Curl is a command line tool and library for transferring data specified with URL syntax. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, TFTP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, TELNET, DICT, SSL certificates, cookies, user+password authentication, and so much more! Curl is used for many different things. It's used in command lines or scripts for transferring data. It's also used in just about every device you can think of: mobile phones and tablets, television sets, printers, routers, media players and other audio equipment. Curl is also the internet transfer backbone for thousands of software applications being used extensively throughout the world today.

Curl is feature-rich, thread-safe, well supported and fast. It is also highly portable and works on numerous platforms, including Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Darwin, UnixWare, HURD, BeOS, Ultrix, QNX, DOS, Symbian, and many more.

Features

  • Client-side URL transfer library and command line tool
  • Supports DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, RTSP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TFTP and more
  • Supports HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, FTP uploading, Kerberos, SPNEGO, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication, file transfer resume and more
  • Highly portable, cross-platform
  • Thread-safe, IPv6 compatible

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License

MIT License

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Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, Mac, Windows

Programming Language

C

Related Categories

C File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Software, C Libraries

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2020-11-11