# bruno Opensource IDE for exploring and testing api's.  ### Bring Your Own Version Control ✨ Bruno is built from the ground up with the Local-first paradigm in mind. This allows developers to directly store there collections on top of their local filesystem. The collections are mirrored as folders and files on the filesystem.  ### Comparision with Similar tools ⚖️ Bruno is at early stages of development, and does not yet have all the bells and whistles. Here is a rundown of key areas where bruno is different from similar tools out there. | Feature | Bruno | Postman | Insomnia | Hoppscotch | | ---------| ------| --------| ---------| ---------- | | Open source Client | ✔️ | ✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | | Open source Sync Server | ✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✖️ | | Local (Filesystem) Collections | ✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✖️ | | Chrome Extension | ✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✖️ | | Run using Docker | ✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✔️ | | Desktop App | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ | | Run in Browser | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ | ✔️ | | Multi Tab Requests | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ | ### Contribute 👩💻🧑💻 I am happy that you are looking to improve bruno. Please checkout the [contributing guide](contributing.md) Even if you are not able to make contributions via code, please don't hesitate to file bugs and feature requests that needs to be implemented to solve your use case. ### Support ❤️ Woof! If you like project, hit that ⭐ button !! ### Authors
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