Insomnia, an API development/debugging/testing tool, has been thoroughly enshittified. It now requires a cloud account to use, even though most of the use is just sending requests from your local machine (to servers often running on localhost too).
Luckily it was OSS so we have a new fork without the cloud “features”: Insomnium
An electrone app for REST testing? Like running a freight train to move around a couch.
Valid criticism. I would be down for e.g a QT based alternative, but I’m not aware of any :/
What’s with the enshittification of all those API testing tools? Can’t we just have a nice GUI for cURL that doesn’t feel the need to reinvent the wheel and make money?
Nice! Insomnia was getting shittier in every update. Both insomnium and bruno looks good. Thanks 🙏
An alternative: https://www.usebruno.com/
Thank for sharing that. I’m going to try it. :)
