Wget is a command line downloader program from GNU. I have provided an OS X installer (Intel-only, 10.5 or higher). Download it here.

Introduction to GNU Wget

GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc.

GNU Wget has many features to make retrieving large files or mirroring entire web or FTP sites easy, including:

    * Can resume aborted downloads, using REST and RANGE
    * Can use filename wild cards and recursively mirror directories
    * NLS-based message files for many different languages
    * Optionally converts absolute links in downloaded documents to relative, so that downloaded documents may link to each other locally
    * Runs on most UNIX-like operating systems as well as Microsoft Windows
    * Supports HTTP proxies
    * Supports HTTP cookies
    * Supports persistent HTTP connections
    * Unattended / background operation
    * Uses local file timestamps to determine whether documents need to be re-downloaded when mirroring
    * GNU Wget is distributed under the GNU General Public License.


This installer is built by Jonathan Hunt <jjh@42quarks.com>. Use at your own risk. Comes with no guarantee. Feel free to let me know if you have problems with it but I won't guarantee any response.

Once installer you can type 'wget' a the Terminal to start using it. Instructions for use type 'man wget'.

This installer installs the files in /usr/local but makes symlinks in /usr/bin/ so that you can use wget without needing to modify your path.