Wget2

command-line utility for downloading files from websites, successor of Wget
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Wget2

Summary

Wget2 is a version, edition or translation[1]. Wget2 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Wget2 is the creator of Tim Rühsen[3].
  • Wget2's instance of is recorded as version, edition or translation[4].
  • Wget2's instance of is recorded as GNU package[5].
  • Wget2's instance of is recorded as download manager[6].
  • Wget2's instance of is recorded as software library[7].
  • Wget2's instance of is recorded as HTTP client[8].
  • Wget2's maintained by is recorded as Tim Rühsen[9].
  • Wget2 followed Wget[10].
  • Wget2's developer is recorded as GNU Project[11].
  • Wget2's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[12].
  • Wget2's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[13].
  • Wget2's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[14].
  • Wget2's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[15].
  • Wget2's software version identifier is recorded as 1.99.1[16].
  • Wget2's software version identifier is recorded as 1.99.2[17].
  • Wget2's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0[18].
  • Wget2's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0.1[19].
  • Wget2's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.0[20].
  • Wget2's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.0[21].
  • Wget2's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.1[22].
  • Wget2 is part of Wget[23].
  • Wget2 is part of GNU Project[24].
  • Wget2's said to be the same as is recorded as Wget[25].
  • Wget2's edition or translation of is recorded as Wget[26].
  • Wget2's source code repository URL is recorded as https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Wget2 is the creator of Tim Rühsen[3].

Publication

Part of include Wget[23], a HTTP client[28], founded in 1996[29] and GNU Project[24], an open-source project[30], founded in 1983[31].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Wget2 followed Wget[10].

Why It Matters

Wget2 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · S8321414 · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Repology project name → wget2
    Depends on software → Libwget
    Part of → Wget, GNU Project
    Netbsd package id → net/wget2
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 2.2.1"
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