# Hurl

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Hurl and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Hurl as a free tool that works as a declarative layer over curl, making HTTP requests easier to write and run.

## Why people recommend it

- Declarative layer over curl (1 comments): "It’s just a thin declarative layer over curl." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50319459))
- Called a great option (1 comments): "Hurl's another great option for this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46367215))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Schemathesis](https://hackerapproved.com/p/schemathesis.md): 7 recommend
- [Tusk Drift](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tusk-drift.md): 7 recommend
- [mock API mocking utility](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mock.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

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