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HTTPie vs WeTransfer: What are the differences?

Developers describe HTTPie as "A command line HTTP client". It is a Modern command line HTTP client – user-friendly curl alternative with intuitive UI, JSON support, syntax highlighting, wget-like downloads, extensions, etc. On the other hand, WeTransfer is detailed as "A cloud-based computer file transfer service". 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.

HTTPie and WeTransfer belong to "File Transfer" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by HTTPie are:

  • Expressive and intuitive syntax
  • Formatted and colorized terminal output
  • Built-in JSON support

On the other hand, WeTransfer provides the following key features:

  • Large-size file transfers in on go
  • Android and iOS and Mac apps
  • Extremely simple to use

HTTPie is an open source tool with 43K GitHub stars and 2.82K GitHub forks. Here's a link to HTTPie's open source repository on GitHub.

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      What is 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

      What is 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.

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      What are some alternatives to HTTPie and WeTransfer?
      cURL
      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.
      Postman
      It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.
      Flurl
      It is a modern, fluent, asynchronous, testable, portable, buzzword-laden URL builder and HTTP client library for .NET.
      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
      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.
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