Wget Alternatives

Wget is described as 'GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP(S) and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive command line tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc' and is a very popular download manager in the file sharing category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Wget for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Xfce apps. The best Wget alternative is aria2, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Wget are cURL, uGet, HTTPie for Terminal and Varia.

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  1. axel icon
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    Axel tries to accelerate HTTP/FTP downloading process by using multiple connections for one file. It can use multiple mirrors for a download. Axel has no dependencies and is lightweight, so it might be useful as a wget clone on byte-critical systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. kurly icon
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    kurly is a tool to transfer data from a HTTP(S) server, similar to curl.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. AriaNg icon
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    AriaNg is a modern web frontend making aria2 easier to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • AriaNg is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Wget.

    • AriaNg is Free and Open SourceWget is also Free and Open Source
  4. Hurl icon
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    Hurl is a command line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format. It can capture values, evaluate queries on headers and body response. It is very versatile: it can be used for both fetching data and testing HTTP sessions.

    36 Hurl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. AWGG icon
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    AWGG or Advanced Wget GUI is a download or frontend manager of the most popular download engines such as wget, aria2, curl, youtube-dl and axel...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. aget icon
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    Aget is a multithreaded HTTP -for now- download accelerator. Everybody knows about the famous Flashget for Win32. This program is a starting point of a very useful project like Flashget. The aim is to provide as much functionality as we can.

    Tests show that Aget is successfull i.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7.  Like
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    A lightweight, VirusTotal -enabled command-line downloader. Knowing of no cURL -like tools that directly leverage the native Windows API, I thought it would be fun to make my own, and throw in quick automatic...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. VisualWget icon
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    VisualWget is a download manager that use Wget as a core retriever to retrieve files from the web. You can think of VisualWget as a GUI front-end for Wget that give you all of Wget functionalities (e.g.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. DloadBox icon
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    DloadBox is a complete download management platform combining aria2c, Caddy, ariaNG, RPC integration, and a Telegram bot. It offers a user-friendly web interface and remote control, enabling efficient and scalable management of downloads from anywhere.

    53 DloadBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    WebAppReader is an application for downloading and viewing websites offline on different platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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    Monitor, archive, go back in time.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Website Watchman is the most popular commercial alternative to Wget.

    • Website Watchman is Paid and ProprietaryWget is Free and Open Source
  12. Imaget icon
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    Imaget is a powerful Image Bulk Downloader designed to simplify and streamline the process of batch downloading images from various websites and social media platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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