Fern vs Insomnia REST Client

Overview

Insomnia REST Client

Stacks800

Followers652

Votes44

Fern

Stacks7

Followers4

Votes0

GitHub Stars3.4K

Forks268

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Insomnia REST Client	Fern
Insomnia is a powerful REST API Client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux.	Start with an API spec. Generate SDKs in multiple languages and interactive API documentation tailored to your brand.
Mac, Windows and Linux;Data import/export;SSL client certificates;Response history;JSONPath and XPath;Preview rendered HTML;Multipart form;Query parameter editor;Configurable proxy;Cloud sync and sharing;Nunjucks templating;Filter requests;Toggle SSL validation;Keyboard shortcuts;Configurable timeout;HAR import;Usable at almost all sizes;Drag-n-drop organization;Responsive interface;Import from curl;	SDK generator; Node.js client; Java client; Python client; Go client; PHP client; Ruby Client; C# Client; API Documentation; OpenAPI compatible; AsyncAPI compatible; OpenRPC compatibale; gRPC compatible; Fern definition compatible; Postman collection; MCP generator;
Statistics
GitHub Stars -	GitHub Stars 3.4K
GitHub Forks -	GitHub Forks 268
Stacks 800	Stacks 7
Followers 652	Followers 4
Votes 44	Votes 0
Pros & Cons
Pros 16 Easy to work with 11 Great user interface 6 Works with GraphQL 4 Cross platform, available for Mac, Windows, and Linux 3 Opensource Cons 4 Do not have team sharing options 2 Do not store credentials in HTTP	No community feedback yet
Integrations
No integrations available	PyPI GitHub asyncio OpenAPI Python npm Postman TypeScript gRPC

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