diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/common/__tests__/render.test.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/common/__tests__/render.test.ts
index f32bd6bfd96d..80c14cc10e90 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/common/__tests__/render.test.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/common/__tests__/render.test.ts
@@ -737,4 +737,43 @@ describe('render tests', () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe('getRenderedRequestAndContext()', () => {
+    it('renders request templates in the main-process path', async () => {
+      const workspace = await services.workspace.create();
+      const environment = await services.environment.create({
+        parentId: workspace._id,
+        data: {
+          host: 'example.com',
+          name: 'world',
+        },
+      });
+      const request = Object.assign(models.request.init(), {
+        parentId: workspace._id,
+        name: 'Hello {{ name }}',
+        url: 'https://{{ host }}/{{ name }}',
+      });
+      const originalProcessType = process.type;
+
+      Object.defineProperty(process, 'type', {
+        configurable: true,
+        value: 'browser',
+      });
+
+      try {
+        const result = await renderUtils.getRenderedRequestAndContext({
+          request,
+          environment: environment._id,
+        });
+
+        expect(result.request.name).toBe('Hello world');
+        expect(result.request.url).toBe('https://example.com/world');
+      } finally {
+        Object.defineProperty(process, 'type', {
+          configurable: true,
+          value: originalProcessType,
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/plugins/context/app.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/plugins/context/app.ts
index 22d61e6387a7..d33ce6bb016a 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/plugins/context/app.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/plugins/context/app.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ export const init = (renderPurpose: RenderPurpose = 'general'): { app: AppContex
     },
 
     getPath: (name: string) => {
+      if (!isRenderer) {
+        return '';
+      }
       invariant(name.toLowerCase() === 'desktop', `Unknown path name ${name}`);
       return window.app.getPath('desktop');
     },
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ export const init = (renderPurpose: RenderPurpose = 'general'): { app: AppContex
 
     showSaveDialog: async (options = {}) => {
       const sendOrNoRender = renderPurpose === 'send' || renderPurpose === 'no-render';
-      if (!sendOrNoRender) {
+      if (!sendOrNoRender || !isRenderer) {
         return null;
       }
 
@@ -63,9 +66,9 @@ export const init = (renderPurpose: RenderPurpose = 'general'): { app: AppContex
     },
 
     clipboard: {
-      readText: () => window.clipboard.readText(),
-      writeText: text => window.clipboard.writeText(text),
-      clear: () => window.clipboard.clear(),
+      readText: () => (isRenderer ? window.clipboard.readText() : ''),
+      writeText: text => { if (isRenderer) { window.clipboard.writeText(text); } },
+      clear: () => { if (isRenderer) { window.clipboard.clear(); } },
     },
   },
 });
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/templating/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/templating/__tests__/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7a3522db2a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/templating/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { render } from '../index';
+
+describe('templating/index (Node environment)', () => {
+  it('renders a simple variable template', async () => {
+    const result = await render('{{ name }}', { context: { name: 'world' } });
+    expect(result).toBe('world');
+  });
+
+  it('renders nested context via _ accessor', async () => {
+    const result = await render('{{ _.greeting }}', { context: { greeting: 'hello' } });
+    expect(result).toBe('hello');
+  });
+
+  it('returns plain text unchanged', async () => {
+    const result = await render('no template here');
+    expect(result).toBe('no template here');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/templating/base-extension.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/templating/base-extension.ts
index 3c81f008399a..5f26db4ecdbd 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/templating/base-extension.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/templating/base-extension.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ export default class BaseExtension {
             userInfo: os.userInfo(),
           };
         },
-        readFile: async (path: string) => window.main.secureReadFile({ path }),
+        readFile: async (path: string) => {
+          if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.main?.secureReadFile) {
+            return window.main.secureReadFile({ path });
+          }
+          return '';
+        },
         decode: async (buffer: Buffer, encoding = 'utf8') => iconv.decode(buffer, encoding),
         encode: async (input: string, encoding: BinaryToTextEncoding) =>
           crypto.createHash('md5').update(input).digest(encoding),
@@ -128,7 +133,11 @@ export default class BaseExtension {
           templating.render(str, {
             context: renderContext,
           }),
-        openInBrowser: (url: string) => window.main.openInBrowser(url),
+        openInBrowser: (url: string) => {
+          if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.main?.openInBrowser) {
+            window.main.openInBrowser(url);
+          }
+        },
         models: {
           request: {
             getById: services.request.getById,
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/templating/index.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/templating/index.ts
index 3e433c2cf7e8..2d20ef8b96d6 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/templating/index.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/templating/index.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,19 @@ import { localTemplateTags } from 'insomnia/src/templating/local-template-tags';
 import type { Environment } from 'nunjucks';
 
 import BaseExtension from './base-extension';
-import { nunjucks } from './nunjucks.client';
 import { extractUndefinedVariableKey, RenderError } from './render-error';
 
 // Some constants
 export const NUNJUCKS_TEMPLATE_GLOBAL_PROPERTY_NAME = '_';
 
+/** Load the appropriate nunjucks runtime: browser bundle for renderer, Node bundle otherwise. */
+async function loadNunjucks() {
+  if (process.type === 'renderer') {
+    return (await import('./nunjucks.client')).nunjucks;
+  }
+  return (await import('./nunjucks.node')).nunjucks;
+}
+
 type NunjucksEnvironment = Environment & {
   extensions: Record<string, any>;
 };
@@ -139,7 +146,8 @@ async function getNunjucks(ignoreUndefinedEnvVariable?: boolean): Promise<Nunjuc
   // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ //
   // Create Env with Extensions //
   // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ //
-  const nunjucksEnvironment = nunjucks.configure(config) as NunjucksEnvironment;
+  const nj = await loadNunjucks();
+  const nunjucksEnvironment = nj.configure(config) as NunjucksEnvironment;
   nunjucksEnvironment.addGlobal('range', () => {});
   nunjucksEnvironment.addGlobal('cycler', () => {});
   nunjucksEnvironment.addGlobal('joiner', () => {});
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/templating/nunjucks.node.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/templating/nunjucks.node.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ba9354f1961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/templating/nunjucks.node.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default as nunjucks } from 'nunjucks';