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GNU Wget for Windows vs GNU Wget2: catalog facts
GNU Wget for Windows	GNU Wget2
Free Free software under the GNU GPL.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Single static executable with no dependencies Builds for x86, x64 and ARM64	Parallel connections and HTTP/2 make recursive mirroring much faster Keeps Wget's command line, so existing habits carry over
Build lags behind the current GNU Wget release Known configuration-path security issue on multi-user systems	Not a complete drop-in replacement; some Wget options are missing Packaged separately from wget, so it is not installed by default
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is 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 22, 2026

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