Insomnia alternatives for Mac
Insomnia — HTTP and GraphQL Client — is installed 813 times a month through Homebrew. These are hand-picked alternatives that occupy the same slot, ordered by how comparable their user base is.
Run
brew install --cask insomnia to install Insomnia itself.- Postman11.2× the installs
- httpie10.4× the installs
- Fork828 installs/mo
- DBeaver Community Edition12.1× the installs
- Tower7.8× smaller user base
- Atlassian SourceTree1,048 installs/mo
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code44.9× the installs
- Zed10.9× the installs
Full comparison
| Insomnia | Postman | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GUI app | GUI app |
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| Open source | Yes (inferred) | Not declared |
| Licence | Not declared | Not declared |
| Apple silicon | Universal | Universal |
| Latest version | 13.3.1 | 12.33.4 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 |
| Installs (30 days) | 813 | 9,104 |
| Install command | brew install --cask insomnia | brew install --cask postman |
How we picked these
The list comes from a hand-maintained set of same-purpose apps, not from keyword matching. Alternatives are removed automatically when Homebrew no longer carries them. Ordering reflects 30-day install volume, not paid placement. Data updated 2026-10-26.