Insomnia 3.0 (not to be confused with Insomnia v2.0 which is only available on Chrome) is available to download for Windows, macOS and Linux. An installer is available for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and up, as is a cross-distro AppImage: If you’ve been hunting for a slickly designed GUI alternative to command-line tools like HTTPie, it might be well worth giving it a whirl.
The app also includes advanced features like cookie management, global environments, SSL validation, and code snippet generation.Īs I am not a developer I can’t evaluate this app first-hand, nor tell you why it rocks or highlight any major feature deficiencies.īut I thought I’d bring the app to your attention and let you decide for yourself. Insomnia aims to ‘speed up your API testing workflow’, by letting you organise, run and debug HTTP requests through a cleanly designed interface. Originally a Chrome browser plugin, Postman extended to an on-premise solution for both Mac and Windows. “So far, the feedback from Linux users has been very positive because similar applications (not nice ones anyway) aren’t usually available for Linux.” He also told that Insomnia already has around 10,000 active users - 9% of which are on Linux. Its developer, Gregory Schier, told us that he created the app “to help developers communicate with REST APIs.” The app is cross-platform and works on Linux, macOS and Windows.
Looking for a free REST client for the Linux desktop? Don’t lose sleep: get Insomnia. ‘the feedback from Linux users has been very positive’