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GNU WgetPFERD
Free

Free software under the GNU General Public License.

 Free

Free and open source under the MIT license.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Resumes interrupted downloads
  • Recursive mirroring with link conversion
  • Supports downloading from ILIAS instances
  • Can run with commands or a configuration file
  • Command line only
  • Wget2 is the newer successor with further development
  • Requires Python 3.11 or later when installed with pip
  • The command-line interface downloads one item at a time
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: MIT
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked October 8, 2026

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