# curl-impersonate

5 Hacker News commenters recommended curl-impersonate and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a quick way to make curl fingerprint like Chrome or Firefox, and to hit captchas less often. Caveat: rarely updated anymore.

## Why people recommend it

- Makes curl fingerprint like Chrome (2 comments): "I like curl-impersonate[0] as a quick way to make curl fingerprint as chrome or firefox." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49346478)) "It makes curl fingerprint identically to Chrome/Firefox." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50144591))
- Try when plain curl fails (1 comments): "try curl-impersonate if plain curl doesn't work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49467225))
- Fewer captcha blocks than curl (1 comments): "curl-impersonate is more useful than what they offer, at least it won't be stuck on captchas as often." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46169058))

## What people warn about

- Rarely updated any more (1 comments): "these are rarely updated any more" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45862958))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [curl](https://hackerapproved.com/p/curl.md): 100 recommend
- [wget](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wget.md): 19 recommend
- [HTTPie](https://hackerapproved.com/p/httpie.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "curl-impersonate", https://hackerapproved.com/p/curl-impersonate/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).