rs/curlie
The power of curl, the ease of use of httpie. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
48/100
- Activity 56
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3022
- days_rel: 544
- days_push: 269
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
3713 stars · 113 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Curlie is a command-line HTTP client that acts as a frontend to curl while providing the ease of use and output formatting of HTTPie. It exposes all curl options with syntax sugar and pretty-prints JSON responses on the fly.
Use cases
- send http requests from the terminal with pretty output
- test rest apis from the command line
- use httpie-style syntax but keep all curl features
- debug streamed http responses without buffering
- print the underlying curl command for a request
When to choose
- you want HTTPie's ergonomics with curl's full feature set
- you need unbuffered output for streaming responses
- you want headers on stderr so you can pipe response bodies
When to avoid
- you need a GUI or scripted HTTP client library
- you already have workflows built around plain curl or HTTPie
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
http-client cli developer-tools developer-tools web-development apis windows bsd cross-platform cli curl httpie api-client -pretty-print terminal command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/rs/curlie · fetched 2026-08-28 · 195001a83aab
- homepage: https://rs.github.io/curlie · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6196a492a23b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rs/curlie | main | 48 |
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