The best Bruno alternatives
3 tools that do a similar job to Bruno, 3 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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BrunoFree, offline-first desktop app for exploring and testing APIs, storing collections as files.
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Hoppscotch
Open source · MIT · ★ 80.7k
Open-source app for building, sending, and testing API requests in the browser, desktop, or CLI.
Best for: Developers who want to test REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, or other APIs without a heavy desktop client; Teams that want to share collections and environments across members
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Scalar
Open source · MIT · ★ 16.4k
Turns OpenAPI/Swagger documents into interactive API docs and includes an API testing client.
Best for: Developers who already maintain an OpenAPI or Swagger document; Teams that want readable, interactive API documentation
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AI Website Cloner
Open source · MIT · ★ 38.4k
A template that has an AI coding agent copy a website into a clean Next.js app.
Best for: Developers who want a working Next.js starting point for a site they already own; Teams migrating a site off WordPress, Webflow, or Squarespace
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Bruno. We don't take payment for placement.