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- curl
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- May 1, 2026
About
curl is a command-line tool for transferring data from or to a server using URLs. It supports these protocols: 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. Learn how to use curl by reading [the man page]
Why it made the leaderboard
The command-line workhorse for transferring data over URLs — HTTP(S), FTP, SMTP, IMAP, WebSockets, and two dozen other protocols in one tool that's installed practically everywhere. Decades of hardening make it the default way to test an endpoint or script a transfer.
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