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Curl is a command-line tool for transferring data specified with URL
syntax. Find out how to use curl by reading [the curl.1 man
page](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html) or [the MANUAL
document](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manual.html). Find out how to install Curl
by reading [the INSTALL document](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/install.html).
libcurl is the library curl is using to do its job. It is readily available to
be used by your software. Read [the libcurl.3 man
page](https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl.html) to learn how!
You find answers to the most frequent questions we get in [the FAQ
document](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html).
Study [the COPYING file](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html) for
distribution terms and similar. If you distribute curl binaries or other
binaries that involve libcurl, you might enjoy [the LICENSE-MIXING
document](https://curl.haxx.se/legal/licmix.html).
If you have problems, questions, ideas or suggestions, please contact us by
posting to a suitable [mailing list](https://curl.haxx.se/mail/).
All contributors to the project are listed in [the THANKS
document](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/thanks.html).
Visit the [curl web site](https://curl.haxx.se/) for the latest news and
downloads.
To download the very latest source from the Git server do this:
git clone https://github.com/curl/curl.git
(you'll get a directory named curl created, filled with the source code)
Curl contains pieces of source code that is Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Kungliga
Tekniska Högskolan. This notice is included here to comply with the
distribution terms.
## Backers
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