# alexcrichton/curl-rust

Rust bindings to libcurl

Repository: https://github.com/alexcrichton/curl-rust
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/curl-rust
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-06-29T12:53:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 56, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4472, "days_push": 65, "days_rel": 83, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1125, forks 256 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:41.095309+00:00)

## What it is
Rust bindings to libcurl providing safe access to the Easy and Multi transfer interfaces. It supports HTTP methods, custom headers, connection reuse, and concurrent transfers.

## Use cases
- make http requests from rust
- download web pages in rust
- upload data with post or put requests
- perform multiple concurrent transfers
- reuse connections with keep-alive
- set custom http headers

## When to choose
- you need libcurl's mature protocol support and features in Rust
- you need the multi interface for concurrent transfers
- you want battle-tested HTTP client behavior backed by libcurl

## When to avoid
- you prefer a pure-Rust HTTP client without a C dependency
- you only need simple async HTTP requests where reqwest is more ergonomic
- you want to avoid linking native libcurl

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: http-client
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, apis
- platform: rust, cross-platform
- tags: libcurl, bindings, http, curl, ffi

## Member repositories
- alexcrichton/curl-rust (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:41.095309+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:39:22.816080+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alexcrichton/curl-rust (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:41.095309+00:00, sha 5666c25a7ff4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.