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What is your choice of Download Manager? (If you use one)

I use a download manager because when I’m directly downloading large files Firefox gets mad. I also like the feature of batch downloads. What do you guys use?

I’ve tried a bunch of different download managers, but none have done exactly what I want. Currently I am using aria2 with Persepolis, but the project doesn’t seem like it is being updated. Is there any tool that:

  • Is open source
  • Can batch download files from a list of URLs
  • Intercept Firefox/browser download manager

Optionally

  • Batch download from premium file sharing hosts like rapidgator
  • Download youtube videos (I have only been able to accomplish this with website or aria2 with yt-dlp)

I’m looking at IDM (Internet Download Manager) but it is not open source and I would have to look at a crack or free trial abuser thingy. This is not a deal breaker but I would much prefer to run something open source.

ar0177417 ,
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Xdman. It is opensource and can download directly from firefox/chrome

G0FuckThyself ,
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Gabut DM check it out.

sMileHighCity ,

I have tried a lot and always go back to Jdownloader. Nothing really compares IMO

candle_lighter ,
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Motrix. You can even get an extension for your browser to automatically add downloads to Motrix.

GamerBoy705 ,

Well, the perfect downloaded that you were looking for is JDownloader. It is open-source, can download from multiple links from a file into a single folder automatically and intercept Firefox downloads (with an extension). I’ve never used a premium file sharing host, but JDownloader does have options to log in to your accounts on many hosts, so that if you have a premium account on one of them, you can get the higher download speeds or bypass any bandwidth limits by the host, etc… I’m not sure about downloading YouTube videos though, I don’t think JDownloader has a built in way to download YouTube videos (correct me if I’m wrong).

EvilBlackCat ,

It does. If you paste a YouTube link, it asks to install FFMpeg, and downloads the video. You can also download audio.

GamerBoy705 ,

Oh that’s nice, I didn’t know that

johnthedoe ,

This in combination of free download manager to get download links has help me download large video files from cloud link/browser download

DarkDarkHouse ,
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JDownloader is partially closed-source.

GamerBoy705 ,

Didn’t know about that, what parts of it are closed source?

DarkDarkHouse ,
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Various plugins, see board.jdownloader.org/showthread.php?p=517795

However, it is possible to use JDownloader without these.

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