curl vs wget: Which One Should You Use for Command-Line Downloads? or curl vs wget: What's the Best T

curl's got better error handling, imo. wget just kinda fails silently sometimes.

Also, curl works with way more protocols (like SFTP, SMB). wget's mostly HTTP/FTP.

But wget's recursive download is unbeatable for archiving sites.

If you're stuck, check out the man pages—they're lifesavers for both tools.