FatRat Alternatives
FatRat is described as 'open source download manager for Linux written in C++ and built on top of the Trolltech Qt 4 library. It is rich in features and is continuously extended' and is an app in the File Sharing category. There are more than 50 alternatives to FatRat for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Google Chrome. The best alternative is JDownloader. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try DownThemAll or µTorrent. Other great apps like FatRat are uGet (Free, Open Source), Internet Download Manager (Paid), aria2 (Free, Open Source) and Xtreme Download Manager (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
- 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.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Google Chrome
- Pale Moon
- Opera
- Firefox
- µTorrent is a lightweight BitTorrent client that includes standard features such as bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT. Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification and peer exchange.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- PortableApps.com
- Wine
Bundleware
Contains adware and bundleware: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/42df8ef347c41713614649921ef0b36ed763da41cbb2d43576ed1ee8f6adae9c/detection
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Persepolis Download Manager is utility for download easier and faster with aria2 and improved it. - It supports HTTP(S) & FTP. - Persepolis configures aria2 automatically for maximum speed and it have a GUI for using easier.
- 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. It aims for low hardware requirements and platform independence to be runnable on all kind of systems.
- 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