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  5. cURL vs LFTP

cURL vs LFTP

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Overview

cURL
cURL
Stacks525
Followers254
Votes1
GitHub Stars39.8K
Forks6.9K
LFTP
LFTP
Stacks0
Followers0
Votes0
GitHub Stars1.2K
Forks176

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Detailed Comparison

cURL
cURL
LFTP
LFTP

Used in command lines or scripts to transfer data. It is also used in cars, television sets, routers, printers, audio equipment, mobile phones, tablets, and is the internet transfer backbone for thousands of software applications affecting billions of humans daily.

It is a sophisticated file transfer program supporting a number of network protocols (ftp, http, sftp, fish, torrent).

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FTP and HTTP protocols support; FTP proxy support; HTTP proxy support; File listing cache
Statistics
GitHub Stars
39.8K
GitHub Stars
1.2K
GitHub Forks
6.9K
GitHub Forks
176
Stacks
525
Stacks
0
Followers
254
Followers
0
Votes
1
Votes
0
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What are some alternatives to cURL, LFTP?

WeTransfer

WeTransfer

It is file sharing at its simplest. It works as if your e-mail account can support those large file sizes, you type in your e-mail address and the recipient’s e-mail address, add a message, attach the file, and send.

Flurl

Flurl

It is a modern, fluent, asynchronous, testable, portable, buzzword-laden URL builder and HTTP client library for .NET.

FileZilla

FileZilla

It is a powerful and free software for transferring files over the Internet. It is a very popular FTP client and is used by webmasters from all over the world.

WinSCP

WinSCP

It is a popular SFTP client and FTP client for Microsoft Windows. Copy file between a local computer and remote servers using FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, WebDAV or S3 file transfer protocols.

HTTPie

HTTPie

It is a Modern command line HTTP client – user-friendly curl alternative with intuitive UI, JSON support, syntax highlighting, wget-like downloads, extensions, etc

Cyberduck

Cyberduck

It is a libre server and cloud storage browser for Mac and Windows with support for FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, OpenStack Swift, Backblaze B2, Microsoft Azure & OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox.

AWS Transfer for SFTP

AWS Transfer for SFTP

AWS Transfer for SFTP is a fully managed service that enables the transfer of files directly into and out of Amazon S3 using the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)—also known as Secure Shell (SSH) File Transfer Protocol. AWS helps you seamlessly migrate your file transfer workflows to AWS Transfer for SFTP—by integrating with existing authentication systems, and providing DNS routing with Amazon Route 53—so nothing changes for your customers and partners, or their applications.

MEDoc

MEDoc

It is the best assistant in working with all types of documents in electronic form: tax invoices, acts, invoices and reports.

telegram-download-deamon

telegram-download-deamon

A simple script to automate telegram download of big files. If you have got an Internet connected computer or NAS and you want to automate file downloading from Telegram channels, this daemon is for you.

Couchdrop

Couchdrop

Couchdrop is a cloud-native b2b file exchange platform that simplifies secure file transfers across organizational boundaries with zero infrastructure management.

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