devs needed!

Nick Selvaggio

@direct

I switched to @use_bruno a while ago. Just simpler… feels like what postman was early on.

Solutions Engineer · Colours of Data

Suad Wolgram

@SuadWolgram

@use_bruno is solid—especially the straightforward Git integration. It makes collaboration and versioning noticeably easier compared to most free alternatives.

Bruno is such a solid Postman alternative! Love that it's open source and stores collections as plain files. Git-friendly API testing is the way to go for team collabs.

Jan 6, 2026

Jaroslav Fisera

Senior Test Automation Engineer · Epam Systems

Chirag Bhadoria

Senior Quality Engineer · In The Pocket

Thomas Vackier

Competition is good for the end user, Postman is moving to git native and also YAML... Big kudos to Bruno for stirring up the API client space. That was much needed.

Ashutosh Khanduala

@ashuvssut

nathaniel-d-efon Mar 19, 2026I recorded a quick demo showing off the gRPC functionality of Bruno against an Arrow Flight server. I'm so happy to finally be rid of Postman, great work all!

cal morris

@_CalMorris

been using @use_bruno a fair bit recently and really enjoying it. super easy to keep on top of changes as they are easy to read in a PR and the ui is clean. excellent work folks! 🚀

System Integration Developer (PrePress) · Amagoo AG

In my opinion, Bruno is the best client on the market, and I love using this tool every day! The Git-first approach is unbeatable. The UI and UX are top-notch!

Daniel G.

Founder, CEO · TLVTech

Generative AI Solutions Engineer (生成AIソリューションエンジニア) · Classmethod

Sidrit Trandafili

@strandafili

Wait how cool is @use_bruno ? I think i might've found an API client that is pleasant to work with

Jun 14, 2026

Yu-chen Lin