Alternatives to Downloader for X for all platforms with any license

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 Command line Downloader Add a feature

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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 Linux Android PortableApps.com
Browser integration Ad-free BitTorrent support Built-in Torrent client ... Download Accelerators Downloader Download YouTube Playlist Firefox Extensions Support for MEGA Multiple languages Music Library Portable Resume interrupted downloads Torrent search Video Download Add a feature

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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 Command line interface Downloader ... Lightweight Support for Multiple protocols Support for Remote Control Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

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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
Capture Video Auto detect videos Auto grab links from browser Auto-identifies vids ... Download Accelerators Downloader Support for FTP Integrated App lock Internet Explorer extension Password encryption Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

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cURL

Client-side URL library and command-line tool for transferring data using commonplace network protocols.

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

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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  The program is no longer updated.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 Downloader Support for Multiple threads Add a feature

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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 Downloader Download Queue ... Download Scheduling Support for FTP Mirror search Resume interrupted downloads Shutdown after completing Option Add a feature

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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

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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 ... Video converter Video downloader Youtube downloader Add a feature

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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 Checksums verification Clipboard monitoring Downloader ... Support for FTP Mirror search Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

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