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GNU Wget for Windows vs wcurl: catalog facts
GNU Wget for Windows	wcurl
Free Free software under the GNU GPL.	Free Free and open source under the MIT license.
Windows, Command line	Windows, Linux, Command line
Single static executable with no dependencies Builds for x86, x64 and ARM64	Downloads files without needing to remember curl options Accepts a list of URLs in one call
Build lags behind the current GNU Wget release Known configuration-path security issue on multi-user systems	Requires curl to be installed Deliberately minimal; use curl directly for anything advanced
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: MIT
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 October 2, 2026

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