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Bruno
Open-source, offline-first API client that stores collections as plain-text files in your own Git repo.
FindThatSoftware verdictEditorial ruling
Bruno is a good fit for developer teams that want their API collections living in Git as plain text rather than in a vendor cloud, avoiding lock-in and account requirements. The free open-source tier is fully usable, though paid tiers are needed for OpenAPI syncs, SSO/SCIM and SLA support at scale. Verify current pricing on the vendor site before committing.
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Should you use Bruno?
Use it if developer teams that want API collections version-controlled in Git as plain text. Avoid it if an Indian company that pays vendors by purchase order and bank transfer, because the Pro tier takes credit cards only.
Spec sheet
- Starting price
- ₹595/mo$6/user/mo sticker
- Free plan
- Available
- Free trial
- Available
- Status
- Curated 29 Jul 2026
- Source trail
- 2 public sources
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Bruno is a developer & data / developer tools for Indian buyers. All-in it runs about ₹595/mo for a GST-registered business ($6/user/mo sticker plus about 3.5% card forex). FindThatSoftware rates it best for developer teams that want API collections version-controlled in Git as plain text, and a poor fit if an Indian company that pays vendors by purchase order and bank transfer, because the Pro tier takes credit cards only.
The trade-off, weighed
What you gain, and what you give up.
The case for
- The free open source client covers HTTP, REST, GraphQL and gRPC with testing, scripting and secret management, which is enough for most solo work
- Collection runner use is unlimited on every tier including the free one, so there is no request cap pushing you to upgrade
- A 14 day trial of Ultimate gives full premium access without a credit card, so a team can test git sync before committing
The catch
- Both paid tiers are billed annually only with no monthly option shown, so a small team commits a year of seats upfront
- Pro accepts credit card only, and purchase orders or invoicing start at Ultimate at $11 per user per month
- The native git UI, private git providers and report generation are paid, so the free client cannot clone, commit or push
- The free tier caps you at 2 workspaces with community support only, while SSO, SCIM and audit logs need Ultimate
True India price
Registered business, per month
₹595
Bruno advertises $6/mo. A GST-registered business in India pays about ₹595 a month (₹7,145/yr) once the roughly 3.5% card forex markup is added, with GST reclaimed as input credit. If you cannot reclaim GST, it is about ₹703 a month.
- Sticker price
- $6/mo
- Card forex markup
- about 3.5% over mid-market
- GST
- 18%, reclaimable if registered
- Registered per month
- ₹595
- Registered per year
- ₹7,145
- If you can't reclaim GST
- ₹703
- Try first
- Has a free plan, so you can start without a card.
Indicative, not a bill. The exchange rate is a single mid-market reference, not a live feed, and GST-registered businesses may reclaim input credit. Confirm current pricing on the vendor site.
Full India pricing breakdownIndia readiness
How well Bruno fits an Indian business operationally, from the verified pricing and company facts we hold.
- –GST invoice
Not verified yet.
- ✗Bills in INR
Priced in a foreign currency, so your card or bank adds forex conversion on top.
- ✓India HQ
India-headquartered, so support, timezone, and context are local.
How Bruno compares
Against the 2 other api development toolswe list, from what we verified on each vendor’s own pages.
Also in most alternatives
Recorded for at least half of the 2 others, and for Bruno.
- Audit log
- Sso saml
- API documentation
- Collection runner
- Data driven testing
- Native git integration
- Request history
- Scim provisioning
- Workspaces
This compares only the capabilities enough rival tools share for a comparison to mean anything — roughly a quarter of what we verified. The full list is under “What we verified” below, and anything absent from both is something we did not record rather than something the product lacks.
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What is Bruno?
Bruno is an open-source, offline-first API client for designing, testing and documenting APIs, positioned as an alternative to Postman and Insomnia. Its distinguishing approach is storing API collections as plain-text files (Bru markup) directly in your filesystem, so they version-control naturally alongside code in Git. The core client is free and open-source, with paid Pro and Ultimate tiers adding deeper Git integration, OpenAPI syncs, user management and enterprise support.
Best for
- Developer teams that want API collections version-controlled in Git as plain text
- Privacy-conscious teams avoiding cloud sync and vendor lock-in
- Individuals seeking a free, open-source alternative to Postman or Insomnia
Who should avoid it
- An Indian company that pays vendors by purchase order and bank transfer, because the Pro tier takes credit cards only
- A team needing SSO and audit logs on a small budget, since those start at Ultimate at $11 per user monthly
What Bruno does
What we verified about Bruno
Read from Bruno’s own pages. Each line is a finding and what it was based on, so you can check any of it yourself.
Features we confirmed33
- Workspaces
- Free tier caps at 2 workspaces, paid tiers are unlimited
- Sso saml
- SSO is listed as an Ultimate-only license management feature
- Scim provisioning
- SCIM appears in the Ultimate column of license management
- Request history
- History is listed as an open source client capability
- Native git integration
- Native Git integration is a paid-tier feature above the open source client
- Data driven testing
- Data driven testing is a paid-tier row in the feature comparison
- Collection runner
- Collection runner use is unlimited on every tier including free
- Audit log
- Audit logs are an Ultimate-tier license management capability
- API documentation
- Documentation of requests is a free-tier feature in the comparison table
- AI assistant
- An AI Assistant row appears in the API client feature comparison
- AI governance controls
- AI Governance is listed as an Ultimate-only feature row
- API client
- Bruno is a desktop API client for designing and testing requests
- API testing
- Testing is included in the free open source tier
- Built in terminal
- A user post confirms an inbuilt terminal shipped with the new UI
- Cli runner
- Homepage says Bruno runs in your IDE, terminal and agents
- Code generation
- Code generation from requests is a free-tier feature
- Collection to openapi export
- Collection to OAS generation is listed in the OpenAPI section
- Csv user upload
- CSV upload for bulk user management is an Ultimate feature
- Folder level run
- A user describes right-clicking a folder to run all requests inside it
- Git branching in app
- GitUI supports branch creation, checkout, stash and merge conflict resolution
- Git clone commit push
- GitUI covers clone, init, diff, pull, commit, push and remote connect
- Graphql support
- GraphQL is listed alongside HTTP, REST and gRPC on every tier
- Grpc support
- gRPC is included in the open source API client feature row
- Http rest requests
- Feature table lists HTTP and REST support on the free open source tier
- Openapi import
- OAS import is available on the free open source tier
- Openapi sync
- OpenAPI syncs are 5 a month free and unlimited on paid tiers
- Postman collection import
- A reviewer notes Bruno can import existing Postman collections
- Pre request variables
- A user testimonial describes pre-request variables as central to their workflow
- Request scripting
- Scripting is available on the free open source client
- Secret management
- Secret management is included even in the free open source tier
- Secret manager integration
- Pro and Ultimate integrate with external secret managers
- Test report generation
- Report generation is a paid feature not present on the free client
- Visual diffs
- View Diffs is listed among the GitUI capabilities
What people use it for2
- Let AI agents generate API collections
- A user pointed Claude Code at a backend and it generated 121 .bru requests
- Keep API secrets off vendor cloud
- No cloud sync means requests never leave the developer machine
Works with8
- Postman
- Postman collections can be imported into Bruno
- Github
- Public and private Git providers are supported, GitHub being the common case
- Git
- Git is the collaboration substrate, with native clone, commit and push
- Claude code
- Users document Claude Code generating .bru collections against a backend
- Aws secrets manager
- AWS is listed among the supported secret manager integrations
- Azure key vault
- Azure Key Vault is named as a supported secret manager
- Hashicorp vault
- Homepage lists Vault among the supported secret managers
- Openapi
- OpenAPI import, sync and export are first-class features
Terms, compliance and how you buy32
- Soc2 certified
- Homepage states SOC 2 Type II independently audited
- Self serve signup
- Purchase buttons take you straight to checkout for both paid tiers
- Open source
- The core client is open source and endlessly extensible
- No card required
- Trial page states no credit card is required to start
- Community support only on free
- Free tier has community support with no SLA
- Annual billing only
- Both Pro and Ultimate are quoted per user billed annually with no monthly option
- 24 hour support sla on ultimate
- Ultimate carries a 24 hour SLA with a dedicated account manager
- 48 hour support sla on pro
- Pro carries a 48 hour support SLA over email and chat
- Credit card only on pro
- Payment method row shows credit card only for Pro
- Custom legal terms on ultimate
- Custom terms of service, DPA and security review are Ultimate-only
- Data stays on device
- Data residency is described as everything staying on the device
- Desktop only
- Distribution is a downloadable desktop app, no web client is offered
- Developer first positioning
- Manifesto and copy position it against bloated cloud-locked platforms
- Fourteen day trial
- A 14 day Ultimate trial gives full premium access
- Free tier fully usable
- Open source tier covers client, testing, scripting and secrets at no cost
- Git UI is paid
- The native Git UI is paid, so the free client cannot clone, commit or push
- Inherits existing security perimeter
- MDM, repo permissions and network controls apply without a new admin console
- Lightweight and fast
- Multiple user testimonials describe it as lightweight and blazing fast
- Local first
- Homepage headline is open source, Git-native and local-first
- No account required
- Vendor states no account or login is needed for the client
- No INR billing
- Only USD pricing is published, so Indian buyers add forex and GST
- No vendor lock in
- Files live in your repo, not a vendor cloud tenant
- Offline capable
- No cloud sync, no account and no login are required to use it
- Open standard format
- Built on OpenCollection, described as an open standard for API collections
- Plain text file storage
- Collections are OpenCollection YAML, human-readable and diff-friendly
- Private git providers are paid
- Free tier supports public Git providers only, private needs Pro
- Public roadmap
- A public roadmap and changelog are published on the site
- Purchase order only on ultimate
- PO and invoicing start at Ultimate at 11 dollars per user
- Sales led for large teams
- Ultimate pairs Purchase with a Contact Sales path for larger rollouts
- Usd billed
- Pro at 6 and Ultimate at 11 dollars per user are USD prices
- Workspace cap on free tier
- Free tier is limited to 2 workspaces
- Zero vendor data visibility
- Vendor claims zero visibility into requests and no AI training on your data
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Pricing caveat and source trail
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Check the official pricing page before buying.
Bruno official pricing pagehttps://www.usebruno.com/pricingBruno product homepagehttps://www.usebruno.com
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Does Bruno give a GST invoice in India?
Whether Bruno issues an India GST invoice is not verified yet. Foreign-billed tools usually don't, in which case a registered business reclaims GST via reverse charge; confirm the vendor's billing before you buy.
Is Bruno good for Indian small businesses?
Bruno can work for Indian buyers, but check currency, tax, billing, support, and whether the workflow justifies foreign-currency pricing.
Does Bruno have a free plan?
Bruno lists a free plan, but check the official pricing page for current usage limits before choosing it.
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