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Insomnia is an open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, Server-sent events (SSE), gRPC and any other HTTP compatible protocol.

With Insomnia you can:

The following storage options are supported for your Insomnia projects, collections, design specs and all other resources:

Insomnia API Client

Get started for free

Insomnia is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux and can be downloaded from the website:

https://insomnia.rest

Account & Subscriptions

You can use Insomnia without an account with the local Scratch Pad, or you can create an account for free to get access to the full capabilities of the product.

Even with an account, Insomnia only stores your projects and files accordingly to the storage backend that you have selected, which can be Local Vault, Cloud Sync, Git Sync or any combination of them. As such - for example - you have the freedom to choose to store sensitive projects 100% locally or in a Git repository, while still being able to collaborate on others in the cloud. It's the best of both worlds.

For added security, Insomnia also offers a Private Environments feature, where your environments configuration is always stored locally and never in the cloud, independently from the storage option that you have chosen for your project.

Premium features and support

Insomnia has a very generous free plan that will be satisfactory for most users, but if you need to get access to premium capabilities like unlimited collaboration, the Git Sync feature, the ability to create organizations for your projects, using a 3rd party IDP for logins (SAML, OIDC) and many other features, then you can explore the other subscription plans.

You can compare all subscription plans and get started for free.

Why does Insomnia require an account?

Insomnia does not require an account if you decide to use the local Scratch Pad, but to access most capabilities of the product we require an account. Your account data is securely stored in compliance with ISO27001, SOC 2 Type II, ISO27018, Gold CSA STAR regulations and in accordance to our terms of service and privacy policy.

We require an account to sustainably build and improve the product, and to make sure we can continue to offer the many core capabilities in a free and open-source distribution. While open source software is free to use, it is unfortunately not free to build, and our ability to continue working on Insomnia is dependent on our ability to convert a subset of free users (that need premium features) to become paying customers of our product.

If you are a user that cannot share API data like collections and design specifications to the cloud, this is still possible by selecting "Local Vault" as the storage of your Insomnia projects: having an Insomnia account is not tied to how you wish to store your sensitive API data (which can be stored 100% locally via Local Vault, on a 3rd party Git repository without any cloud storage via Git Sync, or in the cloud for ease of collaboration via Cloud Sync).

Bugs and Feature Requests

Have a bug or a feature request? First, read the issue guidelines and search for existing and closed issues. If your problem or idea is not addressed yet, please open a new issue.

For more generic product questions and feedback, join the Slack Team.

Contributing

Please read through our contributing guidelines and code of conduct. Included are directions for opening issues, coding standards, and notes on development.

Documentation

Check out our official Insomnia Documentation.

Develop Insomnia

Development on Insomnia can be done on Mac, Windows, or Linux as long as you have Node.js and Git. See the .nvmrc file located in the project for the correct Node version.

<details> <summary>Initial Dev Setup</summary>

This repository is structured as a monorepo and contains many Node.JS packages. Each package has its own set of commands, but the most common commands are available from the root package.json and can be accessed using the npm run … command. Here are the only three commands you should need to start developing on the app.

# Install and Link Dependencies
npm i

# Run Lint
npm run lint

# Run type checking
npm run type-check

# Run Tests
npm test

# Start App with Live Reload
npm run dev

Linux

If you are on Linux, you may need to install the following supporting packages:

<details> <summary>Ubuntu/Debian</summary>
# Update library
sudo apt-get update

# Install font configuration library & support
sudo apt-get install libfontconfig-dev
</details> <details> <summary>Fedora</summary>
# Install libcurl for node-libcurl
sudo dnf install libcurl-devel
</details>

Also on Linux, if Electron is failing during the install process, run the following

# Clear Electron install conflicts
rm -rf ~/.cache/electron

Windows

If you are on Windows and have problems, you may need to install Windows Build Tools

</details> <details> <summary>Editor Requirements</summary>

You can use any editor you'd like, but make sure to have support/plugins for the following tools:

</details>

Develop Inso CLI

Plugins

Search for, discover, and install plugins from the Insomnia Plugin Hub!

Community Projects

License

Apache-2.0 © Insomnia