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iwget2 - Wget2 for Windows

iwget2 is a packaging of wget2 and Cygwin to offer a standalone transfer tool for Windows systems.

Wget2 is an advanced, faster version of the well-known wget tool, designed to improve upon the functionality of the original while supporting modern web standards. Like wget, it’s a command-line utility that allows users to download files from the internet, retrieve web pages, and mirror entire websites, but it introduces a range of enhancements that make it better suited for today’s internet. Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of a DLL (cygwin1.dll), which emulates substantial Linux API functionality, and a collection of tools.

 wget2 man page

 

NB! Provide certificate bundle location for https requests

bin\wget2 --ca-certificate /etc/ca-bundle.crt ....

 Output of wget2 --version:

GNU Wget2 2.2.0 - multithreaded metalink/file/website downloader

+digest +https +ssl/openssl +ipv6 +iri +large-file +nls -ntlm -opie +psl -hsts
+iconv +idn2 +zlib -lzma +brotlidec +zstd -bzip2 -lzip +http2 -gpgme

Copyright (C) 2012-2015 Tim Ruehsen
Copyright (C) 2015-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Please send bug reports and questions to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.


Release news

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