Comparison of download managers

List of notable download managers. A download manager is a computer program dedicated to the task of downloading (and sometimes uploading) possibly unrelated stand-alone files from (and sometimes to) the Internet for storage.

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Managers

Note: Download managers in purple are no longer in development.

General information

Manager Latest stable release License / Price (USD) Adware, Malware & Spyware[1] CLI GUI Web
 Linux Windows Mac OS X
BitComet 1.31  (December 12, 2011; 2 months ago (2011-12-12))[2]

                                                               

 Proprietary freeware Adware from version 0.85 to 0.97;
Potentially sensitive information reported to BC Servers		 Partial [3] Yes Yes No Yes No
Download Accelerator Plus 9.7.0.5
(July 25, 2011; 6 months ago (2011-07-25))		 Proprietary / Adware Free, $24.95 for Premium Adware on free version Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Download Express 1.9.341
(June 27, 2007; 4 years ago (2007-06-27)[4])		 Proprietary / Freeware, $9.95 for advanced mode None Known Yes Yes No No Yes No
DownloadStudio 6.0.3.0
(May 4, 2010; 21 months ago (2010-05-04))		 Shareware / $24.95 None Known Yes Yes No No Yes No
DownThemAll! 2.0.8  (October 10, 2011; 4 months ago (2011-10-10)[5]) GPL / Free Software None Known No Yes No Yes Requires Firefox Yes
FlashGet 3.7.0.1156
(December 16, 2010; 13 months ago (2010-12-16))		 Proprietary / Freeware Cydoor Pop-up ads,
Chinese banners[6]		 No Yes Yes No Yes No
Free Download Manager 3.8 (Build 1173)  (29 December 2011; 48 days ago (2011-12-29))[7] GPL / Free Software Software Informer (optional install) Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Freemake Video Downloader 2.1.3
(April 4, 2011; 10 months ago (2011-04-04)[8])		 Proprietary / Freeware None Known No Yes No No Yes No
GetRight 6.5  (24 January 2011; 12 months ago (2011-01-24))[9] Proprietary / $49.95 for Pro None Known No Yes Yes No Yes No
Go!Zilla 5.02
(February 1, 2008; 4 years ago (2008-02-01)[10])		 Proprietary / $19.95 None as of Version 5;
Aureate adware prior to that		 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Internet Download Accelerator 5.8
(April 9, 2010; 21 months ago (2010-04-09))		 Proprietary / Freeware, $24.95 for Pro Adware on free version No Yes No No Yes No
Internet Download Manager 6.07
(September 8, 2011; 5 months ago (2011-09-08))		 Proprietary / $29.95 None Known No Yes No No Yes No
JDownloader 0.9.581
(20 July 2011; 6 months ago (2011-07-20))		 GPL / Free Software Facemoods (optional install) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
KGet 4.7.4  (7 December 2011; 2 months ago (2011-12-07))[11] GPL / Free Software None Known Yes Yes No Yes Part of KDE for Windows Part of KDE for Mac
LeechGet 2.2.2
(April 2, 2009; 2 years ago (2009-04-02))		 Shareware None known No Yes No No Yes No
MiniDM 2.4.7
(September 16, 2009; 2 years ago (2009-09-16)[12])		 Free Software / Free None Known No Yes No No Yes No
MLDonkey 3.1.0  (August 10, 2011; 6 months ago (2011-08-10)[13]) GPL / Free Software None Known Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Net Transport 2.96b.615  (20 February 2011; 11 months ago (2011-02-20))

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 Proprietary / $24.95 ZeuS 1.1 to check the
license key		 No Yes No No Yes No
Orbit Downloader 4.1.0.2  (28 June 2011; 7 months ago (2011-06-28))[15] Proprietary / Freeware Mild browser hijack[16] No Yes No No Yes No
Shareaza 2.5.5.0  (May 29, 2011; 8 months ago (2011-05-29)[17]) GPL / Free Software Original Client:
None Known		 Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
wxDownload Fast 0.6.0
(March 11, 2007; 4 years ago (2007-03-11))		 GPL / Free Software None Known No Yes No Yes Yes Builds but doesn't work
Manager Latest stable release License / Price (USD) Adware, Malware & Spyware free[1] CLI GUI Web Linux Windows Mac OS X

Protocol support

Manager HTTP HTTPS FTP SFTP MMS RTSP Metalink Magnet link Podcast RTMP BitTorrent eDonkey
FlashGet Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Free Download Manager Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Yes Yes No
Freemake Video Downloader Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No
GetRight Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? Yes No Yes No
Internet Download Accelerator Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No
Internet Download Manager Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No
JDownloader Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No No No
KGet Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? No No Yes No
LeechGet Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No No No No No No
MiniDM Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
MLDonkey Yes ? Yes ? No No No ? No No Yes Yes
Net Transport Yes[14] Yes Yes Yes[14] Yes Yes No Yes[14] No Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14]
Orbit Downloader Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No
Shareaza Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Yes Yes
wxDownload Fast Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No No No No
Manager HTTP HTTPS FTP SFTP MMS RTSP Metalink Magnet link Podcast RTMP BitTorrent eDonkey

Features

Manager Web browser integration
 Resuming
 Download acceleration
 URLs per file
 Mirror search
 Auto dial/hangup
 Categorized downloads
 Cookies import
 Speed limit
 File browser
 ZIP preview
 Add-on support
 Checksum verification
 Remote Access/Control
 Modified Time-stamp preserved
Download Express Yes Yes Yes 1 No Advanced mode Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? ?
DownloadStudio Yes Yes Yes 1 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ?
DownThemAll! Mozilla based browsers Yes Yes ? Beta No Yes No Beta No No No Yes No Yes
FlashGet Yes Yes Yes 1 No No Yes Yes All downloads Yes No Yes No No ?
Free Download Manager Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Freemake Video Downloader for Firefox and Chrome Yes Yes ? No No No No No No No No No No ?
GetRight Yes Yes 10 streams, needs mirrors for >4 streams 16 ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Scripting Yes Yes ?
Internet Download Accelerator Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Internet Download Manager Yes Yes Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ?
JDownloader Yes Yes Yes 1 No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes ?
KGet Konqueror, FF (via Flashgot plugin) Yes Yes unlimited Yes Yes Yes Yes BitTorrent Only[18] Yes No Yes Yes Yes ?
LeechGet Yes Yes Yes 1+ (?) Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No ? ?
MiniDM Yes Yes Yes unlimited No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes ?
MLDonkey Partial Yes No unlimited No No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes ?
Net Transport Yes Yes Yes 10 ? ? Yes ? All downloads ? ? ? Yes No ?
Orbit Downloader Yes Yes Yes 60 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ?
Shareaza IE; FF and similar: ext. plugin[19] Yes Yes unlimited Yes via Scheduler Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
wxDownload Fast Firefox Only Yes Yes 1-9 No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Manager Web browser integration Resuming Download acceleration URLs per file Mirror search Auto dial/hangup Categorized downloads Cookies import Speed limit File browser ZIP preview Add-on support Checksum verification Remote Access/Control Modified Time-stamp preserved

References

  1. ^ a b Unless otherwise noted, programs marked "Yes" without other inline citations have been tested 100% Free OR 100% Clean by Softpedia and/or other sources
  2. ^ "BitComet Client Release Notes - A free C++ BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP Download Client". www.bitcomet.com. 2010-08-31. http://www.bitcomet.com/doc/changelog.php. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
  3. ^ BitComet command line interface see BitComet Command Line - BitComet Wiki
  4. ^ "MetaProducts Download Express Product Development History". Metaproducts.com. http://www.metaproducts.com/mp/MetaProducts_Download_Express-History.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-29. 
  5. ^ "DownThemAll! 2.0.8". www.downthemall.net. 2011-10-10. http://www.downthemall.net/latest/downthemall-2-0-8/. Retrieved 2011-11-28. 
  6. ^ Panganiban, Francis (2010-04-04), FlashGet 3.4 sucks!, KIX|TRIX, http://kixtrix.com/2010/04/04/flashget-3-4-sucks/ 
  7. ^ http://sourceforge.net/projects/freedownload/files/Free%20Download%20Manager/
  8. ^ "Freemake Video Downloader Version History". http://www.freemake.com/freemake_video_downloader_changelog/. 
  9. ^ "GetRight 6.3e+06". Headlight Software. 10 March 2010. http://getright.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=1962&view=findpost&p=10204. Retrieved 10 March 2010. 
  10. ^ Headlight Software. "What's new with GoZilla Download Manager and Accelerator". Go!Zilla. http://gozilla.com/new.html. Retrieved 2010-07-29. 
  11. ^ "KDE Update Announcement". http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.7.4.php. 
  12. ^ "Download IE7Pro". Ie7pro.com. http://www.ie7pro.com/download.php?language=en. Retrieved 2010-07-29. 
  13. ^ "MLDonkey at SourceForge.net". MLDonkey.SourceForge.net. 2011-08-10. http://sourceforge.net/projects/mldonkey/. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  14. ^ a b c d e f g "Net Transport - Download". www.net-xfer.com. http://www.net-xfer.com/download.htm. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 
  15. ^ "Orbit Rich Media Downloader Changelog". www.orbitdownloader.com. 2011-04-15. http://www.orbitdownloader.com/changelog.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-26. 
  16. ^ Mild browser hijack
  17. ^ "Shareaza at SourceForge.net". Shareaza.SourceForge.net. 2010-05-29. http://sourceforge.net/projects/shareaza/. Retrieved 2010-05-31. 
  18. ^ "Bug 210694 - download speed maximum seems to be infunctional". Bugs.kde.org. http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210694. Retrieved 2010-07-29. 
  19. ^ https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/shareaza/index.php?title=DownloadManager.Firefox

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