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toran vs curl
curl is a command-line HTTP client used to send handcrafted requests and inspect responses. Developers commonly use it to quickly reproduce API calls, test endpoints, and script simple HTTP interactions.
What curl is good at
- ✓Quickly reproducing HTTP requests from the command line
- ✓Scripting and automating simple API interactions
- ✓Debugging APIs without a GUI or additional tooling
- ✓Testing endpoints in CI scripts or ad-hoc workflows
Where it falls short
- △Does not show what your application or agent actually sent on the wire
- △Manually constructed requests often differ from real execution behavior
- △Limited visibility into response timing and upstream behavior
How toran is different
- →toran observes real outbound API requests without modifying code
- →Shows the exact requests and responses generated by your app or agent
- →Captures practical timing breakdowns (upstream TTFB, transfers, and toran overhead)
- →Read-only by design: no mutation, retries, or request shaping
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Quick decision rule
Use curl to manually reproduce or script HTTP requests. Use toran to understand what your application or agent actually did during real execution.
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