Installation¶

rewget supports Linux and macOS. 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.

npm (All Platforms)¶

If you have Node.js installed:

npm install -g rewget

PyPI (All Platforms)¶

If you have Python installed:

pip install rewget

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

Manual Installation¶

Download Pre-built Binaries¶

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

Extract and install:

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

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 1.0.1

rewget --rewget-help

Shell Completions¶

Enable tab completion for rewget commands:

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

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

rewget --rewget-completions=fish | source

Replace wget (Optional)¶

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

alias wget='rewget'

alias wget='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

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¶

• Quick Start - Get started with rewget
• Usage Guide - Learn about all features
• Configuration - Customize rewget behavior