wget: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for wget from GNU

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-04-10

What is wget?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementWget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files fromthe Web. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well asretrieval through HTTP proxies.
 

The entire lifecycle of wget

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of wget. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
wget (GNU) release, version and end-of-life information
Xwget (GNU) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product wget (GNU)
 

Facts and figures about wget

Product
wget
Vendor
GNU
Latest version
1.24.5
Number of releases
1
Number of versions
31
Number of unstable versions
0
Number of versions affected by CVE
23
Licence
GNU version 3
Licence details
https://github.com/mirror/wget?tab=GPL-3.0-1-ov-file
 
 

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