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3 self-hosted Insomnia alternatives

API client for designing, debugging and testing REST, GraphQL, WebSocket and gRPC requests. Includes request collections, environments, authentication helpers, request chaining/code generation and collaboration features to manage and share API requests and workflows.

Alternatives to Insomnia

Open-source API client and HTTP interceptor to test APIs, modify requests and responses, and create API mocks for faster development and debugging.

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6.8k stars700 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Yaade is a self-hosted, collaborative API development environment that lets teams share API collections, run tests, and import from OpenAPI or Postman.

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2k stars89 forksMITlast commit Slowing down

What replacing Insomnia actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 2 of 3 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: MIT. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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