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Bruno vs Ocelot
Bruno has 47,022 GitHub stars, 2,888 forks, 1,831 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Ocelot has 8,715 stars, 1,683 forks, 57 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Bruno leads on adoption by 440% (47,022 vs 8,715 stars). Bruno is written in JavaScript under MIT; Ocelot is written in C# under MIT. Bruno has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, Ocelot 19%. Ocelot 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 | Ocelot | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 47K | ★ 8.7K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | C# |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.9K | ⑂ 1.7K |
| 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 Ocelot if
- You want the Ocelot feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and Ocelot 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 Ocelot
Ocelot is a .NET API gateway built as a series of ASP.NET Core middlewares arranged in a specific order. It is aimed at teams running a microservices or service oriented architecture on .NET that need a unified point of entry into their system, though the README notes it will work with anything that speaks HTTP(S) and runs on any platform that ASP.NET Core supports. The project lives in the .NET ecosystem, is written in C , and is distributed under the MIT license.
read the full Ocelot overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bruno or Ocelot more popular?
Bruno has 47,022 GitHub stars and Ocelot has 8,715. Bruno has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bruno and Ocelot free?
Both are open source. Bruno is licensed under MIT and Ocelot under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bruno and Ocelot?
Bruno is written in JavaScript and Ocelot 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 Ocelot?
Choose Bruno if you want the larger community (47,022 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Ocelot if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.