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Bruno vs Ocelot
Bruno has 47,992 GitHub stars, 3,068 forks, 1,831 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Ocelot has 8,718 stars, 1,680 forks, 57 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. Bruno leads on adoption by 450% (47,992 vs 8,718 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%. 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 | Ocelot | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 48K | ★ 8.7K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | C# |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-31 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.1K | ⑂ 1.7K |
| 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 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 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 Ocelot
[ docspassing]: [ docsfailing]: About Ocelot is a .NET API gateway. This project is aimed at people using .NET running a microservices (service oriented) architecture that needs a unified point of entry into their system. However, it will work with anything that speaks HTTP(S) and runs on any platform that ASP.NET Core supports. Ocelot consists of a series of ASP.NET Core middlewares arranged in a specific order. Ocelot custom middlewares manipulate the HttpRequest object into a state specified by its configuration until it reaches a request builder middleware, where it creates a HttpRequestMessage object, which…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bruno or Ocelot more popular?
Bruno has 47,992 GitHub stars and Ocelot has 8,718. 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 (47,992 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Ocelot if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.