Editing CURL (section)

=== libcurl ===
libcurl is a client-side URL transfer [[Library (computing)|library]] that powers curl,<ref name="BlueOne" /> supporting [[DICT]], [[FTP]], [[FTPS]], [[Gopher (protocol)|Gopher]], [[HTTP|HTTP/1]]<ref name = "Stenberg, GitHub, 2019" /> (with [[HTTP/2]] and [[HTTP/3]] support), [[cookie (web)|HTTP cookie]]s, [[HTTP POST]], [[HTTP PUT]], [[HTTP proxy]] tunneling, [[HTTPS]], [[IMAP]], [[Kerberos (protocol)|Kerberos]], [[LDAP]], [[MQTT]], [[POP3]], [[RTSP]], [[Real-Time Messaging Protocol|RTMP]], [[Secure copy|SCP]], [[SMTP]], and [[Server Message Block|SMB]]. The library supports the [[file URI scheme]], [[SSH File Transfer Protocol|SFTP]], [[Telnet]], [[Trivial File Transfer Protocol|TFTP]], file transfer resume, FTP uploading, HTTP form-based upload, HTTPS certificates, LDAPS, proxies, and user-plus-password authentication.<ref name=curl1>{{cite web |title=curl - How To Use |url=https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html |website=curl.se}}</ref>

The libcurl library is portable, as it builds and works identically on most platforms, including [[AIX]], [[AmigaOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]],{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} [[BeOS]], [[BlackBerry Tablet OS]] and [[BlackBerry 10]],<ref name = "Blackberry, GitHub" /> [[OpenVMS]], [[Darwin (operating system)|Darwin]], [[DOS]], [[FreeBSD]], [[HP-UX]], [[HURD]], [[iOS]], [[IRIX]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[NetBSD]], [[NetWare]], [[OpenBSD]], [[OS/2]], [[QNX Neutrino]], [[RISC OS]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[Symbian]], [[Tru64]], [[Ultrix]], [[UnixWare]], [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[OpenHarmony]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Third-party open-source software Curl |url=https://gitee.com/openharmony/third_party_curl |website=Gitee |publisher=OpenAtom OpenHarmony |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Third-party open-source software Curl |url=https://github.com/openharmony/third_party_curl |website=GitHub |publisher=OpenAtom OpenHarmony |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref><ref name = "Microsoft Techcommunity" />

The libcurl library is [[thread-safe]] and [[IPv6]] compatible. [[Language binding|Bindings]] are available for more than 50 [[computer languages|languages]], including [[C (programming language)|C]]/[[C++]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[Julia (programming language)|Julia]] (is bundled with), [[PHP]] and [[Python (programming language)|Python]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://curl.se/libcurl/bindings.html|title=libcurl bindings|publisher=curl.se}}</ref>

The libcurl library supports [[GnuTLS]], [[mbed TLS]], [[Network Security Services|NSS]], {{proper name|[[GSKit]]}} on [[IBM i]], [[Security Support Provider Interface|SChannel]] on Windows, [[Secure Transport]] on macOS and iOS, [[Transport Layer Security|SSL/TLS]] through [[OpenSSL]], [[BoringSSL]], [[libreSSL]], [[AmiSSL]], [[wolfSSL]], [[BearSSL]] and {{proper name|[[rustls]]}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=curl supports rustls {{!}} daniel.haxx.se|date=9 February 2021 |url=https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/02/09/curl-supports-rustls/|access-date=2022-01-01|language=en-US}}</ref>