CURL
| curl | |
|---|---|
| Original author(s) | Daniel Stenberg |
| Developer(s) | Contributors to the curl project |
| Initial release | 1996 |
| Stable release | 8.14.1
/ 4 June 2025 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | web client (supports e.g. HTTPS, and FTP) |
| License | curl license (inspired on the MIT License), also ISC, 3-clause BSD, 4-clause BSD |
| Website | curl |
cURL (pronounced like "curl", /kɜːrl/) is a free and open source computer program for transferring data to and from Internet servers. It can download a URL from a web server over HTTP, and supports a variety of other network protocols, URI schemes, multiple versions of HTTP, and proxying. The project consists of both a library (libcurl) and command-line tool (curl), which have been widely ported to different computing platforms.
It was created by Daniel Stenberg, who is still the lead developer of the project.