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GNU Wget2 vs HTTrack: catalog facts
GNU Wget2	HTTrack
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free software released under the GNU GPL.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
Parallel connections and HTTP/2 make recursive mirroring much faster Keeps Wget's command line, so existing habits carry over	Keeps the relative link structure of the original site Updates existing mirrors and resumes interrupted copies
Not a complete drop-in replacement; some Wget options are missing Packaged separately from wget, so it is not installed by default	Long gap between the 3.49 and 3.50 releases Windows XP and Vista are limited to the older 3.49-2 release
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL
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 September 23, 2026

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