Curl vs Wget: Which One Should You Use for Your Command-Line Downloads? or Curl vs Wget – What's the

Wget wins for me because of its simplicity. Just paste a URL and boom—it works. Curl feels like I need a cheat sheet every time.

But hey, if you're into scripting, curl's libcurl integration is unbeatable. For recursive downloads, wget’s --mirror flag is a lifesaver.

Anyone else use aria2c? It’s a beast for parallel downloads and kinda bridges the gap between curl vs wget.