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wcurlGNU Wget
Free

Free and open source under the MIT license.

 Free

Free software under the GNU General Public License.

Windows, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Downloads files without needing to remember curl options
  • Accepts a list of URLs in one call
  • Resumes interrupted downloads
  • Recursive mirroring with link conversion
  • Requires curl to be installed
  • Deliberately minimal; use curl directly for anything advanced
  • Command line only
  • Wget2 is the newer successor with further development
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: GPL-3.0
No account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

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