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HTTrack vs GNU Wget2: catalog facts
HTTrack	GNU Wget2
Free Free software released under the GNU GPL.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS, Linux, Command line
Keeps the relative link structure of the original site Updates existing mirrors and resumes interrupted copies	Parallel connections and HTTP/2 make recursive mirroring much faster Keeps Wget's command line, so existing habits carry over
Long gap between the 3.49 and 3.50 releases Windows XP and Vista are limited to the older 3.49-2 release	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	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 September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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