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Bruno is the only modern API client that is: 1. Open-source 2. Doesn't collect any of your data (personal or API information) 3. Uses native git functionality for collaboration The space has been dominated by products that force you into a proprietary format for storage of Collections that means you have to maintain two sources of truth: your code in Git and your Collections in your product of choice. Bruno removes this barrier through using a file-based storage system. Maintain a single collection that can be updated in either Git or through Bruno's desktop client. Every company says that security is important to them. Well, we take it so seriously that Bruno simply doesn't have the ability to collect your data. There's no way to create an account in Bruno, and there's no cloud connectivity for storage of your data.

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Mittal S.

QA Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/18/2026

"Strengthening QA Through Automated API Testing"

4/5

What do you like best about Bruno?

Simple syntax – Requests are easy to read and edit. Bruno stores API collections as plain text files on your filesystem instead of inside a cloud workspace. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bruno?

Bruno is powerful, but: Less community content (templates, tutorials, public collections) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Aryaman B.

Packaged App Development Associate

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/17/2025

"Bruno is a great open-source alternative, but there's a few quality-of-life options missing"

4/5

What do you like best about Bruno?

Bruno is open source; my company uses it for hitting API endpoints in different environments. It's easy to use and pick up. It's a great free alternative to Postman. It's relatively light on memory usage. You can bring your Postman Collections and OpenAPI collections to Bruno without any translation required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bruno?

I don't like that you can't move the position of tabs in Bruno, so you constantly need to click on the left and right arrow buttons to navigate between tabs. There's also a slight problem that you can't search for variables in your environment - you need to manually scan a list to find your variable of choice. I also do not like the fact that Bruno collections often fail to get imported Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bruno solving and how is that benefiting you?

In my current job, I am required to constantly hit API's so that I can see the values of the objects that we are testing. For example, I need to hit an API constantly to check if the value of the mobile_number variable has been updated or not. For these sorts of purposes, Bruno is pretty reliable and beneficial - it is free, clean software. It has a light and dark mode UI and the UI is pleasing to the eye. It also has a sandbox mode where JavaScript code is executed in a secure sandbox and cannot access your filesystem or execute system commands. I don't personally use this feature, but it might come in handy to others Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Rodrigo G.

Especialista em Desenvolvimento Seguro de Aplicações

Hospital & Health Care

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/11/2025

"Great! Simple! Perfect!"

5/5

What do you like best about Bruno?

Bruno is simple, intuitive, ideal for developers and testers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bruno?

Bruno is an excellent choice. No points to improve Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Daniel G.

Head of Data, Analytics & Martech

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/5/2024

"Simple, easy to use"

5/5

What do you like best about Bruno?

great tool that has made my api testing easier. Very similar to any other software that has the same purpose. It needs more work on certain features, but the development is going fast Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bruno?

it lacks some features present in alternatives like postman. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.