# wget2 > An improved version of `wget` for downloading files from the web. > Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and HTTP/2 protocols with enhanced performance. > By default, `wget2` uses multiple threads for faster downloads. > More information: . - Download the contents of a URL to a file using multiple threads (default behavior differs from `wget`): `wget2 {{https://example.com/foo}}` - Limit the number of threads used for downloading (default is 5 threads): `wget2 --max-threads {{10}} {{https://example.com/foo}}` - Download a single web page and all its resources (scripts, stylesheets, images, etc.): `wget2 {{[-p|--page-requisites]}} {{[-k|--convert-links]}} {{https://example.com/somepage.html}}` - Mirror a website, but do not ascend to the parent directory (does not download embedded page elements): `wget2 {{[-m|--mirror]}} {{[-np|--no-parent]}} {{https://example.com/somepath/}}` - Limit the download speed and the number of connection retries: `wget2 --limit-rate {{300k}} {{[-t|--tries]}} {{100}} {{https://example.com/somepath/}}` - Continue an incomplete download (behavior is consistent with `wget`): `wget2 {{[-c|--continue]}} {{https://example.com}}` - Download all URLs stored in a text file to a specific directory: `wget2 {{[-P|--directory-prefix]}} {{path/to/directory}} {{[-i|--input-file]}} {{URLs.txt}}` - Download a file from an HTTP server using Basic Auth (also works for HTTPS): `wget2 --user {{username}} --password {{password}} {{https://example.com}}`