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GNU Wget for Windows vs aria2: catalog facts
GNU Wget for Windows	aria2
Free Free software under the GNU GPL.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0.
Windows, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Command line
Single static executable with no dependencies Builds for x86, x64 and ARM64	Downloads one file from HTTP, FTP and BitTorrent sources at the same time Verifies Metalink chunk checksums while downloading, not after
Build lags behind the current GNU Wget release Known configuration-path security issue on multi-user systems	Command line only; every graphical interface is a separate project The option list is long and the defaults are conservative
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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