# Wget |  | GNU **wget** is a computer program that retrieves content from web servers. It is part of the GNU Project. Its name derives from "World Wide Web" and "get". It supports downloading via HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Wget](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wget) | | | url:: [wget](https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/) | - "web get" - downloads files over a network - for non-interactive download of files from the web. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well as retrieval through HTTP proxies. - `wget http://website.com/files/file.zip` - downloads file.zip to working directory