# Axel Download Accelerator

<http://axel.alioth.debian.org/>

- Host: [axel.alioth.debian.org](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/axel.alioth.debian.org/)
- Saved: February 12, 2011 (2011-02-12T16:33:39Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/53a52dccad53/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/53a52dccad53.json

## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

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.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://axel.alioth.debian.org/