Installation

Make sure you have Node.js installed on your local system. It is recommended to use the latest LTS version (Node 18 or higher).

To install the Bruno CLI, use the node package manager of your choice:

### Using pnpm

```bash
pnpm install -g @usebruno/cli
```

### Using npm

```bash
npm install -g @usebruno/cli
```

### Using yarn

```bash
yarn global add @usebruno/cli
```

For more details, visit the official NPM Page for Bruno CLI ^↗

Docker

If you prefer not to install Node.js on the host, official Docker images are published for the Bruno CLI:

docker pull usebruno/cli:latest

See Docker for variants, tags, and usage examples.

Testing nightly

Nightly builds are pre-release and may contain bugs. Use them to preview upcoming features and provide feedback. Not recommended for production.

The CLI nightly is published as an npm tarball (.tgz) on the bruno-nightly-builds ^↗ repository. Install it in an isolated folder so it does not replace a globally installed @usebruno/cli.

1. Prepare a test folder

Download the .tgz file from the latest nightly release and keep the original filename unchanged. Then create a clean folder and move the file into it:

mkdir cli-portable-nightly
mv usebruno-cli-*.tgz cli-portable-nightly/
cd cli-portable-nightly

2. Install the bundle locally

npm init -y
npm install --offline ./usebruno-cli-<version>.tgz

3. Verify the installation

npx bru --version
# Expected output: the nightly version number, e.g. 3.5.0

4. Run your collection using the local CLI

The nightly bru binary lives inside the test folder, at cli-portable-nightly/node_modules/.bin/bru. The short form ./node_modules/.bin/bru only works while your shell is inside cli-portable-nightly.

Your collection is usually in another folder, so cd into the collection and call the nightly binary by its full absolute path.

# Step into your collection folder
cd /path/to/your-collection

# macOS / Linux — use the absolute path to the nightly binary
/path/to/cli-portable-nightly/node_modules/.bin/bru run --env <name>

# Windows
C:\path\to\cli-portable-nightly\node_modules\.bin\bru run --env <name>

If you are not sure of the path, run pwd while inside cli-portable-nightly:

cd /path/to/cli-portable-nightly
pwd
# e.g. /Users/yourname/Downloads/cli-portable-nightly

Then use that output as the prefix:

cd /path/to/your-collection
/Users/yourname/Downloads/cli-portable-nightly/node_modules/.bin/bru run --env <name>

To avoid typing the full path every time, export it as a shell variable for your session:

export NIGHTLY_BRU=/Users/yourname/Downloads/cli-portable-nightly/node_modules/.bin/bru
cd /path/to/your-collection
$NIGHTLY_BRU run --env <name>

Desktop app nightly builds are documented separately under Download & Install.