Compare cURL Features with Other FTP+HTTP Tools

This comparison only involves entirely free and open source software.

Feature	curl	snarf	wget	pavuk	fget	fetch
FTP Resume	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
HTTP Resume	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
Follow HTTP Redirects	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
Multiple URLs	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
HTTP Proxy	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
FTP Active Mode	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
SOCKS	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no
Username/Password	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
HTTP POST	yes	no	yes	yes	no	no
HTTP Persistent Connections	yes	no	yes	yes	no	no
Cookie Support	yes	no	yes	yes	no	no
Tiny Executable	no	yes	no	no	yes	yes
IPv6 Support	yes	no	no	no	yes	yes
HTTP 1.1	yes	no	no	yes	no	yes
.netrc Support	yes	no	yes	no	no	no
HTTPS	yes	no	yes	yes	no	no
HTTP Digest Auth	yes	no	yes	yes	no	no
Recursive Download	no	no	yes	yes	no	no
FTP SSL	yes	no	no	yes	no	no
Native Win32 Port	yes	no	yes	no	no	no
HTTP NTLM Auth	yes	no	no	yes	no	no
Large File Support	yes	no	yes	no	no	no
FTP Upload	yes	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP PUT	yes	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP POST chunked	yes	no	no	no	no	no
multipart POST	yes	no	no	no	no	no
Session ID caching	yes	no	no	no	no	no
FTP Kerberos	yes	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP Ranges	yes	no	no	no	no	no
FTP Ranges	yes	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP deflate/gzip	yes	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP Negotiate Auth	yes	no	no	no	no	no
HTTP SPNEGO Auth	yes	no	no	no	no	no
FTP Connection Re-use	yes	no	no	no	no	no
License	MIT	GPL	GPL	GPL	?	BSD

Quick links to the above mentioned tools: snarf, wget, pavuk, fget.

'Fetch' is an integral part of the FreeBSD operating system.

This comparison table is a rip-off from the now extinct snarf comparison table. Please mail us corrections if this table is incorrect, or tell us other features we should compare!

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