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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 | Creation Date | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| curl | https://curl.se/ | — | Command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs supporting many protocols. | http, client, cli, curl, c | 2026-01 (8.18.0) | 1996 | — |
| kurly | — | davidjpeacock/kurly | Alternative to curl written in Golang (low activity / possibly archived). | http, client, cli, go, alternative | ~2018 | ~2017 | — (low visibility) |
| HTTPie | https://httpie.io/ | httpie/cli | User-friendly HTTP client with JSON support, syntax highlighting, sessions, plugins. | http, client, cli, modern, python | 2024-12-17 | 2019-08-30 | 37.6k as of 2026-03 |
| wuzz | — | asciimoo/wuzz | Interactive CLI TUI tool for crafting and inspecting HTTP requests live. | http, inspector, tui, cli, go | ~2021 | ~2016 | 10.7k as of 2026-03 |
| httpstat | — | reorx/httpstat | Visualizes curl timing statistics with beautiful timelines and breakdowns. | http, stats, visualization, cli, python | ~2020 | ~2016 | 6.3k as of 2026-03 |
| htrace.sh | — | trimstray/htrace.sh | Swiss Army knife bash script for HTTP/HTTPS troubleshooting and profiling. | http, profiler, troubleshooting, bash, cli | ~2025 | ~2018 | 3.9k as of 2026-03 |
| Hurl | https://hurl.dev/ | Orange-OpenSource/hurl | Run and test HTTP requests defined in plain-text format; supports chaining and assertions. | http, testing, cli, hurl, rust | ~2026 | ~2020 | — (check repo) |