Download Managers

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!

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  1. qBittorrent icon
     1703 likes

    Advanced open-source torrent client with search engine, ad-free interface, OS compatibility, magnet link support, and remote control through Web UI.

    • Torrent Client
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
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    Best alternatives are Transmission iconTransmissionandDeluge iconDeluge73 alternatives
  2. yt-dlp icon
     159 likes

    Command line program that's a youtube-dl fork that downloads videos from YouTube and over 1000 sites. The main focus of this project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original project.

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    Best alternatives are youtube-dl iconyoutube-dlandCobalt Tools iconCobalt Tools245 alternatives
  3. JDownloader icon
     1287 likes

    JDownloader is a download manager, written in Java, which allows automatic download of groups of files from one-click hosting sites. JDownloader supports the use of premium accounts. Some parts, but not all, of JDownloader are open-source.

    Bundleware
    2019-03-11 on Mac
  4. youtube-dl icon
     455 likes

    Download videos from YouTube and over 1000 sites using a platform-independent command-line tool, requiring Python. Integration with other programs is possible.

    Discontinued
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    Best alternatives are yt-dlp iconyt-dlpandYoutube-DLG iconYoutube-DLG251 alternatives
  5. µTorrent icon
     2682 likes

    Desktop client for large-scale torrent downloads, offering simultaneous downloads, bandwidth optimization, and scheduling. Supports RSS downloads.

    Bundleware
    • Torrent Client
    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
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    Best alternatives are qBittorrent iconqBittorrentandTransmission iconTransmission66 alternatives
  6. Cobalt Tools icon
     55 likes

    Cobalt is your go-to place for downloads from social and media platforms. zero ads, trackers, or other creepy bullshit. simply paste a share link and you're ready to rock!.

    Media Downloader - Page (Home)
    Best alternatives are yt-dlp iconyt-dlpandJDownloader iconJDownloader190 alternatives
  7. DownThemAll icon
     828 likes

    DownThemAll (or just dTa) is a powerful yet easy-to-use browser extension for Firefox, Chrome and Opera that adds new advanced download capabilities to your browser. DownThemAll lets you download all the links or images contained in a webpage and much more: you can refine your...

    • Download Manager
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Pale Moon
    • Mozilla Firefox
    DownThemAll screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are JDownloader iconJDownloader108 alternatives
  8. With this app, you can easily download files from anywhere. Enjoy fast, free downloads with seamless browser extension support.

    • Download Manager
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Brave
    • Chromium
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Mac
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    Best alternatives are JDownloader iconJDownloaderandDownThemAll iconDownThemAll21 alternatives
  9. 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.

    Discontinued
    New interface with v8.0
    Best alternatives are JDownloader iconJDownloaderandDownThemAll iconDownThemAll67 alternatives
  10. Accelerates downloads by splitting files, supports dark mode, controls traffic, enhances speed, organizes downloads, and is ad-free.

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    • Download Manager
    • FreeProprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Free Download Manager screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are JDownloader iconJDownloaderandDownThemAll iconDownThemAll130 alternatives
  11. Wget icon
     428 likes

    GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP(S) and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive command line tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc.

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    Best alternatives are aria2 iconaria2andcURL iconcURL24 alternatives
  12. aria2 icon
     230 likes

    Multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility.

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    Best alternatives are qBittorrent iconqBittorrentandTransmission iconTransmission111 alternatives
  13. Push your Internet connection to the limits and cleverly organize or synchronize download processes with this powerful application.

    • Video Downloader
    • Windows
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Google Chrome
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  14. Youtube-DLG icon
     197 likes

    Cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl, enabling video downloads from YouTube and over 1000 sites; features multi-language UI and video cutting.

    Main Window
    Best alternatives are youtube-dl iconyoutube-dlandyt-dlp iconyt-dlp213 alternatives
  15. Seal icon
     55 likes

    Video/Audio Downloader for Android.

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    Best alternatives are yt-dlp iconyt-dlpandyoutube-dl iconyoutube-dl79 alternatives