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Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

#51

Post by fmobus » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 9:23 AM UTC

mead5432 wrote: post #26

Thoughtworks Technology Radar has Insomnia as a "Trial" in the issue that came out today because of Postman pushing for more things to live on their servers. While not quite the same, still feels like awkward timing. https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/tools/summary/insomnia *edited to add a link

former thoughtworker here: I know some of them are pissed, I hope the board responsible for the radar updates this fast

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by fmobus » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 9:25 AM UTC

fosk wrote: post #35

Marco here, CTO at Kong (the parent company of Insomnia). You will see some of my replies in the GitHub issue where this conversation is taking place. I want to clarify a couple of things: 1) Insomnia can still be used locally in any version prior to this one. The data is there, and can be used. 2) Insomnia still has a local-only mode (Scratch Pad) that doesn't require any account, that anybody can use. A collection…

At no point will you admit this was a massive failure in communication then?

It's like people learned nothing from the Unity fiasco.

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by weinzierl » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 10:59 AM UTC

Can someone please explain what the core issue is here? The Github issue says "needing an account" but the Kong CEO says below that

"2) Insomnia still has a local-only mode (Scratch Pad) that doesn't require any account, that anybody can use. A collection can be imported into Scratch Pad for API debugging purposes."

So, if I don't need or want any sharing and keep my collections in the file system, can I still use it without ever creating an account or not?

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by helloanoop » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 11:50 AM UTC

Try Bruno - https://github.com/usebruno/bruno

- Free and Opensource IDE for exploring and testing APIs

- It is lightweight with MIT license

- Bruno stores your collections directly in a folder on your filesystem

- Use git for collaboration

- No cloud sync. Fully offline.

PS: I am the creator of this project

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by hirstys » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 12:14 PM UTC

https://hoppscotch.io is the way

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

#56

Post by JambalayaJim » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 12:55 PM UTC

Aeolun wrote: post #50

I just don't have the energy to find a new client and build up my collection again... How do I know that a random product won't sabotage my future use at some point in time? Do I really have to build everything myself to be safe?

Gotta just use curl

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by vladsanchez » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 1:54 PM UTC

helloanoop wrote: post #54

Try Bruno - https://github.com/usebruno/bruno - Free and Opensource IDE for exploring and testing APIs - It is lightweight with MIT license - Bruno stores your collections directly in a folder on your filesystem - Use git for collaboration - No cloud sync. Fully offline. PS: I am the creator of this project

Never knew of Bruno, but it's just what everyone wants and needs! Tired of Postman and Insomnia bloat. Code-generation would be a great feature. Good job!

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by debok » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 2:17 PM UTC

joeyhage wrote: post #16

Restfox [1] has a similar UI to insomnia and works well. Not affiliated with Restfox [1] https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox

Thanks. From playing around with many of the suggestions in this thread, this seems like the best option. It is lightweight and easy to use. Exactly why I was using Insomnia in the first place.

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by jacobrussell » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 2:26 PM UTC

weinzierl wrote: post #53

Can someone please explain what the core issue is here? The Github issue says "needing an account" but the Kong CEO says below that "2) Insomnia still has a local-only mode (Scratch Pad) that doesn't require any account, that anybody can use. A collection can be imported into Scratch Pad for API debugging purposes." So, if I don't need or want any sharing and keep my collections in the file system, can I still use it…

You can use scratch pad without creating an account, but any workspaces or collections you had saved in Insomnia can't be accessed without an account.

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by piyh » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 4:48 PM UTC

fosk wrote: post #35

Marco here, CTO at Kong (the parent company of Insomnia). You will see some of my replies in the GitHub issue where this conversation is taking place. I want to clarify a couple of things: 1) Insomnia can still be used locally in any version prior to this one. The data is there, and can be used. 2) Insomnia still has a local-only mode (Scratch Pad) that doesn't require any account, that anybody can use. A collection…

This is a whole bunch of corporate bullshit for "everybody just migrated to our platform from Postman, and now we're proudly making the same mistakes that made everybody leave Postman"