# Installer axel avec Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de axel pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:axel
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install axel
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install axel
```

  Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: net/axel/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add axel
```

  Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: axel from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install axel
```

  Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: axel from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install axel
```

  Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: axel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#axel
```

  Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ax/axel/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S axel
```

  Preuve: Arch Linux sync databases: axel from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install axel
```

  Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: axel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install axel
```

  Preuve: Chocolatey community package catalog: axel from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.5836','capture'

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:axel
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/axel>
- **Version:** 2.17.14
- **Résumé source:** Light UNIX download accelerator
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel>
- **Docs amont:** <https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel#readme>
- **Licence:** GPL-2.0-or-later WITH cryptsetup-OpenSSL-exception
- **Archive source:** <https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/releases/download/v2.17.14/axel-2.17.14.tar.xz>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-05-22T00:21:11+09:00
- **Généré:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## exécutables

- axel (cli)
- axel (alias)

## Dépendances

- gettext
- openssl@4

## Dépendances de compilation

- pkgconf

## Comportement d'installation

- hook post-installation: non défini
- Bouteille: disponible sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-07-08
- version du gestionnaire: 2.17.14
- gestionnaire mis à jour: 2026-05-22
- données locales: OK
- dépôt amont: https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Historique du projet et usages

Axel is a lightweight command-line download accelerator for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and FTPS. Its core trick is old-school and Unix-friendly: split a file across multiple connections, write directly into the destination file, and keep the program small enough for constrained systems.

### Historique du projet

The current official GitHub repository was created in August 2015 under the axel-download-accelerator organization. The README credits Wilmer van der Gaast as the original developer and notes that the project has had contributors over the years, reflecting a continuation of an older Unix utility rather than a brand-new 2015 tool.

The project has stayed intentionally narrow. The official manual page describes a program that downloads through multiple connections, supports mirror URLs, can search for mirrors, and reads simple system-wide and per-user rc files. The README still points users to the man page rather than a large web documentation site.

### Historique d'adoption

Axel's adoption is visible in its packaging footprint. The batch input lists packages across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/DNF, openSUSE/Zypper, Arch/Pacman, Alpine/APK, MacPorts, Nix, and Chocolatey. That spread is characteristic of a mature small CLI: it is not a platform product, but it is useful enough to be available almost everywhere package nerds look first.

### Modes d'utilisation

Users run `axel` with one or more URLs, choose connection counts with `--num-connections`, limit bandwidth with `--max-speed`, resume interrupted transfers from state, and optionally configure defaults in `/etc/axelrc` or `~/.axelrc`. The man page also documents proxy, protocol, output, progress, and timeout flags.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Axel matters in package-manager culture because it represents the tiny C utility lane next to heavier downloaders such as aria2. It gives maintainers a low-dependency, autotools-built downloader with a stable CLI, a man page, and config files in conventional Unix locations.

Its long packaging tail also makes it a useful compatibility check for distro maintainers: TLS library choices, getopt behavior, rc-file locations, and documentation installation paths all matter more here than shiny features.

### Chronologie

- 2015: Current official GitHub repository created.
- 2017: GitHub releases include the v2.14 and v2.16 series.
- 2019: v2.17 release series begins.
- 2024: v2.17.14 release published.

### Related projects

- The official README lists aria2, hget, lftp, nugget, and pget as related projects.

### Sources

- GitHub releases API lists v2.14 in 2017, v2.17 in 2019, and v2.17.14 in 2024.
- GitHub repository metadata: created_at 2015-08-13.
- Official README credits original developer Wilmer van der Gaast and long-running contributors.
- Official manpage documents purpose, protocols, rc files, and examples.
- input.source_facts.package-manager lists broad distro and package-manager adoption.


## Notes de sécurité

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Risque Geiger:** blue / moyen
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: /etc/axelrc, ~/.axelrc
## Détails de la base source

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** axel
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - axel - 2.17.14-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: axel from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | light command line download accelerator | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- Nix - axel: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ax/axel/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - axel - 2.17.13-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: axel from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | light command line download accelerator | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- apk - axel - 2.17.14-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: axel from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A multiple-connection concurrent downloader | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- apk - axel-doc - 2.17.14-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: axel-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A multiple-connection concurrent downloader (documentation) | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- dnf - axel - 2.17.14-3.fc42: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: axel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Light command line download accelerator for Linux and Unix | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- pacman - axel - 2.17.14-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: axel from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Light command line download accelerator | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- zypper - axel - 2.17.14-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: axel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Lightweight Download Accelerator | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- MacPorts - axel: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/axel/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - axel: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: axel from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.5836','capture'


## Liens liés

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [openssl@4](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/openssl-4/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [aria2](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/aria2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, download, http, networking.
- [wget](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/wget/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, download, http, networking.
- [wget2](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/wget2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, download, http, networking.
- [apkeep](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/apkeep/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, download, networking.
- [ares](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/ares/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, download, networking.
- [bombardier](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/bombardier/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, http, networking.
- [bozohttpd](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/bozohttpd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, http, networking.
- [davix](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/davix/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, http, networking.
- [httping](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/httping/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, gettext, http, networking, openssl.
- [shellinabox](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/shellinabox/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, http, networking, openssl, openssl-4.
- [btpd](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/btpd/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, networking, openssl, openssl-4.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/axel.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/axel.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph