sevy
any Insomnia alternatives which are not Postman? I need rest and graphql support.
Insomnia is getting worse and worse and I'm worried it won't be better.
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Nov 23, 2023 at 2:30pmWeb
Show threadsevyNov 24, 2023
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@immortalgeek thanks for your help, however as @comfydecal recommended I decided to get some Insomnia fork https://github.com/ArchGPT/insomnium
GitHub - ArchGPT/insomnium: Insomnium is a fast local API testing tool that is privacy-focused and 100% local. For testing GraphQL, REST, WebSockets and gRPC. This is a fork of Kong/insomnia

Insomnium is a fast local API testing tool that is privacy-focused and 100% local. For testing GraphQL, REST, WebSockets and gRPC. This is a fork of Kong/insomnia - ArchGPT/insomnium

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Show threadcomfydecalNov 23, 2023
Insomnia’s source code is FOSS, there are forks since the company’s recent changes.
Show threadsevyNov 23, 2023
@comfydecal any examples?
Show threadcomfydecalNov 25, 2023

Engine search “insomnium” (like codium for vscode), there are multiple. This is the first result.

github.com/ArchGPT/insomnium

GitHub - ArchGPT/insomnium: Insomnium is a fast local API testing tool that is privacy-focused and 100% local. For testing GraphQL, REST, WebSockets and gRPC. This is a fork of Kong/insomnia

Insomnium is a fast local API testing tool that is privacy-focused and 100% local. For testing GraphQL, REST, WebSockets and gRPC. This is a fork of Kong/insomnia - ArchGPT/insomnium

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Show threadDaveofthenorthNov 23, 2023

Check out Bruno www.usebruno.com

I switched to it from insomnia and it has been pretty decent once I got used to it

bruno

Show threadsevyNov 23, 2023
@Daveofthenorth thanks. I'll check this soon.
Show threadimmortalgeekNov 23, 2023

I have recently tried Bruno, but it lacked some basic UI features I use regularly, like file picker UI for uploading a multipart file.

I also gave Recipe Ul a look, but I did not see an option to switch environments. (Haven’t installed it and tried it, just went through the docs)

So I settled on Hopsscotch. Though their desktop UI is still in alpha, it looked good to me.

bruno

Show threadLetterboxPancakeNov 23, 2023
Do you self host hopscotch?
Show threadimmortalgeekNov 24, 2023
No, I am trying out their desktop app.
Show threadLetterboxPancakeNov 24, 2023
Huh, I guess there have been some changes since I’ve last checked
Show threadShrimpsIsBugsNov 24, 2023
What’s wrong with postman?
Show threadsevyNov 24, 2023
@ShrimpsIsBugs it's not opensource
Show threadShrimpsIsBugsNov 26, 2023
Fair.
Show threadsomegeekNov 24, 2023
What is the problem with insomnia?
Show threadFooBarringtonNov 24, 2023
They recently introduced an account requirement, which is a no-go for me.
Show threadsevyNov 24, 2023
@somegeek multiple bugs
Show threadtylerApr 14, 2024

You can just use normal .http files. There’s support in all jetbrains products, vs code, visual studio, jetbrains even wrote a cli tool for it. blog.jetbrains.com/…/http-client-tools-everywhere…

kenslearningcurve.com/…/test-an-api-by-using-http…

The nice thing about http files is that you’re never going to be locked into some company’s standard. They’re literally all just plain text files.

MS is trying to create a standard. github.com/dotnet/AspNetCore.Docs/issues/29431

There’s also httpyac.github.io though I’ve never heard of anyone using it.

Anyway, moving away from these proprietary separate HTTP/REST call products is a good thing. Postman really led the enshittification in this area.

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