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curl

A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, MQTTS, POP3, POP3S, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features

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2 open source alternatives to curl
Tool	Fit	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
Hurl	Partial	19k	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	Rust	8.0.1	2026-10-05
xh	Partial	8.1k	MIT	Open source	No	Rust	v0.26.2	2026-09-05

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Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text.

Runs chains of requests written in plain text files and asserts on the responses, on top of libcurl.

Language: Rust
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 19k
Latest: 8.0.1
Last push: 2026-10-05

Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests

Friendlier syntax and formatted output, for HTTP only.

Language: Rust
Licence: MIT
Stars: 8.1k
Latest: v0.26.2
Last push: 2026-09-05

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Hurl vs xh

About curl

Language: C
Licence: Other
Stars: 43k
Last push: 2026-10-06