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Windows has included cURL as a built-in command-line tool since the Windows 10 version 1803 update, which was released around March 2018.
📅 Key Milestones
* Initial Insider Build: Microsoft first announced that curl would be a default component starting with Windows 10 Insider Build 17063 on December 19, 2017.
* Official Release: The functionality was officially shipped to the general public with the Windows 10 version 1803 (also known as the April 2018 Update).
This integration placed curl.exe directly in the C:\Windows\System32 directory, making the popular data transfer tool readily available on Windows without needing to install third-party software.
⚠️ Note on PowerShell
In PowerShell, curl is still an alias for the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet. To explicitly run the built-in cURL utility in PowerShell, you should use the full executable name: curl.exe.