curl
brew install curlFormerly known as: wcurl
Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or FTP server
License: curl
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/curl.json
Formula code: curl.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 8.23.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Keg-only because macOS already provides this software.
Depends on:
| brotli | 1.2.1 | Generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm by Google |
| libnghttp2 | 1.71.0 | HTTP/2 C Library |
| libnghttp3 | 1.19.0 | HTTP/3 library written in C |
| libngtcp2 | 1.26.0 | IETF QUIC protocol implementation |
| libpsl | 0.23.3 | C library for the Public Suffix List |
| libssh2 | 1.11.1 | C library implementing the SSH2 protocol |
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| zstd | 1.5.7 | Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Uses from macOS: krb5, openldap
Binaries:
curl,
curl-config,
wcurl
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 680,778 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 30,579,672 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 96,034 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 7.1× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-03T00:38:32Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-03. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 95,927 | 172,932 | 783,436 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 107 | 149 | 840 |
| Installs on Request | 32,351 | 57,979 | 323,694 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 107 | 148 | 837 |
| Build Errors | 260 |