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Bruno vs concord
Bruno has 47,992 GitHub stars, 3,068 forks, 1,831 open issues and last shipped yesterday. concord has 660 stars, 44 forks, 18 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Bruno leads on adoption by 7,172% (47,992 vs 660 stars). Bruno is written in JavaScript under MIT; concord is written in C under MIT. Bruno has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, concord 7%. Bruno was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (api-client), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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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Side by side
| Bruno | concord | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 48K | ★ 660 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | C |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-08-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.1K | ⑂ 44 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Bruno if
- You weight community size — 48K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick concord if
- You want the concord feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C
- You evaluated both and concord fits your workflow better
About Bruno
Bruno Opensource IDE for exploring and testing APIs. English Українська Русский Türkçe Deutsch Français Português (BR) 한국어 বাংলা Español Italiano Română Polski 简体中文 正體中文 العربية 日本語 ქართული Nederlands فارسی Bruno is a new and innovative API client, aimed at revolutionizing the status quo represented by Postman and similar tools out there. Bruno stores your collections directly in a folder on your filesystem. We use a plain text markup language, Bru, to save information about API requests. You can use Git or any version control of your choice to collaborate over your API collections. Bruno is offline only. There…
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About concord
[migrating shield]: [migrating link]: [migrating orca link]: [discord shield]: [discord invite]: [discord config init]: [discord config get field]: Concord C Discord API library [ ![discord shield][] ][discord invite] [ ![migrating shield][] ][migrating link] 🚨 Concord is not dead! 🚨 Development has been happening in the dev branch. We are working on new features and improvements. To access the latest version of the library, please check out the dev branch. About Concord is an asynchronous C99 Discord API library with minimal external dependencies, and a low level translation of the Discord official…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bruno or concord more popular?
Bruno has 47,992 GitHub stars and concord has 660. Bruno has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bruno and concord free?
Both are open source. Bruno is licensed under MIT and concord under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bruno and concord?
Bruno is written in JavaScript and concord in C. 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 concord?
Choose Bruno if you want the larger community (47,992 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose concord if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.