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Project Summary

Axel is a command line download accelerator for linux.
Axel tries to accelerate HTTP/FTP downloading process by using multiple connections for one file. It can use multiple mirrors for a download. Axel has no dependencies and is lightweight, so it might be useful as a wget clone on byte-critical systems.

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30 Day Summary

Jan 21 2026 — Feb 20 2026

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Feb 20 2025 — Feb 20 2026
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