Comparison of Download Managers 1 Comparison of Download Managers
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Comparison of download managers 1 Comparison of download managers List of notable download managers. A download manager is a computer program dedicated to the task of downloading (and sometimes uploading) possibly unrelated stand-alone files from (and sometimes to) the Internet for storage. Managers Note: Download managers in purple are no longer in development. General information Manager Creator(s) Latest License / Adware, CLI GUI Linux Windows Mac stable Price Malware & Web OS X release (USD) Spyware [1] free Giridhar Appaji Nag Y 2.4 [2] GPL / Free Yes; None axel (formerly Wilmer (April 27, Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [3] Software Known van der Gaast ) 2009) [5] BitComet Development 1.21 No; [4] Group (May 28, Adware 2010) from version Proprietary 0.85 to 0.97 BitComet Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes freeware and Hash [6] Reports submitted to BC Servers [7] 9.4.0.6 Proprietary / Download SpeedBit No; (March 11, Adware Accelerator Adware on Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 2010) Free, $34.95 Plus free version for Premium [8] Metaproducts 1.9.341 Proprietary / Freeware, Download (June 27, Yes; None [9] $9.95 for Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Express 2007 ) Known advanced mode [10] 6.0.3.0 Conceiva Shareware / Yes; None DownloadStudio (May 4, Yes Yes No No Yes No $24.95 Known 2010) [12] Federico Parodi, Stefano 1.1.10 [11] GPL / Free Yes; None DownThemAll! Verna, Nils Maier (May 28, No Yes No Yes Yes Yes [13] Software Known 2010 ) [14] FlashGet.com 3.5.0.1112 No; Cydoor (April 22, Proprietary / Pop-up ads, FlashGet No Yes No No Yes No 2010) Freeware Chinese banners [16] FreeDownloadManager 3.0.871 No; [15] Installer Free Download (23 GPL / Free includes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Manager September Software 2009) Software Informer Comparison of download managers 2 Headlight Software, Inc. 6.3e+06 Proprietary / [17] [18] Yes; None GetRight (10 $49.95 for No Yes Yes No Yes Yes March Known [19] Pro 2010) [20] GoZilla.com 5.02 Yes; None (February 1, as of [21] Proprietary / Version 5; Go!Zilla 2008 ) No Yes Yes No Yes Yes $19.95 Aureate adware prior to that [22] 5.8 Proprietary / Internet Westbyte Software (April 9, Freeware, Yes; None Download No Yes No No Yes No 2010) $24.95 for Known Accelerator Pro Internet [23] 5.19.2 Tonec Inc. Proprietary / Yes; None Download (April 29, No Yes No No Yes No $29.95 Known Manager 2010) [24] [25] Part of KGet Team 4.4.4 Part of GPL / Free Yes; None KDE KGet (1 June No Yes No Yes KDE for [26] Software Known for 2010) Windows Mac [27] 2.2.2 LeechGet Team Yes; None LeechGet (April 2, Shareware No Yes No No Yes No known 2009) [28] IEPro 2.4.7 Free Yes; None MiniDM (September Software / No Yes No No Yes No 16, Known [29] Free 2009 ) [31] Fabrice Le Fessant and 3.0.2 [30] GPL / Free Yes; None MLDonkey Simon Patarin (April 25, Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [32] Software Known 2010 ) [33] Xi Soft 2.93.550 No; ZeuS [34] Proprietary / 1.1 to check Net Transport (25 No Yes No No Yes No April $24.95 the license [35] 2010) key [36] [37] Orbit Orbit Downloader 3.0.0.5 Proprietary / No; Mild (10 May browser No Yes No No Yes No Downloader [38] Freeware [39] 2010) hijack [41] Shareaza Development 2.5.3.0 Yes; [40] GPL / Free Original Shareaza Team (June 13, Yes Yes Yes No Yes No [42] 2010 ) Software Client: None Known Max Magalhães 0.6.0 Builds wxDownload [43] (March 11, GPL / Free Yes; None but Velasques No Yes No Yes Yes Fast 2007) Software Known doesn't work Manager Creator(s) Latest License / Adware, CLI GUI Web Linux Windows Mac stable Price Malware & OS X release (USD) Spyware [1] free Comparison of download managers 3 Protocol Support Manager HTTP HTTPS FTP SFTP MMS RTSP Metalink Magnet Podcast RTMP BitTorrent eDonkey link axel Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No Download Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Accelerator Plus Download Express Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No DownloadStudio Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No DownThemAll! Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No No FlashGet Yes No Yes No No Yes No ? No No Yes Yes Free Download Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No Yes No Manager GetRight Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? Yes No Yes No Internet Download Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No Accelerator Internet Download Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No Manager KGet Yes Yes Yes ? No No Yes ? No No Yes No LeechGet Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes 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 [35] [35] [35] [35] [35] [35] Net Transport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Orbit Downloader Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Shareaza Yes Yes Yes ? No No No Yes No No Yes Yes wxDownload Fast Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No No No No Manager HTTP HTTPS FTP SFTP MMS RTSP Metalink Magnet Podcast RTMP BitTorrent eDonkey link Features Manager Web Download URLs Auto Cookies Speed File ZIP Add-on Checksum Remote browser Resuming acceleration per file Mirror dial/hangup Categorized import limit browser preview support verification Access/Control integration search downloads axel No Yes Yes unlimited Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? Download ? ? Accelerator Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Plus Download Advanced ? Yes Yes Yes 1 No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Express mode DownloadStudio Yes Yes Yes unlimited No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? Mozilla ? DownThemAll! based Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No browsers Comparison of download managers 4 All FlashGet Yes Yes Yes 50 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No downloads Free Download ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Manager GetRight Yes Yes Yes 16 ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Scripting Yes Yes Internet ? Download Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Accelerator Internet ? ? ? Download Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Manager Konqueror, FF (via BitTorrent KGet Yes Yes unlimited Yes Yes Yes Yes [44] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Flashgot Only plugin) LeechGet Yes Yes Yes 1+ (?) Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes 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 ? ? ? All ? ? ? Net Transport Yes Yes Yes 10 Yes Yes Yes downloads Orbit Yes Yes Yes 60 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Downloader IE, FF and Shareaza similar(ext. Yes Yes unlimited Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [45] plugin) wxDownload Firefox Yes Yes 1-9 No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Fast Only Manager Web Download URLs Auto Cookies Speed File ZIP Add-on Checksum Remote browser Resuming acceleration per file Mirror dial/hangup Categorized import limit browser preview support verification Access/Control integration search downloads References [1] Unless otherwise noted, programs marked "Yes" without other inline citations have been tested 100% Free OR 100% Clean by Softpedia and/or other sources [2] http:/ / axel. alioth. debian. org/ [3] http:/ / wilmer. gaast. net/ main. php/ axel. html [4] http:/ / www. bitcomet. com/ [5] http:/ / en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Template%3Alatest_stable_software_release%2Fbitcomet [6] BitComet command line interface see BitComet Command Line - BitComet Wiki (http:/ / wiki. bitcomet. com/ BitComet_Command_Line) [7] http:/ / www. speedbit. com/ [8] http:/ / www. metaproducts. com/ mp/ mpProducts_Detail. asp?id=18 [9] http:/ / www. metaproducts. com/ mp/ MetaProducts_Download_Express-History. htm [10] http:/ / www. downloadstudio. com/ [11] http:/ / www. downthemall. net/ [12] http:/ / en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Template%3Alatest_stable_software_release%2Fdownthemall%21 [13] "DownThemAll! » Latest News" (http:/ / www. downthemall. net/ latest/ category/ uncategorized/ ). www.downthemall.net. May 28, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-07. [14] http:/ / www. flashget. com/ [15] http:/ / www. freedownloadmanager. org/ Comparison of download managers 5 [16] http:/ / en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Template%3Alatest_stable_software_release%2Ffree_download_manager [17] http:/ / www. headlightinc. com/ [18] http:/ / en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Template%3Alatest_stable_software_release%2Fgetright [19] "GetRight 6.3e+06" (http:/ / getright. invisionzone. com/ index. php?showtopic=1962& view=findpost& p=10204). Headlight Software. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2010. [20] http:/ / www. gozilla. com/ [21] http:/ / gozilla. com/ new. html [22] http:/ / www. westbyte. com/ [23] http:/ / www. internetdownloadmanager. com [24] http:/ / www. kde. org/ [25] http:/ / en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Template%3Alatest_stable_software_release%2Fkde_software_compilation_4 [26] "KDE 4.4 Release Schedule" (http:/ / techbase. kde. org/ Schedules/ KDE4/ 4. 4_Release_Schedule). [27] http:/ / www. leechget. net/ [28] http:/ / www. ie7pro. com [29] http:/ / www. ie7pro. com/ download. php?language=en [30] http:/ / mldonkey. sourceforge. net/ Main_Page [31] http:/ / en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Template%3Alatest_stable_software_release%2Fmldonkey [32] "MLDonkey at SourceForge.net" (http:/ / sourceforge. net/ projects/ mldonkey/ ). MLDonkey (http:/ / mldonkey. sourceforge. net/ Main_Page).SourceForge.net. 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2010-04-26. [33] http:/ / www. xi-soft. com/ [34] http:/ / en.