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Insomnia REST Client

The most intuitive cross-platform REST API Client 😴
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What is Insomnia REST Client?

Insomnia is a powerful REST API Client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux.
Insomnia REST Client is a tool in the API Tools category of a tech stack.
Insomnia REST Client is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Insomnia REST Client's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Insomnia REST Client?

Companies
145 companies reportedly use Insomnia REST Client in their tech stacks, including MercadoLibre, Evooq, and backend.

Developers
600 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Insomnia REST Client.
Pros of Insomnia REST Client
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Easy to work with
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Great user interface
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Works with GraphQL
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Cross platform, available for Mac, Windows, and Linux
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Opensource
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Vim and Emacs key map
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Preserves request templates
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Does not have history feature

Insomnia REST Client's Features

  • 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

Insomnia REST Client Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Insomnia REST Client?
Postman
It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.
RestSharp
It is probably the most popular HTTP client library for .NET. Featuring automatic serialization and deserialization, request and response type detection, variety of authentications and other useful features
OpenAPI
It is a publicly available application programming interface that provides developers with programmatic access to a proprietary software application or web service.
Retrofit
Retrofit turns your HTTP API into a Java interface
OpenAPI Specification
It defines a standard, language-agnostic interface to RESTful APIs which allows both humans and computers to discover and understand the capabilities of the service without access to source code, documentation, or through network traffic inspection.
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Insomnia REST Client's Followers
640 developers follow Insomnia REST Client to keep up with related blogs and decisions.