Documentation - Stuff to Read

Using the Curl Tool

• The huge man page describes all command-line options and all tiny quirks about how to use curl.
• FAQ is short for Frequently Asked Questions and these ones surely are...
• A plain list with all curl's features can be found here, they're just listed on top of each other.
• Scripting HTTP Requests Using Curl gives you a good initial grip on how you use curl to emulate a browser.
• Install clearly describes how to go ahead when you want to compile and install curl from source on your system.
• The manual contains a lot of examples and explanations about the concepts behind the command line options etc. A kind of tutorial.
• Versions describes how the version numbers of curl and libcurl releases are constructed.
• The comparison table shows you how curl's features compare against similar available tools.
• At times curl is not the tool for you, find the one on the related tools page.
• OS distributions that include curl, and companies that use curl, programs using curl and programs using libcurl
• cURL Articles elsewhere

Hacking On Curl

• Contribute explains about a few things to consider when you contribute with patches and source code to the curl project.
• Copyright details what the licensing for curl actually defines and allows you to do with curl and libcurl.
• Internals describes how things work internally in curl, for code hackers, bug fixers and generally interested parties.
• TODO is the document in which we collect ideas of what to add in future releases. See also the KNOWN_BUGS list.
• Changes is the complete and huge file from the distribution archives and contains all changes done to curl the last year or so.
• Thanks to these people, curl exists as it is today!

Related Documentation

• All libcurl related stuff is in its own section.
• You'll find answers to many questions regarding SSL and OpenSSL in the OpenSSL FAQ.
• We also list specifications that concern curl.