macOS
brew install axellocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install axelMacPorts ports tree · net/axel/Portfile · ソース: api.github.com
brew
axel のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。
インストール
brew install axellocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install axelMacPorts ports tree · net/axel/Portfile · ソース: api.github.com
sudo apk add axelAlpine Linux edge package indexes · axel · ソース: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo dnf install axelFedora Rawhide package metadata · axel · ソース: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#axelnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ax/axel/package.nix · ソース: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S axelArch Linux sync databases · axel · ソース: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo zypper install axelopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · axel · ソース: download.opensuse.org
choco install axelChocolatey community package catalog · axel · ソース: community.chocolatey.org
概要
Light UNIX download accelerator
履歴
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
セキュリティ状態
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
リスク blue · 信頼度 中 · tool
エージェントに無人実行させる前に、このツールが平文の認証情報を読むか、リモート状態を書き込むか、成果物を公開するか、プラグインを起動するかを確認してください。
local files
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.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
/etc/axelrc~/.axelrc実行可能ファイル
| コマンド | 種類 | 公開範囲 | メモ |
|---|---|---|---|
axel | cli | グローバル実行可能ファイル |
鮮度
これらの信号は、ページ生成時期、パッケージマネージャの活動、上流リリース比較を分けて示します。バージョン遅れは、証拠 URL と比較可能なバージョンがある場合だけ警告されます。
https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
インストールメタデータ
| パッケージキー | brew:axel |
|---|---|
| バージョン | 2.17.14 |
| パッケージマネージャ | Homebrew |
| パッケージマネージャページ | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/axel |
| ホームページ | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel |
| リポジトリ | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel |
| 上流ドキュメント | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel#readme |
| ライセンス | GPL-2.0-or-later WITH cryptsetup-OpenSSL-exception |
| ソースアーカイブ | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/releases/download/v2.17.14/axel-2.17.14.tar.xz |
| 最終更新 | 2026-05-22T00:21:11+09:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| 依存関係 | gettext, openssl@4 |
| ビルド依存関係 | pkgconf |
| Bottle | 利用可能 (対象 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定義 |
| サービス | 宣言なし |
レジストリ情報
| 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 |
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ソースデータベース一致
一致は外部パッケージマネージャインデックスから取得され、ローカルの Automic Vault パッケージリンクとは分けて表示されます。
axel 2.17.14-2
light command line download accelerator
https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
sudo apt install axelaxel
nix profile install nixpkgs#axelaxel 2.17.13-1build2
light command line download accelerator
https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
sudo apt install axelaxel 2.17.14-r2
A multiple-connection concurrent downloader
https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
sudo apk add axelaxel-doc 2.17.14-r2
A multiple-connection concurrent downloader (documentation)
https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
sudo apk add axel-docaxel 2.17.14-3.fc42
Light command line download accelerator for Linux and Unix
https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
sudo dnf install axelaxel 2.17.14-2
Light command line download accelerator
https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
sudo pacman -S axelaxel 2.17.14-1.5
Lightweight Download Accelerator
https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
sudo zypper install axelaxel
sudo port install axelaxel
choco install axelソース経路
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