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Bruno vs mangum
Bruno has 47,992 GitHub stars, 3,068 forks, 1,831 open issues and last shipped yesterday. mangum has 2,146 stars, 137 forks, 38 open issues and last shipped 9 days ago. Bruno leads on adoption by 2,136% (47,992 vs 2,146 stars). Bruno is written in JavaScript under MIT; mangum is written in Python under MIT. Bruno has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, mangum 6%. 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 | mangum | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 48K | ★ 2.1K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-25 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.1K | ⑂ 137 |
| 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 mangum if
- You want the mangum feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and mangum 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 mangum
Mangum Mangum is an adapter for running ASGI applications in AWS Lambda to handle Function URL, API Gateway, ALB, and Lambda@Edge events. Documentation : Features Event handlers for API Gateway HTTP and REST APIs, Application Load Balancer, Function URLs, and CloudFront Lambda@Edge. Compatibility with ASGI application frameworks, such as Starlette, FastAPI, Quart and Django. Support for binary media types and payload compression in API Gateway using GZip or Brotli. Works with existing deployment and configuration tools, including Serverless Framework and AWS SAM. Startup and shutdown lifespan events…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bruno or mangum more popular?
Bruno has 47,992 GitHub stars and mangum has 2,146. Bruno has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bruno and mangum free?
Both are open source. Bruno is licensed under MIT and mangum under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bruno and mangum?
Bruno is written in JavaScript and mangum in Python. 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 mangum?
Choose Bruno if you want the larger community (47,992 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose mangum if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.