GNU Wget
Introduction to GNU Wget
GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc.
GNU Wget has many features to make retrieving large files or mirroring entire web or FTP sites easy, including:
- Can resume aborted downloads, using REST and RANGE
- Can use filename wild cards and recursively mirror directories
- NLS-based message files for many different languages
- Optionally converts absolute links in downloaded documents to relative, so that downloaded documents may link to each other locally
- Runs on most UNIX-like operating systems as well as Microsoft Windows
- Supports HTTP proxies
- Supports HTTP cookies
- Supports persistent HTTP connections
- Unattended / background operation
- Uses local file timestamps to determine whether documents need to be re-downloaded when mirroring
- GNU Wget is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
Downloading GNU Wget
The source code for GNU Wget can be found on http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/ [via http] and ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/ [via FTP]. It can also be found on one of our FTP mirrors. For more download options, see the download information on the Wget Wgiki.
Documentation
GNU Wget documentation can be found at http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/. For other manuals, please see http://www.gnu.org/manual/.
Additional Information
The most current information will be found at the Wget Wgiki. Visit the Wgiki to read answers to frequently asked questions, or to find out about the Wget mailing lists, or to discover how you can help us to improve Wget!
Maintainer
GNU Wget is currently being maintained by Micah Cowan <micah@cowan.name>. The original author of GNU Wget is Hrvoje Nikšić. Please do not directly contact either of these individuals with bug reports, or requests for help with Wget: that is what the mailing list is for; please use it instead. Micah also tries to make himself available on IRC during Pacific daytime hours; asking for help there is welcome.