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

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