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- Insomnia API Mocking Overview

Install Insomnia

Insomnia is available on macOS, Windows, and Linux. If you haven’t already downloaded Insomnia, visit the Download Page.

Note: The minimum macOS version supported is macOS 10.12 Sierra.

Download Insomnia on macOS or use Homebrew:

brew install --cask insomnia

Download Insomnia on Windows

The Windows application is a generic installer .exe.

Ubuntu and Debian

The Debian package apt repository can be added and installed using apt-get:

1. Add the package to sources:


curl -1sLf \
  'https://packages.konghq.com/public/insomnia/setup.deb.sh' \
  | sudo -E distro=ubuntu codename=focal bash

2. Refresh repository sources and install Insomnia:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install insomnia

You can also download the older year-versioned Debian packages or the latest Debian packages directly from our package hosting.

Snap

Snap is a cross-platform package format that supports convenient auto-updates. You can install Insomnia on Snapcraft or install it directly:

sudo snap install insomnia

You can also run a AppImage package as an executable.

Troubleshooting Linux Installations

Use the following recommendations if you're encountering problems while installing Insomnia on Linux:

The /tmp folder must allow execution
After installing Snap, you may need systemctl restart snapd.service
Insomnia is only compatible with 64-bit systems

Install older Insomnia versions

To roll back to a previous Insomnia version, download the version from the GitHub Releases. This is only intended for debugging and emergencies, as the app will try to update itself after it launches.

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