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Hoppscotch
Ranking score 98.5/100
Browser API client for REST, GraphQL, and websocket testing.
- Licence
- MIT
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release September 30, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 80,690
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Hoppscotch Factor Points Weight Licence opennessMIT licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity80690 GitHub stars 20 20% Feature coverage6 of 6 curated capability tags covered 20 20% Costopen-core pricing model 8.5 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Bruno
Ranking score 87.6/100
Offline API client that stores collections as plain files.
- Licence
- MIT
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release October 22, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 47,855
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Bruno Factor Points Weight Licence opennessMIT licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity47855 GitHub stars 19.9 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costopen-core pricing model 8.5 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Hurl
Ranking score 84.1/100
Command-line HTTP client that runs tests from plain text files.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release April 29, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 19,276
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Hurl Factor Points Weight Licence opennessApache-2.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity19276 GitHub stars 18.2 20% Feature coverage4 of 6 curated capability tags covered 13.3 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.