---
name: "puf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "puf"
version: "1.0.0-7+b2"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/puf"
---

# puf(1)

http client for parallel downloading

## NAME

puf - http client for parallel downloading

## SYNTAX

**puf** *\[options\] url \[url ...\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**puf** is a program similar to **GNU wget**. The main difference is that **puf** tries to download as many urls as possible in parallel.

The available options vary between different versions.  Simply run \`puf -h' to get a list of available options.

## SEE ALSO

[**ftp**(1)](/ftp/1.md), [**lynx**(1)](/lynx/1.md)

## BUGS

Entries in your /etc/hosts file will confuse the alias  detection for the listed hosts. Workaround: do not use aliases, but only the primary name on the command line.

When continuing a download, ALL already complete files are  scanned for links, as we have no reliable means of detecting the file type.

Please report bugs to Oswald Buddenhagen \<puf@ossi.cjb.net\>