Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Uncurl.dev – Convert curl commands to a shareable, executable UI

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…

Uncurl.dev converts curl commands into a shareable, visual interface where users can inspect, edit, and execute API requests without specialized tools. Designed for developers who receive curl commands in documentation… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   Context.dev▲814

   Hello, My name is Yahia, I've been working on scraping products for a long time and maintain a couple of free sites in my spare time (E.g. knifegeek.io) What prompted this is i've rebuilt scraping infra at every company I've started and finally just made it a product. Pass a URL, get clean markdown, html, images, sitemap or pass a domain, get logos, colors, socials, industry data. Goal is to offer a better service than VC funded competitors at a fraction of the cost. Stealth is included and automatic at no additional cost (normally an upcharge by alternatives). Would love your honest thoughts.

   Jul 2026 · context.dev · its alternatives →

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   Endpoints.dev – Pastebin for HTTP Requests▲201

   Endpoints.dev is for sale on Spaceship. Secure checkout and quick transfer. See all purchase options. No hidden fees.

   2020 · endpoints.dev · its alternatives →

3. 3EC
   embedcurl.com - Pretty curl commands for your web site or blog▲32

   Hey all, As a CEO of a growing startup I don't get to code as often as I like and when I do, I try not to annoy my team with my terrible code :) So to scratch the itch, I've built some of side projects related to what our company does. The latest is embedcurl.com I see a lot of API docs and blogs posting curl commands that are really hard to read and I figured I could make them easier to read and add some niceties like easier copy/paste, tooltips on flags, etc. They also gracefully degrade if javascript isn't enabled back to a element. The parsing is done in Python with shlex and…

   2013 · its alternatives →

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   Hurl – Run and test HTTP requests with plain text, curl and Rust▲223

   Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text and curl. Hurl can run fast automated integration tests.

   2021 · hurl.dev · its alternatives →

5. 5DR
   DontBeEvil.rip: Search, for developers (API, expressions, CLI)▲269

   I'd like to invite everyone to try out DontBeEvil.rip, an experimental search engine for developers. tl;dr $ alias rip="curl -G -H 'Accept: text/plain' --url https://dontbeevil.rip/search --data-urlencode " $ rip 'q=Heartbleed bug' DontBeEvil.rip is a year long experiment to see if a small team can build a developer-focused search engine that is self-sustaining on $10 monthly subscriptions. It works by only indexing high-quality resources that are relevant to developers. You won't get useless listicles because we'll never crawl them. Relevant urls are harvested from HN,…

   2022 · 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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   ProtoCURL, a curl for Protobuf▲98

   protoCURL is cURL for Protobuf: The command-line tool for interacting with Protobuf over HTTP REST endpoints using human-readable text formats - qaware/protocurl

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8CC
   Convert Chrome-generated cURL Commands to Python Requests▲27

   2014 · curl.trillworks.com · 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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    WrapAPI v2 – Build APIs, scrapers, bots on any website▲166

    Build an API on top of any existing website or find an API for a site that you need

    2017 · wrapapi.com · its alternatives →

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    display.dev▲183

    Last week's post from Thariq "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of HTML" went viral in X. He made a good point about HTML being the more expressive and human friendly alternative to markdown files. I completely buy in where he's coming from, I've been asking Claude Code to create me HTML files to better understand what we're planning and building together. What Thariq didn't address was the part of sharing and collaborating on these HTML artifacts (he proposed uploading to S3). While I've been heavy user of HTML artifacts to share quarterly plans, implementation specs, technical guides and…

    May 2026 · display.dev · its alternatives →

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    Use cookies from Chrome (CDP) in cURL without copy pasting▲184

    Use cURL with cookies from Chrome. Contribute to fipso/ccurl.sh development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    curlx▲168

    If cURL and Postman had a baby 👶

    2019 · curlx.dev · its alternatives →

14. 14
    curlhub.sh Curl Based CLI Dev Tools▲9

    Dozens of CLI tools executed by curl, no signup required

    Jul 2026 · curlhub.sh · its alternatives →

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    FlowLens▲134

    Hi HN, We often run into this with coding agents like Claude Code: debugging turns into copy-pasting logs, writing long explanations, and sharing screenshots. FlowLens is an MCP server plus a Chrome extension that captures browser context (video, console, network, user actions, storage) and makes it available to MCP-compatible agents like Claude Code. You can try it here: https://magentic.ai/flowlens Any feedback—good, bad, or brutal—is welcome.

    Dec 2025 · magentic.ai · its alternatives →

16. 16IM
    I'm tired of sharing code using PasteBin and Slack, so I made this▲41

    Hey developers I think we're tired of copying and pasting our codes and sharing links using PasteBin, GithubGist, or Slack. What if you could share the codes without copying the link and share them right from your favorite editor? That was the motivation for creating TurboGist. Right now, it's still in the MVP stage, and I'm trying to gather feedback from developers like you. It's available as a beta in the VS Code Extension store. Can you guys check this out? It'd help me a lot. You don't need to pay any penny, 100% FREE. However, I'm working on introducing a self-hosted feature. Besides, a…

    2025 · turbogist.dev · 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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    Reqsave▲82

    API & request platform to share & explore

    2021 · its alternatives →

19. 19ET
    Easy-to-use curl command to send email notifications▲107

    2018 · curlmail.co · its alternatives →

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    Curl2Url▲6

    Convert curl commands to URLs

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Developed from my Prison cell: A Libcurl TUI HTTP Client in Rust.▲47

    HTTP client/libcurl TUI front end in Rust, with request + key storage - PThorpe92/CuTE

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Givemeguid.com – CLI/curl friendly GUIDs▲32

    2020 · givemeguid.com · its alternatives →

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    Particles – the URL contains the whole program code▲58

    2022 · easylang.online · its alternatives →

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    Curl2Url▲12

    2024 · curl2url.com · its alternatives →

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