Life & fun · February 21, 2026
Murl – Curl for MCP Servers
I built murl because interacting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers from the command line was way more painful than it needed to be. MCP uses JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP, so every request means hand-crafting payloads with method names, params objects, and id fields. I wanted something that felt like curl. Given an MCP server at https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp, murl lets you append virtual paths like /tools or /tools/read_wiki_structure that map to MCP methods. These aren't real HTTP endpoints — murl translates them into the right JSON-RPC calls behind the scenes:…
Murl – Curl for MCP Servers launched on February 21, 2026 with 5 votes, #1,883 of 16,628 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Curl like MCP cli program. Contribute to turlockmike/murl development by creating an account on GitHub.
A curl-like CLI for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Query tools, resources, and prompts using simple REST-like URLs. LLM-friendly: compact JSON output, NDJSON streaming, structured errors to stderr, semantic exit codes. Built for agents to call from shell. brew install turlockmike/murl/murl pip pip install mcp-curl Shell script curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/turlockmike/murl/master/install.sh | bash To upgrade: brew upgrade turlockmike/murl/murl or murl --upgrade # List tools on a server (NDJSON output — one JSON object per line) murl https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp/tools | jq -r ' .name ' # Call a tool and extract the result murl…from github.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
I built murl because interacting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers from the command line was way more painful than it needed to be. MCP uses JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP, so every request means hand-crafting payloads with method names, params objects, and id fields. I wanted something that felt like curl. Given an…
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