Neither wget nor curl is universally "better"—it depends on your needs. Curl excels at flexible HTTP requests (e.g., POST, headers, cookies) and supports more protocols like FTP, making it ideal for APIs and scripting. Wget shines for simple recursive downloads and mirroring websites, with built-in resume support for large files.
For quick downloads, wget is often simpler: wget https://example.com/file. Curl needs flags: curl -O https://example.com/file.
Use curl for versatility in modern dev; wget for batch file retrieval. Both are lightweight CLI tools on Unix/Linux.
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