Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Insomnia Designer
Collaborative API Design Platform / Editor
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Insomnia Designer launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Leading Open Source API Development Platform for HTTP, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP, and WebSockets
2020 · insomnia.rest · its alternatives →
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Leading Open Source API Development Platform for HTTP, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP, and WebSockets
2017 · insomnia.rest · its alternatives →
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Build, manage, and run templated REST API requests
2015 · insomnia.rest · its alternatives →
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Finally, a home for all your SQL queries.
2021 · rosefinchapp.com · its alternatives →
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Insomnia▲7An application built with late night developers in mind
2017 · alexanderepstein.github.io · its alternatives →
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2012 · sleepio.com · its alternatives →
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Wake▲310A private space to share & discuss design work w/ your team.
2015 · wake.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I'm Greg and I've been working on Yaak for just over a year. I usually describe it as a Postman alternative since most developers are familiar with that, but it's targeted more toward users that just want an API client (no mocking, testing, spec design, etc). Having also created Insomnia for a similar purpose, I never thought I'd build another API client again. But, after selling Insomnia in 2019 and watching it expand into the broader feature set of Postman, I was left wanting a simpler tool again. Yaak was my answer to that. It's hard to describe how it's better than the 100 other…
2025 · yaak.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I suffered from chronic insomnia for over a year and tried everything from cutting coffee, blocking blue light, to taking melatonin and antihistamine, but couldn’t find anything that worked. I even bought a $500 research-grade EEG device to track my sleep, which was honestly kind of depressing because it showed that I was sleeping less than 4 hours per night for weeks straight. In the day, it took an immense amount of energy for me to perform even the most mundane of tasks, such as doing my laundry or ordering groceries. At night, I felt an overwhelming sense of loneliness and…
2022 · slumber.one · its alternatives →
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Wake Free▲238A free design visibility tool for product teams
2018 · infinite-tech.io · its alternatives →
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2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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An early look at our new App Store, Asset Library, Open API
2018 · miro.com · its alternatives →
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Sketch for Teams▲455Take design collaboration to the next level in the cloud
2019 · sketch.com · its alternatives →
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Snoozemaker▲79Sleep and mindfulness, made easy with a virtual guide
2021 · snoozemaker.com · its alternatives →
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Backlight▲280Make design systems that front-end teams want to use
2021 · backlight.dev · its alternatives →
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Restfox▲69Browser based HTTP client inspired by Insomnia and Postman
2022 · restfox.dev · its alternatives →
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The design system platform for collaborative teams
2020 · miro.com · its alternatives →
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