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Re:Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia by jauntywundrkind on Saturday February 01, 2025 @01:06AM (#42896099)
Yes, But.

It doesn't seem like the worst - yet - but Bruno also ramped up their monetization. So far it seems survivable. But given how things have gone before, it's unclear how viable Bruno will really remain.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42170934

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Re:Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia by sunaookami on Saturday February 01, 2025 @03:53AM (#42896939)
Are these applications forever doomed? First Postman, then Insomnia, now Bruno...
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Re:Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia by lukevp on Saturday February 01, 2025 @02:05AM (#42896415)
Hmm, I didn’t hear about this! What about that lifetime Bruno thing that was $9? I’m pretty sure I bought that. Is that just nothing now or what does that get me?
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Re:Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia by jicea on Saturday February 01, 2025 @02:11AM (#42896455)
Bruno's pricing has changed recently, the lifetime offer is not available anymore. Prices tiers are: free, $6/month, $11/month [1]. Bruno's developers explained it was necessary to sustain Bruno's growth.

[1]: https://www.usebruno.com/pricing

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Re:Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia by baobun on Saturday February 01, 2025 @08:34AM (#42898171)
> growth

It's an http client... Itonically I think curl has grown to become so pervasive that it's common parlance to "curl something" to a large extent because haxx thankfully has a radically different approach.

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Re:Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia by codechicago277 on Saturday February 01, 2025 @02:25AM (#42896537)
HTTPie is imo the best one now.
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Re:Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia by StimDeck on Saturday February 01, 2025 @05:55AM (#42897472)
Been on the old CLI version of HTTPie for years now. Or are you talking about the GUI version?
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Re:Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia by codechicago277 on Saturday February 01, 2025 @08:09PM (#42904478)
Yeah I started using the GUI version, there’s a standalone app or the in browser one. I don’t know why all of these web request clients have been trying to sell enterprise features instead of just giving you a gui to make a quick request.
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