Comparison of download managers 1 Comparison of download managers

List of notable download managers. A 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 / , CLI GUI Windows Mac stable Price & Web OS X release (USD) [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] 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 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 / 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] .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 (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 3.0.0.5 Proprietary / No; Mild (10 May browser No Yes No No Yes No Downloader [38] Freeware [39] 2010) hijack

[41] Development 2.5.3.0 Yes; [40] GPL / Free Original Shareaza Team (June 13, Yes Yes Yes No Yes No [42] 2010 ) Software : 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 Magnet 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 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 and/or other sources

[2] http:/ / axel. alioth. debian. org/

[3] http:/ / wilmer. gaast. net/ main. php/ axel. html

[4] http:/ / www. . 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. . com

[29] http:/ / www. ie7pro. com/ download. php?language=en

[30] http:/ / . . 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. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Template%3Alatest_stable_software_release%2Fnet_transport

[35] "Net Transport - Download" (http:/ / www. net-xfer. com/ download. htm). www.net-xfer.com. 25 April 2010. . Retrieved 26 April 2010.

[36] http:/ / www. orbitdownloader. com/

[37] http:/ / en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Template%3Alatest_stable_software_release%2Forbit_downloader

[38] "Orbit Rich Media Downloader Changelog" (http:/ / www. orbitdownloader. com/ changelog. htm). www.orbitdownloader.com. 16 April 2010. . Retrieved 24 April 2010.

[39] http:/ / www. orbitdownloader. com/ 404-Redirect-Policy. htm

[40] http:/ / shareaza. sourceforge. net

[41] http:/ / en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Template%3Alatest_stable_software_release%2Fshareaza

[42] "Shareaza at SourceForge.net" (http:/ / sourceforge. net/ projects/ shareaza/ ). Shareaza (http:/ / shareaza. sourceforge. net/ ).SourceForge.net. 2009-12-01. . Retrieved 2010-06-13.

[43] http:/ / dfast. sourceforge. net

[44] http:/ / bugs. kde. org/ show_bug. cgi?id=210694

[45] :/ / sourceforge. net/ apps/ mediawiki/ shareaza/ index. php?title=DownloadManager. Firefox Article Sources and Contributors 6 Article Sources and Contributors

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