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Bruno vs standard-webhooks
Bruno has 47,992 GitHub stars, 3,068 forks, 1,831 open issues and last shipped yesterday. standard-webhooks has 1,787 stars, 79 forks, 62 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Bruno leads on adoption by 2,586% (47,992 vs 1,787 stars). Bruno is written in JavaScript under MIT; standard-webhooks is written in Java under Apache-2.0. Bruno has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, standard-webhooks 4%. Bruno was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (openapi), 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 | standard-webhooks | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 48K | ★ 1.8K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | Java |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-30 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.1K | ⑂ 79 |
| 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 standard-webhooks if
- You want the standard-webhooks feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You evaluated both and standard-webhooks 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 standard-webhooks
Open source tools and guidelines for sending webhooks easily, securely, and reliably Introduction Webhooks are becoming increasingly popular and are used by many of the world's top companies for sending events to users of their APIs. However, the ecosystem is fragmented, with each webhook provider using different implementations and varying quality. Even high quality implementations vary, making them inherently incompatible. This fragmentation is a pain for the providers and consumers, stifling innovation. For consumers, this means handling webhooks differently for every provider, relearning how to verify…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bruno or standard-webhooks more popular?
Bruno has 47,992 GitHub stars and standard-webhooks has 1,787. Bruno has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bruno and standard-webhooks free?
Both are open source. Bruno is licensed under MIT and standard-webhooks under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bruno and standard-webhooks?
Bruno is written in JavaScript and standard-webhooks in Java. 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 standard-webhooks?
Choose Bruno if you want the larger community (47,992 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose standard-webhooks if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.