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curl vs HTTPie: catalog facts
curl	HTTPie
Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.	Free The open-source client is available without a license fee. Cloud features are paid.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Speaks dozens of protocols with precise control over every request detail Present on almost every system, so scripts written with it run anywhere	JSON request bodies expressed as simple key=value arguments Readable, colourised responses without piping through a formatter
The option surface is vast and the manual page is enormous No interface for organising or replaying saved requests	Slower to start than curl because it is a Python application The desktop and cloud products push accounts the CLI does not need
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: curl	License: BSD-3-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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