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Bruno vs cc-gateway
Bruno has 47,022 GitHub stars, 2,888 forks, 1,831 open issues and last shipped yesterday. cc-gateway has 3,044 stars, 503 forks, 21 open issues and last shipped 6 months ago. Bruno leads on adoption by 1,445% (47,022 vs 3,044 stars). Bruno is written in JavaScript under MIT; cc-gateway is written in TypeScript under MIT. Bruno has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, cc-gateway 17%. Bruno was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Bruno | cc-gateway | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 47K | ★ 3.0K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-04-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.9K | ⑂ 503 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Bruno if
- You weight community size — 47K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick cc-gateway if
- You want the cc-gateway feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and cc-gateway fits your workflow better
About Bruno
Bruno is a lightweight, open source API client and IDE for exploring and testing APIs, built for developers and teams who want their request collections stored as plain text in a folder on their own filesystem rather than in a vendor's cloud.
read the full Bruno overview →
About cc-gateway
CC Gateway is a reverse proxy that sits between Claude Code and the Anthropic API and normalizes device identity, environment fingerprints and process metrics into a single canonical profile, so developers and teams can decide exactly what telemetry leaves their network.
read the full cc-gateway overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bruno or cc-gateway more popular?
Bruno has 47,022 GitHub stars and cc-gateway has 3,044. Bruno has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bruno and cc-gateway free?
Both are open source. Bruno is licensed under MIT and cc-gateway under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bruno and cc-gateway?
Bruno is written in JavaScript and cc-gateway in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Bruno or cc-gateway?
Choose Bruno if you want the larger community (47,022 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose cc-gateway if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.