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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.

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Developers
Giuseppe Scrivano, Tim Rühsen
License
GPL-3.0-or-later[a]
Original author
Hrvoje Nikšić
Platform
Cross-platform
Release
January 1996; 30 years ago (1996-01)
Repository
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git

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Wget

Nodes119
Edges118
Triples175
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016807
Components1

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Wget

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related to Notable releases · 52
Wget → August, CGI, CSS, CVE-2014-4877, CVE-2016-4971, Dan Harkless, December, Digest Access Authentication, Dispositionheader, English-language, Features, February, ForwardSecrecy, FSF, FTP, FTPS, Geturl, GNU, GNU General Public License, GNU GPL
related to history · 13
Wget → Amiga, AREXX, Existing, FTP, Geturl, HTTP, James Burton, NcFTP, No, Perl, The, Unix, While Wget
related to Authors and copyright · 12
Wget → AUTHORS, Dan Harkless, Free Software Foundation, Giuseppe Scrivano, GNU, GNU Wget, Hrvoje Nikšić, Ian Abbott, Mauro Tortonesi, Significant, The, Tim Rühsen
related to Other features · 12
Wget → Can, CDX, Download, Files, GiB, GnuTLS, HTTP, IPv6, It, OpenSSL, SSL/TLS, WARC
related to Recursive download · 12
Wget → FTP, FTP URLs, HTML, HTTP, Links, Recursive, Robots Exclusion Standard, Shell-like, The, This, URL, When
related to Wget2 · 12
Wget → GNU Wget2, GPL-3, HTTP, HTTP/2, If-Modified-Since HTTP, It, LGPL-3, Libwget, September, TCP Fast Open, Wget1, Wget2
related to Portability · 10
Wget → BSD-like, Cygwin, Designed, GnuWin, It, Microsoft Windows, TCP/IP, Unix, Unix-like, Written
related to Source contribution · 10
Wget → Bazaar, CVS, Git, Instructions, Mercurial, Patches, Prior, Subversion, The, Wget's
related to Cliget · 6
Wget → Aria2, Cliget, Curl, Firefox, It, Zaid Abdulla
related to External links · 6
Wget → CLI, Comparison, Daniel, November, Official, Wget/Wget2Stenberg

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released http web ftp gnu download support version release program license also written features software file added use supported code

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WgetDevelopersGiuseppe Scrivano, Tim Rühsen1.00infobox
WgetLicenseGPL-3.0-or-later[a]1.00infobox
WgetOriginal authorHrvoje Nikšić1.00infobox
WgetPlatformCross-platform1.00infobox
WgetReleaseJanuary 1996; 30 years ago (1996-01)1.00infobox
WgetRepositorygit.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git1.00infobox
WgetStable release1.25.0 / 10 November 20241.00infobox
WgetTypeFTP client / HTTP client1.00infobox
WgetWebsitewww.gnu.org/software/wget/1.00infobox
WgetWritten inC1.00infobox
Wgetrelated to Authors and copyrightGNU Wget0.60section
Wgetrelated to Authors and copyrightHrvoje Nikšić0.60section

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