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Compare curl with other download tools

This comparison only involves entirely free and open source software.

Feature	curl	snarf	wget	wget2	pavuk	fget	fetch	lftp	aria2	HTTrack	HTTPie
.netrc	yes	no	yes	yes	no	no	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
Bandwidth Limiting	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	yes	yes	no
Commercial support	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
DNS-over-HTTPS	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
FTP 3rd Party Transfer	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no
FTP Active Mode	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no
FTP Connection Re-use	yes	no	no	no	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no
FTP Kerberos	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
FTP Ranges	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
FTP Resume	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no
FTP Upload	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no
FTPS	yes	no	no	no	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	no
GOPHER	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	no
Happy Eyeballs	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
HSTS	yes*	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP alt-svc	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP brotli	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP Cookies	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
HTTP Digest Auth	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no	no	no	yes
HTTP etags	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP gzip	yes	no	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes
HTTP Multipart POST	yes	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP Negotiate Auth	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
HTTP NTLM Auth	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	yes
HTTP Persistent Conns	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	yes	no	no
HTTP POST	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	yes
HTTP POST Chunked	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP Proxy	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
HTTP PUT	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no
HTTP Ranges	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP Redirects	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no	yes	no	yes
HTTP Resume	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
HTTP time conditions	yes	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP zstd	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP/1.1	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
HTTP/2 ALPN	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP/2 h2c upgrade	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP/2 NPN	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP/3	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
HTTPS	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
HTTPS Proxy	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
IDN hostnames	yes	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
IMAP	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
IPv6	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes*	yes	yes
LDAP	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
Metalink	yes	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no
MQTT	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
Multilingual Messages	no	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	yes	no	no
Multiple URLs	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no	yes	no	no
Parallel transfers	yes	no	no	no	yes	no	no	yes	yes	yes	no
POP3	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
Recursive downloads	no	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no	yes	no
Retry failed downloads	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
RTMP	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
RTSP	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
Same file multi connect	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no
SCP	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
SFTP	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no
SMB	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
SMTP	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
SOCKS proxy	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	yes
TELNET	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
TFTP	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
Tiny Executable	no	yes	no	no	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	no
TLS: BearSSL	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
TLS: Client certs	yes	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
TLS: GnuTLS	yes	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	yes	yes	no	yes*
TLS: mbedTLS	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
TLS: MesaLink	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
TLS: NSS	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
TLS: Schannel	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes*
TLS: Secure Transport	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes*
TLS: Session ID cache	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
TLS: WolfSSL	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
URL globbing/sequences	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	yes	no	no
Username/Password	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Windows Port	yes	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes*
License	MIT	GPL	GPL	GPL	GPL	?	BSD	GPL	GPL	GPL	BSD
Version	7.74.0	7.0	1.17	?	0.9.34	0.4.1	4.7	3.5.0	1.8.3	3.43	1.0.2

The mentioned tools: snarf, wget, wget2, pavuk, fget, lftp, aria2, httrack, HTTPie

'Fetch' is an integral part of the FreeBSD operating system.

* aria2 supports IPv6 only in HTTP(S) download

* HTTPie is written in Python + Requests and thus carry their portability and features

* HSTS is "experimental" in >= curl 7.74.0

Please file a bug report if this table is incorrect, or tell us other features we should compare!