#TIL about #wcurl

"wcurl is a command line tool which lets u download URLs w/o having to remember any parameters.
Starting with #curl 8.14.0, wcurl comes bundled in the regular curl release tarballs. Building & installing curl then also installs wcurl and its man page."

https://curl.se/wcurl/
https://mastodon.social/@bagder/115837456454718128

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@LPI/115741281341184322

I've moved to Seattle just recently due to my job and was lucky enough to meet a long time friend, Jon "maddog" Hall, and Andrew and Ted from @LPI who gave me local tips, especially on where to eat the best dumplings.

The timing was great as I've got to attend a Free Software conference and also meet other Debian Developers right when I moved.

Now I'll be spreading #curl and #wcurl stickers on this side of the world.

So tell me, what does a comparison of #wcurl and #wget need to include?

https://github.com/bagder/docs/blob/master/wcurl-vs-wget.md

Welcome to #wcurl v2025.11.04 https://github.com/curl/wcurl/releases/tag/v2025.11.04

It fixes CVE-2025-11563
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-11563.html

Mr @samueloph posted two videos on #wcurl and #curl in Debian:

"wcurl - one year later - DebConf 25" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvnDvic2eaw

Short presentation about what happened since wcurl’s creation in May 17 2024 and what will happen next.

"curl maintainers BoF - DebConf 25" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhTjgU7LIO0

curl maintainers meet-up to discuss HTTP3, GnuTLS, wcurl and other things.

Anyone use wcurl yet?
Any commentary on usage of it compared to wget (and curl too I guess). I wanna hear any and all thoughts.

#wcurl #wget https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss/114971587734823402

Learned of #wcurl today. And I must say, I never even thought of making a wrapper to curl. Especially for downloading files. Yes there's a bazillion flags you need, but those flags have purpose. 😅

That stated, going to try it out when I have the need. 😁

https://curl.se/wcurl/manual.html

@[email protected] yes, wget was born early in the year 1996 and curl late in the year. I doubt that is the explanation because not many people actually used these tools already from their birth.

These days we offer #wcurl for those inclined: https://curl.se/wcurl/