DownTango Alternatives
DownTango is described as 'innovative approach to file download management' and is an app in the File Sharing category. There are more than 25 alternatives to DownTango for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Xfce and aria2. The most liked alternative is JDownloader. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try aria2 or uGet. Other great apps like DownTango are Internet Download Manager (Paid), Xtreme Download Manager (Free, Open Source), FreeRapid Downloader (Free, Open Source) and webui-aria2 (Free, Open Source).
- 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 • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- 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
- Android, BSD, Linux, and Windows open source multimedia download manager.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- Xfce
- aria2
- 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.
- FreeRapid Downloader is a simple Java downloader that supports downloading from Rapidshare and other file-sharing services.
Discontinued
the latest version was published in 18th May 2014. See http://wordrider.net/download/changes.txt
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- The aim for webui-aria2 is to create the worlds best interface to interact with aria2. Very simple to use, just download and open index.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- aria2
- 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The program is no longer updated.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: Forum
- Free
- Windows
- BitComet is a BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download client with support for modern BitTorrent features, long-term seeding, intelligent disk cache and video preview of downloaded files.
Bundleware
The installer prompts you to change your default search provider and install a media player. After installation it opens a webpage with an ad for another software install.
Warning
Multiple folks on Reddit report adware, sandbox'd myself and got multiple viruses and adware in installation, even attempting to label as "not-a-virus;" -- has very malicious bundles. Would recommend tagging as such due to the installer's crap.
- Free Personal
- Windows
- Internet Download Accelerator effectively solves three of the biggest problems when downloading files: speed, resuming broken downloads, and management of downloaded files.
Bundleware
The program automatically downloads and installs its addons on browsers without the user's permission
- Free Personal
- Windows