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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).

## Contact

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).

## Website

Visit the [curl web site](https://curl.haxx.se/) for the latest news and
downloads.

## Git

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)

## Notice

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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