Developer tools / Bruno
Bruno
Bruno is the Git-native API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC and Websocket. A local and open-source solution to Postman. Fast, developer-first, and no cloud syncing.
Where it stands
3.5 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health3.7 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Community3.8 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Bruno yet. How tests work
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Measured signals
3.7 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Bruno's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 105 ms.
- Security5 / 54 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, content-security-policy, x-content-type-options, x-frame-options).
- Privacy3 / 52 third-party tracking services found: Google Analytics, HubSpot.
- Transparency1 / 5No privacy policy linked; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
3.8 / 5 · 16 commenters88% of the 16 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Bruno; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“I am currently looking for a solution to run automated tests on a sql website generator I am working on ( ) I wanted to use hurl ( ), but Bruno's UI seems to be useful while developing the tests. Has someone tried both ”
Read in the thread - Positive
“Hey there, this is Anoop - creator of Bruno. Happy to see Bruno at the top of HN We will never take VC funding. We received around 10 inbound reach outs from VCs till date and have denied funding from all of them”
Read in the thread - Critical
“I've had my eye on Bruno for a while but this issue with path parameters is somewhat annoying.”
Read in the thread
Threads: Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative) (2024, 400 comments) · Show HN: Bruno – open-source API Client (alternative to postman)) (2022, 6 comments)
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Tasks and scores
- API testingNot tested yet
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