Open Source Free Download Manager Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Free Download Manager is DownThemAll. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Free Download Manager and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Free Download Manager are Xtreme Download Manager, aria2, uGet and AB Download Manager.

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Free Download Manager alternatives are mainly Download Managers but may also be Torrent Clients or Video Downloaders.  Other popular filters includes Windows + Open Source and Android + Open Source. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Free Download Manager.
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Free Download Manager alternatives page was last updated Dec 4, 2023
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    Download Navi

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    Free and Open Source software download manager.

    67 Download Navi alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • Android TV
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Multipart download
    3.  Actions
    4.  Download Queue
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    Turbo Download Manager

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    Turbo Download Manager is a multi-threading download manager for Chrome and Opera as a browser extension and for Android, Windows, Linux, and Mac OS as an stand-alone application. It can be used to boost your downloading speed as well as to protect your download on a non-stable...

    74 Turbo Download Manager alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox

    Turbo Download Manager Features

    1.  Live Preview
    2.  Resume interrupted downloads
    3.  Support for Multiple threads
    4.  Opera extension
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    Discontinued

    Hasn't been updated since 2017. Project is most likely dead with no active forks.

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    rqbit

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    rqbit is a bittorrent client written entirely in Rust. Has HTTP API and Web UI, and can be used as a library.

    54 rqbit alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Self-Hosted
    • Windows

    rqbit Features

    1.  Rust
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    • rqbit is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Free Download Manager.

    • rqbit is Free and Open SourceFree Download Manager is Free and Proprietary
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    TrguiNG

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    TrguiNG is an alternative UI for controlling transmission torrent daemon running on the same machine or any other host that has exposed transmission rpc endpoint.

    53 TrguiNG alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    TrguiNG Features

    1.  Transmission bitTorrent client
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    Halite

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    Halite (named after the mineral) is a C++ BitTorrent client based on the excellent libtorrent library from Rasterbar Software. The program also relies heavily on the Boost libraries.

    57 Halite alternatives
    Main UI

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • libtorrent
    Discontinued

    Last version was released on 19/12/2015, as of 2017 app is still stable and working.

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    libtorrent

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    libtorrent is a feature complete C++ bittorrent implementation focusing on efficiency and scalability. It runs on embedded devices as well as desktops. It boasts a well documented library interface that is easy to use.

    29 libtorrent alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • OpenSolaris
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    ABC-OKC

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    "ABC_OKC is a Bittorrent client forked from the old client ABC. I've been improving and maintaining this version since 2004."

    44 ABC-OKC alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Support for IPv6
    5.  Support for MAGNET links
    6.  Support for IPv4
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    Envy

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    P2P Filesharing and BitTorrent client. Polished dev fork of Shareaza supporting Gnutella (LimeWire), G2 (Shareaza), eDonkey2000 (eMule), and more networks. Highly customizable, skinnable, and translatable with 30 languages.

    27 Envy alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Support for Multiple protocols
    2.  Multiple languages
    3.  Support for eD2K/eDonkey protocol
    4.  Peer-To-Peer
    5.  BitTorrent support
    6.  Skinnable
    7.  Gnutella
    8.  Support for MAGNET links
    Discontinued

    The last update is from March 2020.

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    HTTP Downloader

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    A download manager for the HTTP(S) protocol. Maximize your download throughput by utilizing high performance input/output completion ports (IOCP). HTTP Downloader can open thousands of connections at a time and consumes very little system resources.

    36 HTTP Downloader alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Firefox
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Portable
    4.  Multidownload Files
    5.  Browser integration
    6.  Resume interrupted downloads
    7.  Download Accelerator
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