insomnia

The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.

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Stars: 40,124
Forks: 2,390
+ today: +1
Created: 10y

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Overview

The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage. It ranks #2397 on GitTiger, gaining +1 star on November 4, 2026 (UTC).

The project is written in TypeScript and has 2,390 forks. It was created 10y ago.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/Kong/insomnia.git
cd insomnia
# see README for setup