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HTTP Clients & Inspectors Modern CLI clients and tools for crafting, inspecting, profiling, and troubleshooting HTTP/HTTPS requests.

Name Vendor/Webpage GitHub Repo Brief Description Tags Latest Commit
curl https://curl.haxx.se/ — Command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs. [http, client, cli, curl, c] ~2026
kurly — davidjpeacock/kurly Alternative to curl written in Golang (low activity). [http, client, go, alternative] ~2018
HTTPie — httpie/cli User-friendly HTTP client with JSON support, colors, sessions. [http, client, cli, modern, python] 2024-11-01
wuzz — asciimoo/wuzz Interactive CLI tool for inspecting and crafting HTTP requests. [http, inspector, tui, go] ~2025
httpstat — reorx/httpstat Visualizes curl statistics with beautiful, clear timelines. [http, stats, visualization, go] ~2020
htrace.sh — trimstray/htrace.sh Swiss Army knife script for HTTP/HTTPS troubleshooting/profiling. [http, profiler, troubleshooting, bash] ~2025
Hurl https://hurl.dev — Run and test HTTP requests using plain-text definitions. [http, testing, cli, hurl] ~2026