Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to CurlerRoo

The Intuitive Free Text-Based REST Client

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CurlerRoo launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   curlx▲168

   If cURL and Postman had a baby 👶

   2019 · curlx.dev · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Curler▲123

   Dead Simple Free Uptime Monitoring

   2019 · its alternatives →

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   Simple Scraper▲556

   Turn any website into an API in just a few seconds.

   2019 · simplescraper.io · its alternatives →

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   Curl https://ec2.shop▲170

   EC2 Price API - API To check ec2 prices

   2020 · ec2.shop · its alternatives →

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   Easy-to-use curl command to send email notifications▲107

   2018 · curlmail.co · its alternatives →

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   Unubo 2.0▲324

   Simplest way to deploy your web apps, APIs and databases

   2019 · unubo.com · its alternatives →

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   Uncurl.dev – Convert curl commands to a shareable, executable UI▲115

   Hey HN, I built uncurl.dev to scratch my own itch: I kept getting curl commands in API docs, bug reports, or Slack messages and wanted a quick way to visualize, run, and debug them without firing up Postman or writing code to dissect them. It was also sometimes painful to create a test page specifically for non-tech users to consume an API. I originally vibe-coded this over a weekend just to make it easier for myself to debug API requests shared as curl commands. It slowly grew into something I found surprisingly useful in my workflow, so I decided to clean it up and share it. uncurl.dev…

   2025 · uncurl.dev · its alternatives →

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   Shorten.REST▲221

   A URL shortener API you can depend on

   2020 · shorten.rest · its alternatives →

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   Explain Curl Commands▲40

   Takes a curl command and explains DNS/TLS/HTTP details step-by-step - akgitrepos/explain-my-curl

   Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    curl.io▲132

    Share your files from your Terminal / SSH

    2014 · curl.io · its alternatives →

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    HTTP Prompt▲128

    An interactive command-line HTTP client

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Unirest▲174

    2013 · unirest.io · its alternatives →

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    Unubo Cloud▲246

    Deploy web apps with ease

    2019 · unubo.com · its alternatives →

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    Resterm – A terminal-based REST/GraphQL and gRPC client▲29

    Terminal API client for HTTP, GraphQL and gRPC. Plain .http files you can diff and version, with workflows, mocks, profiling, tracing, OpenAPI import, SSH tunnels, Kubernetes port-forwards, WebSocket, SSE and a CLI runner. - unkn0wn-root/resterm

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Curler▲5

    Your HTTP API's interface

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Tap curl in your editor before it gets to sh▲60

    tap curl in your editor before it gets to sh it. Contribute to awalgarg/curl-tap-sh development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pipe To Me – Stream data over HTTP using curl▲39

    Stream data over http using curl. Contribute to jpschroeder/pipe-to-me development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cleora▲66

    Native HTTP & WebSocket Client for iOS, iPadOS & macOS

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Lama2 - Plain-Text Powered REST API Client for Teams▲37

    Hey everyone, I've been working on publishing Lama2, a Plain-Text Powered REST API Client for Teams, for the past few months. Initial work on Lama2 started after my dissatisfaction with existing tools such as Postman/Insomnia. I wanted a text-powered and git-friendly system with a lightweight GUI layer on top so that I could onboard beginners/newcomers quickly into my team while also maintaining control over data. Today, we use Lama2 extensively internal to Hexmos; almost every internal code review tends to have a `.l2` API file attached now. It has worked great for us. More about…

    2023 · hexmos.com · its alternatives →

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    gURL▲7

    Go fast. Go simple. A curl alternative built in Go.

    2025 · gurl.theharsh.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Restretto — Short. Strong. Refreshing.▲1

    Minimal REST client for macOS.

    Jan 2026 · restretto.app · its alternatives →

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    Embed Curl▲62

    Embeddable curl commands for your web site, blog or API docs

    2013 · its alternatives →

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    I built an HTTP client that perfectly mimics Chrome 142▲39

    BoringSSL and nghttp2. Matches JA3N, JA4, and JA4_R fingerprints. Supports HTTP/2, async/await, and works with Cloudflare-protected sites. Not trying to compete with curl_cffi - just a learning project that turned into something functional.

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    curlmin – Curl Request Minimizer▲7

    curlmin is a CLI tool that minimizes curl commands by removing unnecessary headers, cookies, and query parameters while ensuring the response remains the same. This is especially handy when copying a network request "as cURL" in Chrome DevTools' Network panel (Right-click page > Inspect > Network > Right-click request > Copy > Copy as cURL). I use Chrome's "Copy as cURL" _a lot_ (so much, in fact, that I wrote https://github.com/noperator/sol partially just to help me auto-format long curl commands). I often have this problem where the copied curl command contains a bunch…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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