Editing CURL (section)

{{Short description|Free URL data transfer client software}}
{{Other uses|Curl (disambiguation){{!}}Curl}}
{{confused|Curl (programming language)}}
{{lowercase title}}
{{Infobox software
| name = curl
| logo = Curl-logo.svg
| author = [[Daniel Stenberg]]<ref name=17yearhistory />
| developer = [https://curl.se/docs/thanks.html Contributors to the curl project]
| released = {{Start date and age|1996}}<ref name=history />
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q286306|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q286306|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q286306|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q286306|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| platform = [[Cross-platform software|Cross-platform]]
| genre = [[web client]] (supports e.g. [[HTTPS]], and [[FTP client|FTP]])
| license = curl license<ref name="spdx">{{cite web|url=https://spdx.org/licenses/curl.html|title=curl License|website=spdx.org}}</ref><ref name="license">{{cite web|url=https://curl.se/docs/copyright.html|title=curl - copyright|website=curl.se|access-date=2024-01-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115151446/https://curl.se/docs/copyright.html|archive-date=2024-01-15}}</ref> (inspired on the [[MIT License]]<ref name="license"></ref>), also [[ISC license|ISC]], [[BSD licenses|3-clause BSD]], [[BSD licenses|4-clause BSD]]<ref name="licenses">{{cite web |url=https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/ad9bc5976d6661cd5b03ebc379313bf657701c14 |title=Commit "copyright: make repository REUSE compliant" |work=GitHub.com |date=June 13, 2022 |first1=Max |last1=Mehl |first2=Daniel |last2=Stenberg}}</ref>
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''cURL''' (pronounced like "curl",<ref name = "FAQ, haxx.se" /> {{IPAc-en|k|ɜːr|l}}) is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open source]] computer program for transferring data to and from [[Internet]] servers using various network [[Application layer|protocols]]. It can download a [[URL]] from a [[web server]] over [[HTTP]], and supports a variety of other network protocols, [[Uniform Resource Identifier|URI]] schemes, multiple versions of HTTP, and [[Proxy server|proxying]]. The project consists of both a [[library (computing)|library]] ('''libcurl''') and [[command-line tool]] ('''curl'''), which have been widely ported to different [[Computing platform|computing platforms]].

It was created by [[Daniel Stenberg]], who is still the lead developer of the project.