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Loved by 1M+ developers at the world's most innovative companies, including:

Simplicity without sacrifice

Kong Insomnia is a collaborative open source API development platform that makes it easy to build high-quality APIs — without the bloat and clutter of other tools.

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350+ open source plugins

Balance capabilities and complexity. Extend workflows when you need to (and cut bulk when you don't).

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Beautiful APIs built with ease

Can APIs be beautiful? You'll see. Easily create elegant APIs with an intuitive UI and design-first approach.

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Multi-protocol support

Create, organize, share, & execute HTTP, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP, or WebSockets requests without app switching.

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Organizations and E2EE

Boost team collaboration. Sync all files and projects between devices, all fully encrypted.

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Local Vault or Git Sync

Work 100% locally, or push data governance & permissioning directly to your Git repo with native Git sync.

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Automatic validation

Ensure consistency across designs with automatic linting of your OpenAPI specification as you type.

API innovation without the friction

Think less and innovate more with the workflows developers dream of. Because APIs never rest, but that shouldn't keep you up at night.

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Design new APIs with ease

APIs are complex. But building them doesn't have to be. Ship APIs faster with streamlined developer-friendly workflows.

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Debug APIs efficiently

Rapidly debug and explore new APIs to integrate them faster into your applications.

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Automate API testing

Fully automate the API lifecycle. Build tests and linting to improve reliability with Kong Insomnia's native CLI and CI/CD integrations.

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API Connectivity

Automatically deploy approved OpenAPI specifications to your Kong API Gateway, Kubernetes Ingress Controller and Developer Portal.

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