Free Download Manager Alternatives

Free Download Manager is described as 'Accelerates downloads by splitting files, supports dark mode, controls traffic, enhances speed, organizes downloads, and is ad-free' and is a very popular download manager in the file sharing category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Free Download Manager for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Mozilla Firefox apps. The best Free Download Manager alternative is JDownloader, which is free. Other great apps like Free Download Manager are DownThemAll, Internet Download Manager, Xtreme Download Manager and AB Download Manager.

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Free Download Manager alternatives are mainly Download Managers, but if you're looking for Torrent Clients or Video Downloaders you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Android, Android + Open Source, Open Source, Mac and Windows + Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Free Download Manager.
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    A cross-platform QUIC AI-boost fluent-design multi-threaded downloader built with Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. ßTorrent icon
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    ßTorrent is a fully-featured WebTorrent browser client written in Jade, CoffeeScript and Sass.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Download LIII BitTorrent Client latest version 0.1.0.10 : LIII is a BitTorrent Client with small resource footprint and incredibly easy to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. NTorrent icon
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    A graphical user interface client to rTorrent (a cli torrent client) written in java. nTorrent can administer a rtorrent process over a network and allows several clients.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • rTorrent
     
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    wxDownload Fast (also known as wxDFast) is an open source download manager. It is multi-platform and builds on Windows(2k,XP), Linux and Mac OS X(binary still not available). Besides that, it is a multi-threaded download manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
  6. plowshare icon
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    plowshare is a command-line downloader/uploader for some of the most popular file-sharing websites. It works on UNIX-like systems and presently supports Megaupload, Rapidshare, 2Shared, 4Shared, ZShare, Badongo, DepositFiles and Mediafire.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. Torrent2exe icon
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    Torrent2exe is a small BitTorrent client. Its basic idea is to let users download a custom-built EXE program with the torrent file integrated into it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  8. Torrential icon
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    A speedy, no-frills torrent client. Comes with a sane set of default options and none of the overwhelming information you don't need.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • elementary OS
     
  9. Crazecat icon
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    A full-featured download manager that supports downloading BitTorrent, Magnet, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. DloadBox icon
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    DloadBox is a complete download management platform combining aria2c, Caddy, ariaNG, RPC integration, and a Telegram bot. It offers a user-friendly web interface and remote control, enabling efficient and scalable management of downloads from anywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. Checketry icon
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    Checketry is a free download manager for Windows, iOS and Android that allows users to track and manage downloads remotely from desktop to mobile. It works for many types of apps including browsers, torrents and game clients like Steam.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  12. BitTornado icon
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    BitTornado is a BitTorrent client by TheSHAD0W. It's based on original BitTorrent client by Bram Cohen. It is single torrent program, so you must open new window for every torrent. It does not have many advanced options that other clients do...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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