Downloader Apps
Have you ever stumbled upon a listing of artwork, photos, or songs and thought to yourself “I wish I could download all of these, but having to click them one-by-one is too much”? This software category is here to the rescue! These apps allow you to download content in batches from countless websites, and with the ability to set custom rulesets and parameters to downloading behavior, to boot!
- JDownloader simplifies and improves the process of downloading files from sites like YouTube or Mega. JDownloader offers downloading in multiple parallel streams, CAPTCHA recognition, and automatic file extraction. It support CCF, RSDF and DLC files.
Bundleware
The installer contains bundled adware. Be careful during the installation: Forum
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Browser extension that lets you download all of the links and images on a website.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Google Chrome
- Pale Moon
- Opera
- Firefox
- GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP(S) and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- A cross platform front-end GUI of the popular youtube-dl written in wxPython.
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.4, released in July 2017, can be still downloaded from the official website
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- youtube-dl
- wxPython
- Aurora Store is an unofficial, FOSS client to Google's Play Store with an elegant design.
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- FDM accelerates downloads by splitting files into sections and then downloading them simultaneously.
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- PortableApps.com
- Android, BSD, Linux, and Windows open source multimedia download manager.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- Xfce
- aria2
- aria2 is a multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility. The supported protocols are HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent (DHT, PEX, MSE/PE), and Metalink.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Xfce
- Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads.
- Xtreme Download Manager is a powerful tool to increase download speed up-to 500%, save videos from video sharing sites and integration with ANY browser.
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- Sonarr (formerly NzbDrone) is a PVR for Usenet and BitTorrent users.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Mono
- Persepolis Download Manager is utility for download easier and faster with aria2 and improved it. - It supports HTTP(S) & FTP.
- pyLoad is a fast, lightweight and full featured download manager for many One-Click-Hoster, container formats like DLC, video sites or just plain http or ftp links.
- Torrent safe, fast and from any device. Bitport.io downloads torrent files and keeps you anonymous at the same time.