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GNU Wget for Windows vs GNU Wget: catalog facts
GNU Wget for Windows	GNU Wget
Free Free software under the GNU GPL.	Free Free software under the GNU General Public License.
Windows, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Single static executable with no dependencies Builds for x86, x64 and ARM64	Resumes interrupted downloads Recursive mirroring with link conversion
Build lags behind the current GNU Wget release Known configuration-path security issue on multi-user systems	Command line only Wget2 is the newer successor with further development
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: GPL-3.0
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 October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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