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Curl's UX is very dated and I wouldn't recommend it to any new user. Use many alternatives like httpie [1] or something like curlie [2] which is just an UX wrap
by wraptile 1y ago
Curl's UX is very dated and I wouldn't recommend it to any new user. Use many alternatives like httpie [1] or something like curlie [2] which is just an UX wrapper around the same libcurl. Httpie also has a postman-like web interface.
1 - https://httpie.io/ https://httpie.io/
2 - https://rs.github.io/curlie/ https://rs.github.io/curlie/
- behnamoh 1y agocurl may be outdated but at least it's a survivor. the alternatives (esp. the suspicious httpie grift) won't make it.
- wraptile 1y agosure libcurl is great but curl CLI is pretty ancient and awful and completely unnecessary to use today as any front-end can plug into libcurl and provide a much better experience. If you're only requesting your own APIs then you don't even need libcurl and any http 1.1 client will provide much better experience like httpie. The issue with "survivor" software is that UX cannot be refined due to legacy support and that's what's great about curl itself is that libcurl and CLI front-end are separate tools allowing for alternative modern front-ends.
- xd1936 1y agoCan you define "the suspicious httpie grif"?
- wraptile 1y agoMy guess would be they don't like the fact that httpie is branching out to paid (well currently still 0$) GUI desktop/web apps. The CLI still remains under open source under BSD so I think OP is just yelling at clouds here.