Postman alternatives for Mac
Postman — Collaboration platform for API development — is installed 9,104 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 postman to install Postman itself.- Bruno4,776 installs/mo
- Insomnia11.2× smaller user base
- Ghostty3.2× the installs
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code4.0× the installs
- Zed8,832 installs/mo
- Tower87.5× smaller user base
- DBeaver Community Edition9,866 installs/mo
- Atlassian SourceTree8.7× smaller user base
Full comparison
| Postman | Bruno | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GUI app | GUI app |
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| Open source | Not declared | Yes (inferred) |
| Licence | Not declared | Not declared |
| Apple silicon | Universal | Universal |
| Latest version | 12.33.4 | 4.3.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 |
| Installs (30 days) | 9,104 | 4,776 |
| Install command | brew install --cask postman | brew install --cask bruno |
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.