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curlie vs HTTPie: catalog facts
curlie	HTTPie
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	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
Keeps curl options available while formatting request and response data.	JSON request bodies expressed as simple key=value arguments Readable, colourised responses without piping through a formatter
Requires curl and comfort with command-line 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: MIT	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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