Insomnia

by Kong

Open-source API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSockets

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Insomnia is an open-source desktop API client from Kong for designing, debugging, and testing APIs. It supports local-only storage, Git sync, OpenAPI design, and plugins.

Key features

  • REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket, and SSE requests
  • OpenAPI design editor with linting
  • Local vault or Git-based storage
  • Plugin system and environment variables

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