When comparing Nightingale REST Client vs Insomnia, the Slant community recommends Insomnia for most people. In the question“What are the best REST API Clients?” Insomnia is ranked 1st while Nightingale REST Client is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Insomnia is:
Response content and headers are presented in an accessible and readable format. JSON responses is prettified and can be filtered for for closer inspection.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Simple, clean design
Pro Uses less memory than Postman or Insomnia
Pro Dark Theme
Pro Multi window collection runner
Pro Online sync
Pro Instant Startup
Pro End to end encryption
Pro API Tests like Postman are great
Pro Detailed information about response
Response content and headers are presented in an accessible and readable format. JSON responses is prettified and can be filtered for for closer inspection.
Pro Plugins
e.g. Swagger validator.
Pro Can generate code
Generates code for more than 30 languages, including Curl, NodeJS, Go, Swift, Python, Java and C.
Pro GraphQL support
Cons
Con Only installable using Microsoft Store
This does not work well for organizations or individuals that carry out evaluation, distribution, and managed installation of application from behind firewalls.