Wget

aid: wget
name: Wget
description: GNU Wget is a free, open-source command-line utility for non-interactive downloading of files from the web using
  HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and FTPS protocols. It supports recursive downloading, resuming aborted downloads, mirroring websites,
  proxy support, and can be run from scripts and cron jobs. Wget2 is the next-generation successor, written from scratch with
  multi-threading, HTTP/2, and a plugin API via libwget.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- CLI
- Clients
- HTTP Client
- File Download
- Open Source
- GNU
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wget/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-27'
modified: '2026-05-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: wget:wget
  name: Wget
  description: GNU Wget is a free command-line utility for non-interactive downloading of files from the web using HTTP, HTTPS,
    FTP, and FTPS. It supports recursive downloading, resume of aborted downloads, website mirroring, HTTP proxies, cookies,
    and persistent connections.
  humanURL: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
  baseURL: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/
  tags:
  - CLI
  - File Download
  - HTTP Client
  - FTP Client
  - GNU
  - Open Source
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html
  - type: Download
    url: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/
  - type: Mirror
    url: http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/wget
  - type: Source Code
    url: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git
  - type: Bug Tracker
    url: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=wget
  - type: Mailing List
    url: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-wget
  - type: FAQ
    url: http://wget.addictivecode.org/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
  contact:
  - FN: GNU Wget Mailing List
    email: bug-wget@gnu.org
- 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
  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
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/wget-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/
- type: Source Code
  url: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://gitlab.com/gnuwget
- type: Mailing List
  url: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-wget
- type: Bug Tracker
  url: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=wget
- type: Download
  url: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/
- type: License
  url: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wget/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/wget-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wget/refs/heads/main/json-ld/wget-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com