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Hi,
we are happy to announce the release 2.0.1 of GNU Wget2.
Wget2 is the successor of GNU Wget, a file and recursive website
downloader.
Designed and written from scratch it wraps around libwget, that provides
the basic functions needed by a web client.
Wget2 works multi-threaded and uses many features to allow fast operation.
Wget2 has the potential to download faster than Wget due to HTTP2,
HTTP compression, parallel connections, use of If-Modified-Since HTTP header
and other techniques. Especially recursive or multi-URL downloads benefit.
Wget2 has several new command-line options, see the wiki page for a list and
comparison with Wget.
Wget will be maintained further. The idea is that breaking changes and new
functionalities go into Wget2 / libwget.
Except for WARC and FTP, Wget2 is a drop-in replacement for Wget in most cases.
Of course there may be subtle differences, so make sure to test well before
replacing Wget by Wget2.
GNU Wget2 is licensed under GPLv3+. Libwget is licensed under LGPLv3+.
**Noteworthy changes since the last release (see also the NEWS file):**
**Download**
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget2-2.0.1.tar.gz
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget2-2.0.1.tar.lz
**Signatures (PGP key 1CB2 7DBC 9861 4B2D 5841 646D 0830 2DB6 A267 0428)**
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget2-2.0.1.tar.gz.sig
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget2-2.0.1.tar.lz.sig
Please find the key in the GNU keyring:
wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-keyring.gpg
**Project Website**
https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2
**Online Documentation**
https://gnuwget.gitlab.io/wget2/reference/
**Wiki**
https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2/-/wikis/Home
**Mailing List**
https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=wget
**Bug Tracker**
https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2/issues
**Getting the Source Code (Development)**
git clone https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2.git
**Source Code Test Coverage**
https://gnuwget.gitlab.io/wget2/coverage/
**Fuzz Code Coverage**
https://gnuwget.gitlab.io/wget2/fuzz-coverage/
With Best Regards, Tim Rühsen