There are many alternatives to Wget for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is aria2, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Wget and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Wget are cURL, HTTPie for Terminal, webui-aria2 and xh.
Aria2 cannot mirror an entire site recursively.
Multi-thread downloading, multiple downloads at one instance
cURL is a computer software project providing a library and command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols with URL syntax: supporting FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS and FILE.
it's terminal based, like wget
HTTPie (pronounced aitch-tee-tee-pie) is a command line HTTP client. Its goal is to make CLI interaction with web services as human-friendly as possible. It provides a simple http command that allows for sending arbitrary HTTP requests using a simple and natural syntax, and...
The aim for webui-aria2 is to create the worlds best interface to interact with aria2. Very simple to use, just download and open index.html in any web browser.
xh is a friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests. It reimplements as much as possible of HTTPie's excellent design, with a focus on improved performance.
Wpull is a wget-compatible web downloader and crawler with WARC and Python/Lua scripting support
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.
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.
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A great download utility with way more features than Wget.