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GNU Wget vs grab-site: catalog facts
GNU Wget	grab-site
Free Free software under the GNU General Public License.	Free Free and open source from ArchiveTeam.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Resumes interrupted downloads Recursive mirroring with link conversion	Writes standard WARC archives Live dashboard for watching crawls
Command line only Wget2 is the newer successor with further development	Command-line setup aimed at technical users Not a general-purpose file download manager
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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