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Also known as GNU Wget

GNU Wget (or just Wget, formerly Geturl, also written as its package name, wget) is a computer program that retrieves content from web servers. It is part of the GNU Project. Its name derives from "World Wide Web" and "get", a HTTP request method. It supports downloading via HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP.

Key facts

Software.name
Wget2
Software.screenshot
File:Wget 1.13.4.png
Software.caption
Screenshot of Wget running on Ubuntu.
Software.author
Hrvoje Nikšić
Software.developer
Giuseppe Scrivano, Tim Rühsen
Software.platform
Cross-platform
Software.programming language
C
Software.genre
FTP client / HTTP client
Software.license
GPL-3.0-or-later

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