Hurl is a command-line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain-text format. It is aimed at local development and continuous integration pipelines. Hurl is a single binary that requires no runtime. It can serve as an alternative to API test suites built in Postman or ReadyAPI, particularly where those tests need to run in a build pipeline.
Hurl is published by Orange, a company with its registered office in France, in the Orange-OpenSource GitHub organisation under the Apache 2.0 licence. Because the program runs on the user's own machines or build servers, no vendor cloud is involved, and test definitions and results stay with the organisation that runs them. The source code is public, so an organisation can build the binary itself and review the code. For support or long-term maintenance commitments, organisations should check Orange's terms directly.