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Bruno vs concord
Bruno has 47,027 GitHub stars, 2,890 forks, 1,831 open issues and last shipped yesterday. concord has 651 stars, 42 forks, 18 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Bruno leads on adoption by 7,124% (47,027 vs 651 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 6%. 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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| Bruno | concord | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 47K | ★ 651 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | C |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-08-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.9K | ⑂ 42 |
| 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 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 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.
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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 documentati…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bruno or concord more popular?
Bruno has 47,027 GitHub stars and concord has 651. 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 (47,027 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose concord if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.