Comparison of download managers
This comparison contains download managers, and also file sharing applications that can be used as download managers (using the http, https and ftp-protocol). For pure file sharing applications see the Comparison of file sharing applications.
Note: Download managers in purple are no longer in development.
General information
Manager | Latest stable release | License / Price (USD) | Adware, Malware & Spyware[1] | CLI | GUI | Web | Linux | Windows | Mac OS X |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4K Video Downloader | 3.8.1.1870 (January 26, 2016 ) |
Proprietary / Freemium | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
aria2 | 1.29.0 (November 15, 2016 ) |
GPL / | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BitComet | 1.44 (November 11, 2016 ) [±][2]
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Proprietary / freeware | Adware from version 0.85 to 0.97; Potentially sensitive information reported to BC Servers |
Partial [3] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Download Accelerator Manager | ? | Freeware, $24.95 for Ultimate | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Download Accelerator Plus | 10.0.5.7 (November 27, 2013 ) |
Proprietary / Adware Free, $24.95 for Premium | Adware on free version | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Download Express | 1.9.341 (June 27, 2007[4]) |
Proprietary / Freeware, $9.95 for advanced mode | None Known | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
DownloadStudio | 7.0.5.0 (October 20, 2011 ) |
Shareware / $24.95 | None Known | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
DownThemAll! | 3.0.5 (September 2, 2016 ) [±][5] | GPL / | None Known | No | Yes | No | Requires Firefox | Requires Firefox | Requires Firefox |
EagleGet | 2.0.4.11 (June 3, 2016 ) |
Freeware | No | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No |
FlashGet | 3.7.0.1195 (January 10, 2012 ) |
Proprietary / Freeware | Cydoor Pop-up ads, banners[6] |
No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Folx | 3.0.870 (October 9, 2013 ) |
Shareware / $19.95 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Free Download Manager | 5.1.17 (build 4597) (August 23, 2016 ) [±][7] | GPL / | was bundled with Software Informer before release 3.8([8])([9]) | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Freemake Video Downloader | 3.0.0.20 (February 17, 2012[10]) |
Proprietary / Freeware | None Known | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Free Studio | 6.3.1.514 (May 16, 2014[11]) |
Proprietary / Freeware | Adware Mobogenie (optional install) | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
FreshDownload | ? | freeware, name and e-mail required | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
GetRight | 6.5 (January 24, 2011 ) [±][12] | Proprietary / $49.95 for Pro | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Go!Zilla | 5.03 (February 1, 2008[13]) |
Proprietary / $19.95 | None as of Version 5; Aureate adware prior to that |
No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Internet Download Accelerator | 5.14.2.1329 (December 27, 2012 ) |
Proprietary / Freeware, $9.95 single/$24.95 family pack for Pro | Adware on free version | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Internet Download Manager | 6.26 Build 7 (October 1, 2016[14] |
Proprietary / $24.95 lifetime for 1 PC | None Known | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Xtreme Download Manager | XDMan 2015 (September 12, 2015 ) |
GPL / | No | yes but help param (-h) is not available | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
JDownloader | 0.9.581 (19 January 2011 ) |
GPL / | Adware Mobogenie (optional install); Adware browser hijacker Mysearchdial (optional install) |
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Jigdo | 0.7.3-3 (8 May 2006 ) |
GPLv2 / | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
KGet | 4.14.3 (November 11, 2014 ) [±][15] | GPL / | None Known | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Part of KDE for Windows | Part of KDE for Mac |
Maxel | 1.23.1 (November 14, 2015[16]) |
Proprietary / Freeware, $7.99 for full version | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
MiniDM | 2.5.1 (June 2, 2010[17]) |
Proprietary / Freeware | None Known | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
MLDonkey | 3.1.5 (March 22, 2014[18]) [±] | GPL / | None Known | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Shareaza | 2.7.9.0 (October 6, 2015[19]) [±] | GPL / | Original Client: None Known |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Tmib video downloader | 3.5 (October 8, 2014[20]) |
LGPL / | None | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
uGet | 2.0 (May 1, 2015 ) [±][21] | LGPL / | None | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Manager | Latest stable release | License / Price (USD) | Adware, Malware & Spyware[1] | CLI | GUI | Web | Linux | Windows | Mac OS X |
Protocol support
Manager | HTTP | HTTPS | FTP | SFTP | MMS | RTSP | Metalink | Magnet link | Podcast | RTMP | BitTorrent | eDonkey |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4K Video Downloader | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BitComet | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Download Accelerator Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
Download Accelerator Plus | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Download Express | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
DownloadStudio | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
DownThemAll! | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
EagleGet | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
FlashGet | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Folx | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Free Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[22] | Yes[22] | Yes | Yes[23] | No | No | Yes | No |
Freemake Video Downloader | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Free Studio | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
FreshDownload | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
GetRight | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Go!Zilla | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Internet Download Accelerator | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Internet Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Xtreme Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
JDownloader | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Jigdo | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
KGet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | No |
Maxel | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
MiniDM | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
MLDonkey | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Net Transport | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Orbit Downloader | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Shareaza | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Tmib video downloader | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
uGet | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
wxDownload Fast | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Manager | HTTP | HTTPS | FTP | SFTP | MMS | RTSP | Metalink | Magnet link | Podcast | RTMP | BitTorrent | eDonkey |
Features
Manager | Web browser integration |
Resuming |
Download acceleration |
URLs per file |
Mirror search |
Auto dial/hangup |
Categorized downloads |
Cookies import |
Speed limit |
File browser |
ZIP preview |
Add-on support |
Scheduler |
Checksum verification |
Remote Access/Control |
Modified Time-stamp preserved |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4K Video Downloader | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
BitComet | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Download Accelerator Manager | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Download Accelerator Plus | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Download Express | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 | No | Advanced mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
DownloadStudio | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? |
DownThemAll! | Requires Firefox | Yes | Yes | 10 | Beta | No | Yes | No | Beta | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
EagleGet | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? |
FlashGet | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All downloads | Yes | No | Yes | N/A | No | No | ? |
Folx | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Free Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Freemake Video Downloader | for Firefox and Chrome | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
Free Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | unlimited | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
FreshDownload | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
GetRight | Yes | Yes | 10 streams, needs mirrors for >4 streams | unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Scripting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Go!Zilla | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Internet Download Accelerator | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Internet Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 refreshable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Xtreme Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 refreshable | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | ? |
JDownloader | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Jigdo | No | Yes | ? | unlimited | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | Yes | No | No |
KGet | Konqueror, Fx (via Flashgot plugin) | Yes | Yes | unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | BitTorrent Only[24] | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
Maxel | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
MiniDM | Yes | Yes | Yes | unlimited | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
MLDonkey | Partial | Yes | No | unlimited | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
Net Transport | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 | ? | ? | Yes | ? | All downloads | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? |
Orbit Downloader | Yes | Yes | Yes | 60 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Shareaza | IE; Fx and similar: ext. plugin[25] | Yes | Yes | unlimited | Yes | via Scheduler | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
Tmib video downloader | for Firefox and Chrome | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | don't download videos in zip | No | No | No | No | ? |
uGet | Firefox (via FlashGot); Chrome & Opera in development | Yes | Yes | unlimited | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | ? |
wxDownload Fast | Firefox Only | Yes | Yes | 1-9 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
WackGet Portable | Internet Explorer Only | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
Manager | Web browser integration | Resuming | Download acceleration | URLs per file | Mirror search | Auto dial/hangup | Categorized downloads | Cookies import | Speed limit | File browser | ZIP preview | Add-on support | Scheduler |
Checksum verification | Remote Access/Control | Modified Time-stamp preserved |
See also
References
- 1 2 Unless otherwise noted, programs marked "Yes" without other inline citations have been tested 100% Free OR 100% Clean by Softpedia and/or other sources
- ↑ "BitComet Client Release Notes - A free C++ BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP Download Client". www.bitcomet.com. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
- ↑ BitComet command line interface see BitComet Command Line - BitComet Wiki
- ↑ "MetaProducts Download Express Product Development History". Metaproducts.com. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ↑ "DownThemAll! 3.0.5". DownThemAll!. MMIV-MMVII. 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ Tumpang, Ronaldo (2010-04-04), FlashGet 3.4 sucks!, KIX|TRIX, archived from the original on 2010-07-14
- ↑ "Free Download Manager". Files. Free Download Manager.org. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ >"False Positive".
- ↑ >"Removed".
- ↑ "Freemake Video Downloader Version History".
- ↑ "Free Studio Release News".
- ↑ "GetRight 6.3e+06". Headlight Software. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ↑ Headlight Software. "What's new with GoZilla Download Manager and Accelerator". Go!Zilla. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ↑ Tonec Inc. "Internet Download Manager News". Internet Download Manager. Tonec Inc. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ↑ "KDE Ships KDE Applications and Platform 4.14.3". KDE. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ "Maxel - Mac Store Store Top Apps". appannie.com. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ↑ "Download IE7Pro". Ie7pro.com. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ↑ "MLDonkey at SourceForge.net". SourceForge. 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
- ↑ "Shareaza download page on sourceforge Web site". SourceForge. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
- ↑ "Tmib Video Downloader This version changes".
- ↑ "uGet 2.0 is Officially Released!". ugetdm.com. 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
- 1 2 http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/blog/2012/12/27/current-stable-version-fdm-ver-3-9-2-build-1281/
- ↑ http://freedownloadmanager.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16625/
- ↑ "Bug 210694 - download speed maximum seems to be infunctional". Bugs.kde.org. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ↑ https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/shareaza/index.php?title=DownloadManager.Firefox
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