This article spotlights alternative tools to Wget.
The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a command-line interface (CLI) unless otherwise stated.
| Alternatives to Wget | |
|---|---|
| Wget2 | Successor of Wget |
| curl | Tool and library for transferring data with URLs |
| aria2 | Multi-protocol and multi-source command-line download utility |
| HTTPie | HTTP client with an intuitive user interface |
| curlie | The power of curl, the ease of use of httpie |
| xh | Fast and friendly tool for sending HTTP requests |
| hurl | Run and test HTTP requests with plain text |
| TerminusDM | User-friendly terminal interface for managing your downloads efficiently |
| getparty | HTTP download manager with multi-parts |
| Surge | Download manager built in Go |
| aria2tui | TUI client for the aria2c download utility |
| gosh-dl-cli | Modern command-line download manager built on top of the gosh-dl engine |
| Axel | Lightweight CLI download accelerator |
Are we missing any open source alternatives to Wget?
Please let us know.
All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| age // awk // bc // cal // cat // cd // chmod // cksum // cloc // cmp // compress // cp // cron // curl // cut // date // dd // df // diff // dig // du // fdisk // file // find // free // ftp // grep // gzip // hexdump // history // jq // kill // less // locate // ls // lsof // make // man // more // mv / ping // ps // psql // rename // rm // sed // split // ssh // stow // strings // sudo // sysctl // tail // talk // tar // telnet // time // top // touch // traceroute // tree // uname // uniq // uptime // vi // watch // Wget // who // whois // xargs |
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I’d like to suggest Axel and Gosh-dl_cli.
Thank you.
I”ll take a look at Axel. The other one is already covered and in the table.
Axel has been added. Thanks Gio.
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