Internet Download Manager Alternatives for Mac

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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 usage, organize downloads, control file priorities for torrents, efficiently download large files and resume broken downloads.
- It can't download any videos from any websites like IDM does. Guest • Nov 2016 • 43 agrees and 14 disagrees
- better than IDM on my opinion Guest • Oct 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It is free and good. But, IDM can download faster. dtanonym • Feb 2017 • 12 agrees and 10 disagrees
- It is fast, easy to use, and free. I tried many download managers and i think it is the best. gaddoryyounis • Jul 2017 • 4 agrees and 5 disagrees
- It has more options than IDM and its 100% FREE, and works GREAT. 100% recommended ;) Guest • Apr 2016 • 6 agrees and 7 disagrees
Free Mac Windows PortableApps.com
Browser integration Ad-free BitTorrent support Built-in Torrent client ... Download Accelerators Download YouTube Playlist Firefox Extensions Support for MEGA Multiple languages Portable Resume interrupted downloads Torrent search Add a feature

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JDownloader 2

JDownloader is a free, open source download manager. It simplifies and improves the process of downloading files from Websites, Cloud-Storage Providers, Social Media Networks and File Hosting Sites like Mega. JDownloader offers downloading in multiple parallel streams, throttling, resuming, CAPTCHA recognition, and automatic file extraction. It supports Click'n'Load and container files like DLC, RSDF and CCF.
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- Bundleware The installer contains bundled adware. Clean, adware free installers are available here: https://board.jdownloader.org/showthread.php?t=54725
- It's still different from IDM, doesn't work like Idm does Guest • Jan 2019 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Download YouTube Playlist Download from Soundcloud Captcha Recognition Google Chrome Extensions ... Clipboard monitoring Continuous updating Deezer integration Audio Extraction Download videos from Facebook Support for MEGA Portable Capture Video Add a feature

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Xtreme Download Manager

Xtreme Download Manager is a powerful tool to increase download speed up-to 500%, resume broken/dead downloads, capture FLV videos from any site and schedule downloads. Xtreme Download Manager uses sophisticated dynamic segmentation algorithm,data compression and connection reuse to speed up the download process. Xtreme Download Manager supports HTTP, HTTPS and FTP protocols, firewalls, proxy servers, file redirects, cookies, authorization etc.
- It does all major functions of IDM very efficiently. Guest • Jan 2019 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
- The main purpose to use IDM is to manage the downloads and use the maximum speed of my internet connection. This program does the same for free. Guest • Mar 2019
- it is so similar to IDM with better UI and give you more control, also FREE too Guest • Mar 2019
- I tried it to download videos from different file sharing sites, and it does not work. It only download the .html page. hathas • Jul 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Does everything that IDM does and is free. Guest • Mar 2018 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees
- It works really good on Mac, like x10 download speed and really helpful Guest • Sep 2017 • 6 agrees and 2 disagrees
- This one is the best replacement for IDM on Linux systems. Multisegments, download acceleration is also possible and it is as advertized it makes slow download 500% faster. Guest • Dec 2015 • 9 agrees and 4 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Browser integration Resume interrupted downloads Download Accelerators Download Scheduling ... Support for FTP Portable Youtube integration 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. aria2 can download a file from multiple sources/protocols and tries to utilize your maximum download bandwidth. It supports downloading a file from HTTP(S)/FTP and BitTorrent at the same time, while the data downloaded from HTTP(S)/FTP is uploaded to the BitTorrent swarm.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Xfce
Ad-free Command line interface Lightweight Support for Multiple protocols ... Support for Remote Control Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

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Persepolis Download Manager

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. - You can adjust start time and end time for downloads. - Download queue . - Multi segment - Persepolis can shutdown system after download. - Persepolis can download video from Youtube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, ... very easy.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Ad-free Aria2 Browser integration Download Scheduling ... Support for FTP Support for Multiple threads Multipart download Resume interrupted downloads Shutdown after completing Option Add a feature

38 Like
FreeRapid Downloader

FreeRapid Downloader is a simple Java downloader that supports downloading from Rapidshare and other file-sharing services. Main Features: support for concurrent downloading from multiple services, downloading using proxy list, download history, smart clipboard monitoring, automatic checking for file's existence on server, automatic plugins updates, simple CAPTCHA recognition, works on MS Windows, Linux and MacOS, easy to use, looks amazingly, simply works!
- Discontinued the latest version was published in 18th May 2014. See http://wordrider.net/download/changes.txt
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Captcha Recognition Clipboard monitoring Multiple languages Multiple connections per file ... Skip Wait Times Add a feature

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Turbo Download Manager

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 INTERNET connection by resuming broken pipes.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Chrome ... Opera Firefox
Google Chrome Extensions Firefox Extensions Live Preview Support for Multiple threads ... Opera extension Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

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webui-aria2

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.html in any web browser.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux aria2
Download Accelerators Resume interrupted downloads Web-Based Add a feature

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Chrono Download Manager

Chrono Download Manager is the first (and only) full-featured download manager for Google Chrome. All your download management is done inside a browser tab instead of by installing a separate download managing application. Chrono is tightly integrated with Chrome by context menus, toolbar buttons and key shortcuts. Besides download management, Chrono is also your best video download helper and bulk image downloader.

Free Mac Windows Linux Chrome
Google Chrome Extensions Add a feature

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Multithreaded Download Manager

This is an experimental Firefox 57 download manager with multithreading support. It can download files with multiple connections to the server. Depending on the network condition, this may increase the download speed. Click the toolbar button to open the download panel. Alternatively, right click the button to open in a new tab or window. Download tasks can be created by clicking the buttons at the bottom of the panel, or in the context menu of links on websites.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Firefox
Bulk image Download Accelerators Firefox Extensions Support for Multiple threads ... Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

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flareGet

flareGet is a full featured multi-threaded and multisegment download manager for Linux, Windows and Mac. It supports browser integration through addons and many more features. Features Dynamic File Segmentation It uses a robust in-place dynamic file segmentation algorithm to speed up the download. The download is split into segments to increase the speed.
- It has features like IDM, and even better. Guest • May 2018
Freemium Mac Windows Linux
Browser integration Clipboard monitoring Download Accelerators Download Scheduling ... Multiple languages Support for Multiple protocols Support for Multiple threads Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

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Ninja Download Manager

Ninja Download Manager is a Internet download manager and accelerator, which can increase download speeds significantly. The application can also allow you to resume and restart broken or previously stopped downloads. Ninja Download Manager works by speeding up your downloads by splitting each of the files into smaller, more manageable pieces. These are then downloaded using a different connection to the server, resulting in a more reliable download that is quicker.

Commercial Mac Windows Chrome Firefox
Google Chrome Extensions Clipboard monitoring Download Accelerators Download Scheduling ... Drag n drop Firefox Extensions Integrated Password Manager Live Preview Support for Multiple threads Proxy support Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

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Folx

Folx is a free application that combines two functionalities - of download manager and torrent client for Mac. Folx makes downloading extremely easy: just open the page with the file to be downloaded, click the link in your browser and Folx will start the download for you. Its auto resume option comes handy when the downloading gets interrupted. You can also assign a tag or a few to the downloaded content for accurate and easy search through the downloaded files.

Freemium Mac
Dividing a Download in parts Add a feature

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AriaNg

Pure Html & Javascript, no runtime required Responsive design, supporting desktop and mobile devices User-friendly interface Sort tasks (by name, size, progress, remaining time, download speed, etc.), files, peers Search tasks Adjust task order by dragging More information of tasks (health percentage, client infomation of bt peers, etc.) Filter files by spectificed file types (videos, audios, pictures, documents, applications, archives, etc.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
No features added Add a feature

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Motrix

it's a young project, the volunteers are welcome.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

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Progressive Downloader

Progressive Downloader is a free download manager for your Mac that supports multi-thread downloading and mirror search. It's also capable to download files from the most popular file hosting services. Key features: * HTTP(S), FTP and SFTP(SSH) protocols support. * Auto-resume downloads. Any interrupted download will be automatically resumed when your system wakes up or the application relaunches. * Multi-thread downloads.

Free Mac
Browser integration Download Queue Download Scheduling Drag n drop ... Support for FTP Mirror search Support for Multiple threads Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

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Aria2 Download Manager Integration

Features: 1. Replace Firefox's built-in download window directly, no need to click the download button in Firefox's built-in download window first or use the context menu to start a download. 2. It's able to send Headers (referrer, cookies) to Aria2 3. Run and Shutdown Aria2c Automatically. Based on the AriaNg web frontend created by mayiswind http://ariang.mayswind.net/ https://github.com/mayswind/AriaNg

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Firefox
Firefox Extensions Support for Multiple Users 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 want to download at ease. Key Features: * iGetter resumes broken downloads, checking date and size. * iGetter supports Segmented (Accelerated) downloading. This basic feature of iGetter can greatly improve the speed of your downloads.

Commercial Mac Windows
Browser integration Download Accelerators Download Queue Download Scheduling ... Support for FTP Mirror search Resume interrupted downloads Shutdown after completing Option Add a feature

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Download Shuttle

Download Shuttle is a blisteringly fast download manager and accelerator for Mac. It allows you to download multiple files at a faster speed that your web browser & has support for password protected files. Download Shuttle comes with handy browser extensions for Chrome and Safari, allowing you to easily send download links from your browser directly to the app.

Free Mac Chrome Safari
Download Accelerators Add a feature

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Maxel

Maxel speeds up your downloads by splitting each file into parts and downloading them simultaneously, maximizing your bandwidth. Maxel also manages your downloads, starting the next download when bandwidth is available and re-trying ones that fail automatically. Partial downloads are no problem either: Maxel saves its progress and can resume your downloads even if your mac restarts.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac
Browser integration Download Accelerators Drag n drop Support for FTP ... Integrated Web Browser Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

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Leech

Lightweight Download Manager with great features like Browser Integration, Pause & Resume and Leechs rules. Leechs rules let you define individual download folders and postprocessing applications for any given file type/host combination.

Commercial Mac
Browser integration Add a feature

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WFDownloader App

A free batch download manager that helps to organize your batch downloads. It will help you bulk download media content such as tv shows, videos, music, anime, manga, image galleries and wallpapers from supported sites. It can also be used to bulk download sequential urls that have similar patterns for example (image001.png to image100.png). It's easy to use, has proxy support and strong resume support for interrupted downloads. It is cross-platform and can be used on Windows, Mac or Linux.

Free Mac Windows Linux
Bulk download Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

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MultiGet

MultiGet is an easy-to-use GUI file downloader for Windows/Linux/BSDs/MacOs. It's programmed in C++ and has a GUI based on wxWidgets. It supports HTTP/FTP protocols which covers the requirements of most users. It supports multi-task with multi-thread on multi-server. It supports resuming downloads if the Web server supports it, and if you like, you can reconfig the thread number without stopping the current task. It's also support SOCKS 4,4a,5 proxy, ftp proxy, http proxy. In v0.8.
- Discontinued No updates since 2013. And that update was a minor fix, no new features since 2012.
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Download Accelerators Support for FTP Support for Multiple threads Resume interrupted downloads Add a feature

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MDM

MDM is a simple yet powerful download manager, full of useful features that allow you to truly manage your downloads in an easy way. It was built from the ground-up to be an extreme accelerator in order to take advantage of your internet maximum capability, though it also provides a way to limit its bandwidth usage. On top of this, it contains an account manager that offers an easy access to direct downloads from different servers.
- Discontinued The official website is no longer accessible and no activity has been seen on MDM's Twitter or Tumblr accounts since 2013.
Free Mac
Download Accelerators Add a feature

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Download Links

The plugin by default supports download of most common file types. If you have any other file type, specify that extension and you can view, filter and download files as per your requirement!

Free Mac Windows Linux Firefox
Browser integration Firefox Extensions Add a feature

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