Kong/insomnia
The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.
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Where it stands
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5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 7 days ago, with 334 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #61 in the weekly ranking the week of Jul 5, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a cross-platform API client supporting GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE, and gRPC protocols with local, Git, and cloud storage options.
- Enables flexible API debugging, design, testing, mocking, and collaboration with multiple storage backends and native CLI integration.
- Use for debugging and testing APIs across multiple protocols in a unified desktop application.
- Use for designing and documenting APIs with native OpenAPI editor and visual preview features.
- Use for collaborative API development with cloud sync, Git sync, and private environment configurations.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
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From the README
Insomnia is an open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, Server-Sent Events (SSE), gRPC and any other HTTP compatible protocol.
You can use Insomnia without an account with the local Scratch Pad, or you can create an account for free to get access to the full capabilities of the product.
Even with an account, Insomnia only stores your projects and files accordingly to the storage backend that you have selected, which can be Local Vault, Cloud Sync, Git Sync or any combination of them. As such - for example - you have the freedom to choose to store sensitive projects 100% locally or in a Git repository, while still being able to collaborate on others in the cloud. It's the best of both worlds.
For added security, Insomnia also offers a Private Environments feature, where your environments configuration is always stored locally and never in the cloud, independently from the storage option that you have chosen for your project.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
2.4K+33
Open issues
929+53
Compared with peers in API
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vxcontrol/pentagi | 33.5K | +712 | 38 | 31 days ago |
| usebruno/bruno | 48.2K | +281 | 59 | 14 days ago |
| agentgateway/agentgateway | 6.0K | +183 | 60 | 9 days ago |
| mudler/LocalAI | 50.2K | +176 | 59 | 12 days ago |
| sveltejs/svelte | 88.6K | +77 | 65 | 9 days ago |
| Kong/insomnia | 40.1K | — | 65 | 7 days ago |
| Category median | 48.2K | +183 | 59 | — |
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