gRPC support

[A-childs-encyclopedia]

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[helloanoop]

This is planned.

[vazra]

@helloanoop Thanks for the great product. we would really appreciate the gRPC support. I see this is planned. is there any expected timeline?

[felipegasparini]

Hey!

I'm really enjoying Bruno and I become an advocate. <3

I saw in the Pricing page that GRPC support will be a paid feature, I would like to suggest that you reconsider this decision if possible.

Supporting different protocols (like GRPC), is a major feature of Postman and Insonia and having this support in Bruno may help a lot with the adoption and usefulness of the tool.
I actually would suggest to go even further and consider having a core value to support all protocols in the open source version.

I strong believe you are rocking it and will find other features more enterprise-like to create real value for the people that can afford it.

[flo-f]

I'd also love to see gRPC support in bruno.
Is there is already a rough timeline when this could be available?

Would be happy to pay for using gRPC support.

[omar391]

As @felipegasparini have already suggested,

The open-source free version should have gRPC and other APIs, while the paid version could have more enterprise features like "Load/Performance testings". This will help mass adoption and brand your product.

[helloanoop]

Some thoughts on why GRPC is a part of Golden Edition (paid)

The long term vision of Bruno is to be an independent and strong company and build products around developer tooling.
We are fully bootstrapped. We have explicitly said no to VC funding (despite inbound interest from VCs).

I've been working on Bruno as side project for 2yrs, and have started working full-time on it from Jan 2024.

Why not make GRPC free?

Most companies that attempt and attract users by offering free products are usually funded and have a runway to do so. They hope that they will be able to somehow monetize the users in the future. And when they don't, the company eventually resorts to enshittifying the product. We have seen this saga multiple times in the api client space.

Since we don't have that runway, we have to charge for some of the features. We have to be profitable early so that we can live to fight the day where we get to build enterprise features and charge for them.

Being profitable early is also key to being independent.

Pricing

Majority of the features in Bruno are free and opensource. Most people who buy Golden Edition may not even need the features that come with it, but rather do it to support the project.

And I think our pricing is really affordable. As of this writing, its a one time payment of 19$ for an Individual license that is perpertual (2 devices, with 2 years of updates). If you are a developer, and if Bruno is a key part your aresenal, I think it's a no brainer.

Will it be free in the future?

Yes, Once we achieve a certain level of profitability and cashflow, we will make GRPC support available to everyone. I cannot commit on a timeline, but I hope we can do that in the next 1-2 years.

Best,
Anoop

[sailorbob134280]

Very excited for this, I would buy a license

[dikkini]

when planning to release grpc support?

[jurampark]

I'm also waiting grpc support. any ETA for this?