httpie ☆
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Description:
User-friendly cURL replacement (command-line HTTP client)
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 3.2.4@6  |  Tracked Since: Dec 6, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  @httpie  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: http client api cli curl developer-tools
Install: brew install httpie
About:
HTTPie is a modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client designed to make CLI interaction with web services as intuitive as possible. It provides colorized and formatted output for easy readability, along with a simplified syntax that reduces the verbosity typically associated with tools like cURL. Its primary value is improving developer productivity when testing, debugging, and interacting with APIs.
Key Features:
  • Intuitive syntax and automatic JSON discovery
  • Pretty-printed and colorized terminal output
  • Built-in support for authentication, cookies, and headers
  • Persistent sessions for seamless follow-up requests
Use Cases:
  • Testing and debugging RESTful APIs from the terminal
  • Automating web requests in development scripts
  • Fetching and inspecting JSON data from web services
Alternatives:
  • curl – More powerful and ubiquitous, but requires more verbose flags for JSON and formatting.
  • wget – Primarily focused on downloading files rather than interactive API testing.
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Jan 9, 2026 8:29am 6 REVISION_ONLY e4b0ff06
Dec 6, 2025 1:49am 5 VERSION_BUMP 0152ba9f
Nov 17, 2024 4:56pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 54ec51b2
Oct 10, 2024 2:00am 0 VERSION_BUMP 88ad8f70
Oct 9, 2024 6:29pm 0 VERSION_BUMP b1bea9bc
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