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| Field | Hurl | DuckDB | Backlog.md |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Universal | Universal | Universal, Codex, Claude Code, Cursor |
| Local support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paid API | No | No | No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Stars | 19271 | 42451 | 7130 |
| Last activity | October 17, 2026 | September 28, 2026 | — |
| Install complexity | Easy; API and CLI knowledge required | سهل — حزمة Python أو ملف CLI تنفيذي واحد | Easy — npm, Bun, Homebrew, or Nix |
| Category | Testing, DevOps | Database | Multi-Agent, Git, Workflow |
| Best use | Best for a developer or small team that wants repeatable API checks with explicit conditions stored beside the code. It links request data and identifies failing assertions without repeating manual inspection. It does not replace browser tests or test-environment setup; curl may be enough for a one-off request. | Best for an analyst, developer, or small team that needs to inspect and join large data files and rerun analysis locally. It adds reviewable SQL without database-server setup. It is not a multi-user transactional database for many small concurrent writes from separate processes. | Best for an individual developer or small team using coding agents and wanting to review the specification and plan before code. It keeps tasks, acceptance criteria, and decisions inside the project and exposes them through CLI, a local browser, or MCP. It is not a replacement for a centralized enterprise SaaS board with organization-wide permissions and reporting. |