This is very disappointing after migrating to Insomnia from Postman a couple of months ago. I did the migration even when my company provides Postman licenses for the employees because I don't need nor want the "collaboration" features, cloud sync (I have my backups covered, thanks) nor the telemetry. Can anyone recommend an open source API client that is content being just an API client?
Insomnia REST client now requires an account
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Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account
#102So. Much. Noise. An update on Insomnia 8.x here: * Insomnia can be used locally-only with Scratch Pad. * Insomnia can be used with an account without sharing any data using Git Sync (the data is in your Git repository, wherever that is hosted). * Insomnia can be used with an account and without Git Sync in a fully end-to-end encrypted way (E2EE). Nobody can read your data. * Insomnia stores your account information i…
“So. Much. Noise.“ This comes across as very dismissive of your user’s concerns. Maybe worth giving your ego a break for a few hours and embracing empathy for your users.
Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account
#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can use Hurl [1] an open source CLI tool based on plain text and libcurl! (I'm one of the maintainer) [1]: https://hurl.dev
Does it make any requests not directed by the user? Undisclosed telemetry is common in this space unfortunately.
No, you got what's you write. If you want, you can see the run curl's command, save it in a script and replay it without Hurl. You can check the source code here [1]
Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account
#104So. Much. Noise. An update on Insomnia 8.x here: * Insomnia can be used locally-only with Scratch Pad. * Insomnia can be used with an account without sharing any data using Git Sync (the data is in your Git repository, wherever that is hosted). * Insomnia can be used with an account and without Git Sync in a fully end-to-end encrypted way (E2EE). Nobody can read your data. * Insomnia stores your account information i…
So have I lost the ability to have multiple workspaces without making an account?
Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account
#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
Tomorrow we will ship a new version (8.1) with a better understanding around how to export data and how to use Scratch Pad because I agree we can improve clarity. But if you only have one collection, Scratch Pad is still local only. So you can keep using Insomnia on Scratch Pad, still get product updates and it’s free.
> So you can keep using Insomnia on Scratch Pad, still get product updates and it’s free. Sure, if I want to stare at a large purple 'Create an account' banner all day, and some three other locations in the UI in which I can click some variety of 'create an account'.
Can we even still have multiple workspaces in scratchpad? I can't find the option anywhere
Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account
#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
My experience: 1) Receive popup asking if I want to install the latest version (no warning of the consequences of doing so) which I accept 2) Be greeted by a 'sign in' screen as well as a new Scratchpad icon which doesn't contain any of my projects/collections/requests.. at this point I believe all my data has been wiped (and it probably would've been if I had uninstalled the app when I downgraded instead of overwrit…
Tomorrow we will ship a new version (8.1) with a better understanding around how to export data and how to use Scratch Pad because I agree we can improve clarity. But if you only have one collection, Scratch Pad is still local only. So you can keep using Insomnia on Scratch Pad, still get product updates and it’s free.
Why need the export import step at all? You have the workspaces already. Just include them in the scratchpad
Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account
#107Try 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
> Fully offline. There is telemetry. And I didn't find opt in or even opt out code. > lightweight Could you quantify? I never saw a lightweight Electron app.
> There is telemetry.
yes, its miniscule. one ping (and that too once in a day) that indicates that an anonymous user opened the app. No other usage details, micro interactions or anything else is tracked. Sure - in the future we will provide option to turn this off too.
> Could you quantify? I never saw a lightweight Electron app.
relatively, compared to the other electron monsters out there. You are definitely not going to native performance and fluidity, but it's a tradeoff that I made to support multiple os.
Also, currently Bruno is just me developing it for the last 2 years. Recently a community has formed around (nice to see) and we have a flurry of new contributors.
Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account
#108Try 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
Have you considered affiliating your project with the Linux Foundation or a similar organization?
Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account
#109Jetbrains has a pretty cool HTTP/REST client: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/http-client-cli.html
The 'UI' (which is really an editor/syntax highlighting for the .http files) version I believe is a paid feature on the IDEs, but the CLI one I believe you don't need to pay to use it.
Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account
#110Thanks for the heads up, instant uninstall.