Wget

Wget2

GNU Wget2 is the next-generation successor to GNU Wget, built from scratch around libwget. It is multi-threaded, supports HTTP/2, HTTP compression, parallel connections, If-Modified-Since headers, plugin APIs, RSS/Atom feed scanning, Sitemap XML support, and Metalink. Libwget is licensed under LGPLv3+ for use as a reusable library.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://gnuwget.gitlab.io/wget2/reference/

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wget/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wget-download-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wget/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wget2-plugin-schema.json

Other Resources

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Source Code
https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2
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GitHub Mirror
https://github.com/gnuwget/wget2
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Plugin API
https://gnuwget.gitlab.io/wget2/reference/group__libwget-plugin.html
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ReleaseNotes
https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2/-/releases
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Wiki
https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2/-/wikis/home
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ChangeLog
https://fossies.org/linux/wget/ChangeLog

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aid: wget:wget2
name: Wget2
description: GNU Wget2 is the next-generation successor to GNU Wget, built from scratch around libwget.
  It is multi-threaded, supports HTTP/2, HTTP compression, parallel connections, If-Modified-Since headers,
  plugin APIs, RSS/Atom feed scanning, Sitemap XML support, and Metalink. Libwget is licensed under LGPLv3+
  for use as a reusable library.
humanURL: https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2
baseURL: https://gnuwget.gitlab.io/wget2/
tags:
- CLI
- File Download
- HTTP Client
- HTTP/2
- Multithreaded
- Plugin API
- GNU
- Open-Source
tags_raw:
- CLI
- File Download
- HTTP Client
- HTTP/2
- Multithreaded
- Plugin API
- GNU
- Open Source
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://gnuwget.gitlab.io/wget2/reference/
- type: Source Code
  url: https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2
- type: GitHub Mirror
  url: https://github.com/gnuwget/wget2
- type: Plugin API
  url: https://gnuwget.gitlab.io/wget2/reference/group__libwget-plugin.html
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2/-/releases
- type: Wiki
  url: https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2/-/wikis/home
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://fossies.org/linux/wget/ChangeLog
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wget/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wget-download-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wget/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wget2-plugin-schema.json
contact:
- FN: GNU Wget Mailing List
  email: bug-wget@gnu.org