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> - Runs fully in the browser and runs offline if necessary Couldn't understand why this isn't the default. curl is always available and slapping a display

> - Runs fully in the browser and runs offline if necessary Couldn't understand why this isn't the default. curl is always available and slapping a display layer on top of something like curl shouldn't need to talk to some backend server.

ducktective 4y ago
>curl is always available curl is not installed by default in many distros Also, I don't think it's possible to call external processes from within the browser sandbox
- genghizkhan 4y ago
  > curl is not installed by default in many distros Which ones (apart from alpine)? I thought curl was pretty much as basic as it got and is always there.
  - flatiron 4y ago
    I just installed Ubuntu using deboostrap and it did not come with curl (to my surprise)
  - skrtskrt 4y ago
    debian
- Aperocky 4y ago
  On the top of the concept, not curl itself. If curl can run locally, so should all of these tools.