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Introduction to Insomnia

Insomnia is an open source desktop application that takes the pain out of interacting with and designing, debugging, and testing APIs. Insomnia combines an easy-to-use interface with advanced functionality like authentication helpers, code generation, and environment variables.

Insomnia client homepage with two sample projects Insomnia default page with two sample collections and one sample document (not included in download).

In Insomnia, design debug and test your APIs.

Design, Debug, and Test Easily toggle between design, debug, and test to speed up and control your API development process.

If you haven’t installed Insomnia yet, head over to Install.

For more features like gaining access to encrypted data sync and team collaboration, see our paid plans.

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