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Insomnia

Intuitive API client for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC. Debug, test, and collaborate on APIs with ease across platforms.

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Intuitive API client for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC. Debug, test, and collaborate on APIs with ease across platforms.

It is positioned as an open-source alternative to Postman, Testfully.

Primary category: API Clients.

Detected stack: JavaScript, Github Actions, NodeJS, CSS, Bash, Typescript.

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What is Insomnia?

Insomnia is an open source project listed in the OpenAlternative directory. It is useful for teams comparing software options, evaluating self-hosted tools, and replacing proprietary services with transparent alternatives.

Alternative use case

Insomnia can be considered when you are looking for open source alternatives to tools such as Postman, Testfully.

Technology stack

Insomnia is associated with technologies including Bash, CSS, Docker, Eslint, Github Actions, JavaScript, JSX, NodeJS, which can help developers understand how it fits into an existing engineering stack.

Categories:

API Clients

Tags:

api api-client api-design curl electron-app graphql grpc http-client rest-api websockets

Built with:

Bash CSS Docker Eslint Github Actions JavaScript JSX NodeJS Prettier React Tailwind TypeScript

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