Insomnia REST ClientΒ vsΒ Retrofit

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Insomnia REST Client vs Retrofit: What are the differences?

What is Insomnia REST Client? The most intuitive cross-platform REST API Client 😴. Insomnia is a powerful REST API Client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux.

What is Retrofit? A type-safe HTTP client for Android and Java. Retrofit turns your HTTP API into a Java interface.

Insomnia REST Client and Retrofit can be primarily classified as "API" tools.

Some of the features offered by Insomnia REST Client are:

  • Mac, Windows and Linux
  • Data import/export
  • SSL client certificates

On the other hand, Retrofit provides the following key features:

  • URL parameter replacement and query parameter support
  • Object conversion to request body (e.g., JSON, protocol buffers)
  • Multipart request body and file upload

Insomnia REST Client and Retrofit are both open source tools. Retrofit with 33K GitHub stars and 6.13K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Insomnia REST Client with 10.2K GitHub stars and 590 GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, Insomnia REST Client has a broader approval, being mentioned in 35 company stacks & 30 developers stacks; compared to Retrofit, which is listed in 19 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.

Decisions about Insomnia REST Client and Retrofit
Stephen Fox
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Postman supports automation and organization in a way that Insomnia just doesn't. Admittedly, Insomnia makes it slightly easy to query the data that you get back (in a very MongoDB-esque query language) but Postman sets you up to develop the code that you would use in development/testing right in the editor.

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Pros of Insomnia REST Client
Pros of Retrofit
  • 16
    Easy to work with
  • 11
    Great user interface
  • 6
    Works with GraphQL
  • 4
    Cross platform, available for Mac, Windows, and Linux
  • 3
    Opensource
  • 2
    Vim and Emacs key map
  • 2
    Preserves request templates
  • 0
    Does not have history feature
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    Cons of Insomnia REST Client
    Cons of Retrofit
    • 4
      Do not have team sharing options
    • 2
      Do not store credentials in HTTP
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      What is Insomnia REST Client?

      Insomnia is a powerful REST API Client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux.

      What is Retrofit?

      Retrofit turns your HTTP API into a Java interface

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        What are some alternatives to Insomnia REST Client and Retrofit?
        Postman
        It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.
        RestSharp
        It is probably the most popular HTTP client library for .NET. Featuring automatic serialization and deserialization, request and response type detection, variety of authentications and other useful features
        OpenAPI
        It is a publicly available application programming interface that provides developers with programmatic access to a proprietary software application or web service.
        OpenAPI Specification
        It defines a standard, language-agnostic interface to RESTful APIs which allows both humans and computers to discover and understand the capabilities of the service without access to source code, documentation, or through network traffic inspection.
        Apigee
        API management, design, analytics, and security are at the heart of modern digital architecture. The Apigee intelligent API platform is a complete solution for moving business to the digital world.
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