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GNU Wget2

wget2

The successor of GNU Wget, a file and recursive website downloader.

Runs as wget2|macOS, Linux, Windows|gitlab.com

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apps/wget2/otty.tomlThe file this page is generated from

id = "wget2"

name = "GNU Wget2"

homepage = "https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2"

description = "The successor of GNU Wget, a file and recursive website downloader."

executables = ["wget2"]

[dotfiles]

# https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2/-/blob/master/docs/wget2.md — Wget2 reads

# the first user startup file it finds from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wget/wget2rc,

# $HOME/.config/wget/wget2rc, and the legacy $HOME/.wget2rc. The latter is

# deprecated but remains a supported spelling, so both paths are retained.

paths = ["~/.config/wget/wget2rc", "~/.wget2rc"]

exclude = []

secret = []

side_effect = false

# The same manual documents http-password, ftp-password and proxy-password

# startup options. The rc parser also accepts the generic password directive;

# keep every password-prefixed directive out of synced content.

[[dotfiles.secret_paths]]

file = ["~/.config/wget/wget2rc", "~/.wget2rc"]

match = { prefix = ["password"] }

[commands]

format = 1

label = "Download files"

description = "Download one or more URLs, optionally recursively. Authentication, certificates, proxies and mirroring filters are left out."

quality = "ai-draft"

parser = { end_of_options = "--", interleave = "permute", long_equals = true, short_attached = true, short_bundles = false }

[[commands.source]]

id = "manual"

kind = "manual"

url = "https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2/-/blob/master/docs/wget2.md"

revision = "2026-10-27"

evidence = """

### `-q`, `--quiet`

### `-i`, `--input-file=file`

### `-t`, `--tries=number`

### `-O`, `--output-document=file`

### `-c`, `--continue`

### `-P prefix`, `--directory-prefix=prefix`

### `-U agent-string`, `--user-agent=agent-string`

### `--max-threads=number`

### `-r`, `--recursive`

### `-l depth`, `--level=depth`

### `-p`, `--page-requisites`

### `-np`, `--no-parent`

### `-nc`, `--no-clobber`

"""

[[commands.field]]

id = "url"

label = "URLs"

type = "url"

position = 0

multiple = true

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "output_document"

label = "Output file"

description = "Concatenates all downloads into this file."

type = "path"

path = { kind = "file", role = "output" }

option = ["--output-document", "-O"]

effect = "overwrite"

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "directory_prefix"

label = "Save into directory"

type = "path"

path = { kind = "directory", role = "output" }

option = ["--directory-prefix", "-P"]

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "input_file"

label = "Read URLs from file"

type = "path"

path = { kind = "file", role = "input" }

option = ["--input-file", "-i"]

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "continue"

label = "Resume partial download"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--continue", "-c"]

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "no_clobber"

label = "Do not overwrite existing files"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--no-clobber"]

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "recursive"

label = "Recursive download"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--recursive", "-r"]

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "level"

label = "Recursion depth"

type = "integer"

option = ["--level", "-l"]

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "no_parent"

label = "Do not ascend to parent directory"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--no-parent"]

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "page_requisites"

label = "Fetch page requisites"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--page-requisites", "-p"]

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "tries"

label = "Retries"

type = "integer"

option = ["--tries", "-t"]

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "max_threads"

label = "Max threads"

type = "integer"

option = ["--max-threads"]

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "user_agent"

label = "User agent"

type = "string"

option = ["--user-agent", "-U"]

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "quiet"

label = "Quiet"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--quiet", "-q"]

sources = ["manual"]

[[commands.task]]

id = "download"

label = "Download URL"

fields = ["url", "directory_prefix", "continue"]

required = ["url"]

[[commands.task]]

id = "recursive"

label = "Recursive download"

fields = ["url", "recursive", "level", "no_parent", "directory_prefix"]

required = ["url"]

set = { recursive = [true], no_parent = [true] }

[[commands.group]]

id = "basic"

label = "Basic"

fields = ["url", "output_document", "directory_prefix", "continue", "recursive", "level", "no_parent"]

[[commands.group]]

id = "advanced"

label = "Advanced"

fields = ["input_file", "no_clobber", "page_requisites", "tries", "max_threads", "user_agent", "quiet"]

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