GNU Wget2

Successor to Wget with HTTP/2, parallel connections and compression.

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About GNU Wget2

Wget2 rewrites GNU Wget around a multi-threaded core with HTTP/2, parallel connections, If-Modified-Since handling, brotli and zstd compression and Metalink support, while keeping the familiar command line. It is aimed at recursive downloads and mirroring.

Strengths

  • Parallel connections and HTTP/2 make recursive mirroring much faster
  • Keeps Wget's command line, so existing habits carry over

Limitations

  • Not a complete drop-in replacement; some Wget options are missing
  • Packaged separately from wget, so it is not installed by default

Details

Pricing
FreeFree and open source under the GPL.
License
GPL-3.0
Developer
The GNU Project
Platforms
macOS, Linux, Command line
How it runs
Downloadable app
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Successor to Wget with HTTP/2, parallel connections and compression
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