# Install inso with Homebrew Cask

CLI HTTP and GraphQL Client. Version 13.1.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified 2026-07-24. Also installable with winget: winget install --id Insomnia.Inso -e.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:inso
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask inso
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:inso
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Version:** 13.1.0
- **Source summary:** CLI HTTP and GraphQL Client
- **Homepage:** <https://insomnia.rest/products/inso>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24T01:31:59Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- inso (binary)
- inso (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 13.1.0
## Project history and usage

Inso CLI is the command-line companion to Kong Insomnia. Kong's docs describe it as a tool for using Insomnia features from a terminal and CI/CD environments, while the repository package manifest describes `insomnia-inso` as a CLI for Insomnia, the collaborative API design tool.

### Project history

Inso lives inside the Kong/insomnia monorepo as `packages/insomnia-inso`. The parent project is an open-source cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, gRPC, and other HTTP-compatible protocols, and its README explicitly calls out native Insomnia CLI support for CI/CD linting and testing.

The reference docs expose Inso's shape as an automation CLI rather than a standalone API client: subcommands cover running tests and collections, linting specs, exporting data and API specifications, running scripts from `.insorc`, and generating docs.

### Adoption history

Inso's adoption follows Insomnia's user base and release train. The GitHub repository shows a large API-client project with thousands of stars and hundreds of releases, while the cask packages the standalone `inso` binary for users who want Insomnia automation without driving the desktop app interactively.

### How it is used

Common commands include `inso run test`, `inso lint spec`, `inso export spec`, `inso run collection`, and `inso script`. Kong docs say Inso looks for data in a `.insomnia` directory created by Git Sync or in the installed Insomnia app data directory, and users can override the source with `--workingDir` or `--src`.

### Why package nerds care

For package nerds, Inso is the CLI slice of a large Electron/TypeScript monorepo. Packaging it separately makes API test and OpenAPI lint workflows usable in CI, Docker, and shell scripts without requiring the full GUI as the primary interface.

### Timeline

- 2010s: Insomnia develops as an open-source API client.
- 2020s: Inso is maintained in the Kong/insomnia monorepo as the `insomnia-inso` package.
- 2026: Kong docs list Inso CLI reference pages for versions 10.3 through 13.0, and Homebrew cask metadata packages version 13.0.2.

### Related projects

- Related projects and standards include Kong Insomnia, OpenAPI, GraphQL, REST, gRPC, Git Sync, Spectral-style API linting, Docker images for CI use, and Kong's broader developer tooling.

### Sources

- <https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/>
- <https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/reference/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/inso>
- <https://github.com/Kong/insomnia>
- <https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/tree/develop/packages/insomnia-inso>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kong/insomnia/develop/packages/insomnia-inso/package.json>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for inso. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: .insorc
## Other Package-Manager Records

- winget - Insomnia.Inso: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Insomnia.Inso from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/inso.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/inso.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph