Alternatives to Downloader for X for all platforms with any license

Free Download Manager

FDM accelerates downloads by splitting files into sections and then downloading them simultaneously. In addition, Free Download Manager allows you to adjust traffic...

Free Mac Windows PortableApps.com
Browser integration Ad-free BitTorrent support Built-in Torrent client ... Download Accelerators Download YouTube Playlist Firefox extension Support for MEGA Multiple languages Portable Resume interrupted downloads Torrent search Add a feature

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Wget

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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Command line interface Batch processing Add a feature

335 Like
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
Ad-free Command line interface Lightweight Support for Multiple protocols ... Support for Remote Control Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

153 Like
Internet Download Manager

Internet download manager (IDM) is a tool to manage and schedule downloads. It can boost the speed of download up to 5 times. It has powerful recovery and resumes...

Commercial Windows
Auto-identifies vids Download Accelerators Support for FTP Integrated App lock ... Internet Explorer extension Password encryption Add a feature

257 Like
cURL

cURL is a computer software project providing a library and command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols with URL syntax: supporting FTP, FTPS, SCP...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Cygwin ... Haiku
Command line interface Add a feature

118 Like
FlashGet

FlashGet is a download manager that uses the MHT technique and supports various protocols.
- Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 3.7, released on November 8th, 2012, can be downloaded from the official website.
- Bundleware Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/
Free Windows
Download Accelerators Support for Multiple threads Add a feature

58 Like
TubeMaster++

TubeMaster++ is a powerful tool which can capture multimedia files you are watching or listening from your internet browser (FLV,MP3,MP4). Captured files can be saved...
- Discontinued The project seems to be no longer maintained and the official website is no longer available. The last version, v2.7, can be still downloaded from Softpedia and the source code is available on SourceForge (v2.5).
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Built-In ID3 Tag Editor Integrated Search Last.FM Scrobbler Multiple languages Add a feature

26 Like
Getright

GetRight® is a download manager that simply improves and optimizes how you download files from the Internet through faster download speeds, download recovery and...
- Discontinued The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 6.5, released in January 2011, can be still bought from the official website.
Commercial Windows
Download Accelerators Resumable download position Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

24 Like
KGet

KGet is a versatile and user-friendly download manager for KDE. By default it is the download manager used for Konqueror, but can also be used with Mozilla Firefox. KGet...

Free Open Source Linux
Browser integration Support for FTP Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

10 Like
iGetter

iGetter is a full featured download manager and accelerator. It resumes broken downloads and recovers from download errors. It is excellent utility for files that you...

Commercial Mac Windows
Browser integration Download Accelerators Download Queue Download Scheduling ... Support for FTP Resume interrupted downloads Shutdown after completing Option Add a feature

15 Like
Steadyflow

Steadyflow is a GTK+ based download manager that aims for minimalism, ease of use, and a clean, malleable codebase. It should be easy to control, whether from the GUI...
- Discontinued The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.0, released in June 2012, can be still downloaded from Launchpad.
Free Open Source Linux
Minimalistic Add a feature

8 Like
Progressive Downloader

Progressive Downloader is a free download manager for your Mac that supports multi-thread downloading and mirror search. It's also capable to download files from the...

Free Mac
Browser integration Download Queue Download Scheduling Drag n drop ... Support for FTP Support for Multiple threads Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

7 Like
DownloadStudio

DownloadStudio - The award-winning Internet Download Manager from Conceiva. Download files, pictures, streaming audio, streaming video, complete web sites, complete...

Commercial Windows
Download Accelerators Capture Video Add a feature

4 Like
Gwget

Gwget is a download manager for the Gnome Desktop. Gwget supports all of the main features that Wget does, as well as parallel downloads.

Free Open Source Linux
No features added Add a feature

5 Like
Fresh Download

Fresh Download is an easy-to-use and very fast download manager software that turbo charge downloading files from the Internet, such as your favorite software, mp3...
- Discontinued latest 2014
Free Windows
Browser integration Built-in archiver Download Accelerators Drag n drop ... Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

2 Like