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Bruno vs openresty-manager
Bruno has 47,992 GitHub stars, 3,068 forks, 1,831 open issues and last shipped yesterday. openresty-manager has 1,478 stars, 115 forks, 59 open issues and last shipped 17 days ago. Bruno leads on adoption by 3,147% (47,992 vs 1,478 stars). Bruno is written in JavaScript under MIT; openresty-manager is written in Go under AGPL-3.0. Bruno has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, openresty-manager 8%. 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 | openresty-manager | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 48K | ★ 1.5K |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.1K | ⑂ 115 |
| 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 openresty-manager if
- You want the openresty-manager feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and openresty-manager 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 openresty-manager
OpenResty Manager Features • Usage • Credits • Contact • License 中文 ⭐Please help us with a star to support our continuous improvement, thank you! Modern, secure, and elegant server control panel, open source alternative to OpenResty Edge, allows you to easily secure reverse proxy websites running at home or on the Internet, including access control, denial of service attack protection, identity authentication, automatic application and renewal of free SSL certificates, without having to know too much about OpenResty or Let's Encrypt. And it supports host management, including easy to use web terminals and file…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bruno or openresty-manager more popular?
Bruno has 47,992 GitHub stars and openresty-manager has 1,478. Bruno has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bruno and openresty-manager free?
Both are open source. Bruno is licensed under MIT and openresty-manager under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bruno and openresty-manager?
Bruno is written in JavaScript and openresty-manager in Go. 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 openresty-manager?
Choose Bruno if you want the larger community (47,992 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose openresty-manager if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.