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Installation

rewget supports Linux, macOS, and Windows. Choose your preferred installation method below.

Package Managers

Homebrew (macOS / Linux)

The easiest way to install rewget on macOS or Linux:

brew install neul-labs/tap/rewget

This installs both rewget and rewgetd binaries, along with shell completions and man pages.

Cargo (All Platforms)

If you have Rust installed:

cargo install rewget

Install Script

Linux / macOS

curl -fsSL https://rewget.dev/install.sh | sh

Or with custom install directory:

RWGET_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin curl -fsSL https://rewget.dev/install.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell)

irm https://rewget.dev/install.ps1 | iex

Manual Installation

Download Pre-built Binaries

Download the appropriate archive for your platform from the releases page:

Platform Architecture Download
Linux x86_64 rewget-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
Linux ARM64 rewget-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
macOS x86_64 (Intel) rewget-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
macOS ARM64 (Apple Silicon) rewget-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
Windows x86_64 rewget-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.zip

Extract and install:

tar -xzf rewget-*.tar.gz
sudo install -m 755 rewget /usr/local/bin/
sudo install -m 755 rewgetd /usr/local/bin/

Extract the zip file and add the directory to your PATH.

Build from Source

Requirements:

  • Rust 1.75 or later
  • C compiler (for native dependencies)
  • CMake (for some dependencies)
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/neul-labs/rewget
cd rewget

# Build release binaries
cargo build --release

# Install to ~/.cargo/bin (or copy manually)
cargo install --path crates/rewget

Post-Installation Setup

Verify Installation

rewget --rewget-version
# rewget 1.0.0

rewget --rewget-help

Shell Completions

Enable tab completion for rewget commands:

Add to ~/.bashrc:

eval "$(rewget --rewget-completions=bash)"

Add to ~/.zshrc:

eval "$(rewget --rewget-completions=zsh)"

Add to ~/.config/fish/config.fish:

rewget --rewget-completions=fish | source

Add to your PowerShell profile:

rewget --rewget-completions=powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression

Replace wget (Optional)

To use rewget as your default wget, add an alias:

alias wget='rewget'

alias wget='rewget'

Set-Alias -Name wget -Value rewget

Pre-download Chromium (Optional)

Stage 3 (JavaScript preflight) requires Chromium. It downloads automatically on first use, but you can pre-download it:

rewget --rewget-download-chromium

This downloads Chrome for Testing (~150MB) to ~/.local/share/rewget/chromium/.

Dependencies

rewget requires wget or wget2 to be installed on your system:

sudo apt install wget

sudo dnf install wget

brew install wget

wget is typically available via Git Bash, WSL, or can be downloaded from GNU wget.

Uninstall

brew uninstall rewget

rm /usr/local/bin/rewget /usr/local/bin/rewgetd
rm -rf ~/.local/share/rewget  # Remove Chromium and profiles
rm -rf ~/.cache/rewget        # Remove cache

Next Steps