# Wget

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/wget/  
**Website:** https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

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.

## Kin Score — 22.3 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 22.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 24.0 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 2.5 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **Wget** — 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 abor...
- **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-Modi...

## Security (1)

- **Wget Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Wget Plans Pricing**

## Tags

CLI, Clients, HTTP Client, File Download, Open-Source, GNU

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/wget/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.