Command-line tool

wget

brew/wget

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Internet file retriever cross-platform downloader open-source

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id JernejSimoncic.Wget -e
scoop install wget

macOS

brew install wget

Linux

brew install wget

Download the contents of a URL to a file (named "foo" in this case)

wget https://example.com/foo

Download the contents of a URL to a specific file

wget -O path/to/file https://example.com/foo

Download a single web page and all its resources with 3-second intervals between requests (scripts, stylesheets, images, etc.)

wget -pkw 3 https://example.com/some_page.html

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