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curl is a command-line tool for transferring data from or to a server using
URLs. It supports these protocols: DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS,
HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, MQTTS, POP3, POP3S, RTSP, SCP,
SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS.

Learn how to use curl by reading [the
man page](https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html) or [everything
curl](https://everything.curl.dev/).

Find out how to install curl by reading [the INSTALL
document](https://curl.se/docs/install.html).

libcurl is the library curl is using to do its job. It is readily available to
be used by your software. Read [the libcurl
man page](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/libcurl.html) to learn how.

Open Source

curl is Open Source and is distributed under an MIT-like
license.

Contact

Contact us on a suitable mailing list or
use GitHub issues/
pull requests/
discussions.

All contributors to the project are listed in [the THANKS
document](https://curl.se/docs/thanks.html).

Commercial support

For commercial support, maybe private and dedicated help with your problems or
applications using (lib)curl visit the support page.

Website

Visit the curl website for the latest news and downloads.

Source code

Download the latest source from the Git server:

git clone https://github.com/curl/curl

Security problems

Report suspected security problems
privately and not in public.

Backers

Thank you to all our backers :pray: Become a backer.

Sponsors

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