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 25 alternatives to Wget for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Android 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 wget2.

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  1. axel icon
     27 likes

    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. AriaNg icon
     5 likes

    AriaNg is a modern web frontend making aria2 easier to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. kurly icon
     2 likes

    kurly is a tool to transfer data from a HTTP(S) server, similar to curl.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Save, archive, and manage websites. Locally and minimalistically.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Hurl icon
     7 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. AWGG icon
     3 likes

    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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. aget icon
     2 likes

    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
     
  8.  Like

    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
     
  9. VisualWget icon
     9 likes

    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.

    23 VisualWget alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Aria2 Next icon
     1 like

    aria2 is remarkable open source software. For over a decade it has been one of the most capable download engines available, trusted by countless tools and users worldwide.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  11. DloadBox icon
     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. 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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