wget
Install command:
brew install wgetInternet file retriever
https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/wget.json
Formula code: wget.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 1.25.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Revision: 2
Patches:
| https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget/-/commit/aaec8d52a06c46eeab570b8ef3e10760ebc66b7a |
Depends on:
| libidn2 | 2.3.8 | International domain name library (IDNA2008, Punycode and TR46) |
| libpsl | 0.23.3 | C library for the Public Suffix List |
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| gettext | 1.0 | GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library |
| libunistring | 1.5 | C string library for manipulating Unicode strings |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Binaries:
wget
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 214,514 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 22,878,766 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 32,258 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 6.7× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-10T00:48:24Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-11 to 2026-11-10. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 32,201 | 94,560 | 324,185 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 57 | 195 | 609 |
| Installs on Request | 31,973 | 93,828 | 320,266 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 57 | 195 | 609 |
Build Errors (--HEAD) | 10 | ||
| Build Errors | 6 |