This comparison contains download managers, and also file sharing applications that can be used as download managers (using the http, https and ftp-protocol). For pure file sharing applications see the Comparison of file sharing applications.
Manager | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost | CLI | GUI | Notes | |
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Version | Date | |||||||
BitComet | macOS | 2.05 [1] | 2023-11-28 | Proprietary | No cost | Partial [2] | Yes | [a] |
Windows | 2.05 [1] | 2023-11-28 | ||||||
Download Accelerator Plus | macOS | 10.0.6.0 [3] | 2014-07-21 | Proprietary | Depends | ? | Yes | |
Windows | ||||||||
DownloadStudio | Windows | 10.0.4.0 [4] | 2017-12-21 | Proprietary | At cost [b] | Yes | Yes | |
Web | ||||||||
DownThemAll! | GNU/Linux | 4.12.1 [5] | 2024-01-29 | GPL-2.0-only | No cost | No | Yes | |
macOS | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Web | ||||||||
FlashGet | Windows | 3.7.0.1220 [6] | 2013-05-17 | Proprietary | No cost | No | Yes | |
Web | ||||||||
Free Download Manager | GNU/Linux | 6.19.0.5156 [7] | 2023-03-13 | Proprietary | No cost [c] | No | Yes | |
macOS | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Free Studio | GNU/Linux | 6.7.4.1101 [8] | 2021-11 | Proprietary | No cost | No | Yes | |
macOS | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Freemake Video Downloader | Windows | 4.1.14.1 [9] | 2022-12-06 | Proprietary | No cost | No | Yes | [d] |
GetRight | Windows | 6.5 [10] [11] | 2011-01-24 | Proprietary | At cost [e] | Yes | Yes | |
Web | ||||||||
Go!Zilla | macOS | 5.02 [12] | 2008-03-05 | Proprietary | At cost [f] | No | Yes | [g] |
Windows | ||||||||
Web | ||||||||
Internet Download Manager | Windows | 6.41 Build 18 [13] | 2023-08-07 | Proprietary | At cost [h] | Yes | Yes | |
JDownloader | GNU/Linux | 2.0 [14] | 2016-05-26 | GPL | No cost | Yes | Yes | [i] [j] |
macOS | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Web | ||||||||
Jigdo | FreeBSD | 0.8.2 [15] | 2023-08-03 | GPL-2.0-only | No cost | Yes | No | |
GNU/Linux | ||||||||
macOS | ||||||||
Solaris | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
KGet | GNU/Linux | 22.12.0 [16] | 2022-12-08 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | Yes | Yes | [k] |
macOS | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Microsoft Download Manager | Windows | 1.2.1 [17] | 2011-11-08 | Proprietary | No cost | No | Yes | |
MiniDM | Windows | 2.5.1 [18] | 2010-06-02 | Proprietary | No cost | No | Yes | |
MLDonkey | GNU/Linux | 3.1.7 [19] | 2020-06-21 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | Yes | Yes | |
Windows | ||||||||
Web | ||||||||
Shareaza | Windows | 2.7.10.2 [20] | 2017-09-18 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | Yes | Yes | |
Web | ||||||||
Manager | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost | CLI | GUI | Notes | |
Version | Date |
Manager | HTTP | HTTPS | FTP | SFTP | MMS | RTSP | Metalink | Magnet link | Podcast | RTMP | BitTorrent | eDonkey |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitComet | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Download Accelerator Plus | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
DownloadStudio | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
DownThemAll! | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
FlashGet | Yes | Maybe [l] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Free Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes [21] | Yes [21] | No | Yes [22] | No | No | Yes | No |
Freemake Video Downloader | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Free Studio | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
GetRight | Yes | Maybe [m] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Go!Zilla | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Internet Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
JDownloader | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Jigdo | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
KGet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | No |
Microsoft Download Manager | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
MiniDM | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
MLDonkey | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Shareaza | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Manager | HTTP | HTTPS | FTP | SFTP | MMS | RTSP | Metalink | Magnet link | Podcast | RTMP | BitTorrent | eDonkey |
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 | Scheduler | Checksum verification | Remote Access/Control | Modified Time-stamp preserved |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitComet | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Download Accelerator Plus | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
DownloadStudio | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? |
DownThemAll! | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 | Beta | No | Yes | No | Beta | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
FlashGet | Yes | Yes | Yes | unknown limit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All downloads | Yes | No | Yes | — | No | No | ? |
Free Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Free Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | unlimited | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
Freemake Video Downloader | No | Yes | Yes | unlimited | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
GetRight | Yes | Yes | Partial [n] | unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Scripting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Go!Zilla | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Internet Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 refreshable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
JDownloader | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Jigdo | No | Yes | ? | unlimited | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | Yes | No | No |
KGet | Yes [o] | Yes | Yes | unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | BitTorrent Only [23] | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
Microsoft Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 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 | ? |
Shareaza | Yes [p] | Yes | Yes | unlimited | Yes | via Scheduler | Yes | 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 | Scheduler | Checksum verification | Remote Access/Control | Modified Time-stamp preserved |
This comparison contains download managers, and also file sharing applications that can be used as download managers (using the http, https and ftp-protocol). For pure file sharing applications see the Comparison of file sharing applications.
Manager | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost | CLI | GUI | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Version | Date | |||||||
BitComet | macOS | 2.05 [1] | 2023-11-28 | Proprietary | No cost | Partial [2] | Yes | [a] |
Windows | 2.05 [1] | 2023-11-28 | ||||||
Download Accelerator Plus | macOS | 10.0.6.0 [3] | 2014-07-21 | Proprietary | Depends | ? | Yes | |
Windows | ||||||||
DownloadStudio | Windows | 10.0.4.0 [4] | 2017-12-21 | Proprietary | At cost [b] | Yes | Yes | |
Web | ||||||||
DownThemAll! | GNU/Linux | 4.12.1 [5] | 2024-01-29 | GPL-2.0-only | No cost | No | Yes | |
macOS | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Web | ||||||||
FlashGet | Windows | 3.7.0.1220 [6] | 2013-05-17 | Proprietary | No cost | No | Yes | |
Web | ||||||||
Free Download Manager | GNU/Linux | 6.19.0.5156 [7] | 2023-03-13 | Proprietary | No cost [c] | No | Yes | |
macOS | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Free Studio | GNU/Linux | 6.7.4.1101 [8] | 2021-11 | Proprietary | No cost | No | Yes | |
macOS | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Freemake Video Downloader | Windows | 4.1.14.1 [9] | 2022-12-06 | Proprietary | No cost | No | Yes | [d] |
GetRight | Windows | 6.5 [10] [11] | 2011-01-24 | Proprietary | At cost [e] | Yes | Yes | |
Web | ||||||||
Go!Zilla | macOS | 5.02 [12] | 2008-03-05 | Proprietary | At cost [f] | No | Yes | [g] |
Windows | ||||||||
Web | ||||||||
Internet Download Manager | Windows | 6.41 Build 18 [13] | 2023-08-07 | Proprietary | At cost [h] | Yes | Yes | |
JDownloader | GNU/Linux | 2.0 [14] | 2016-05-26 | GPL | No cost | Yes | Yes | [i] [j] |
macOS | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Web | ||||||||
Jigdo | FreeBSD | 0.8.2 [15] | 2023-08-03 | GPL-2.0-only | No cost | Yes | No | |
GNU/Linux | ||||||||
macOS | ||||||||
Solaris | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
KGet | GNU/Linux | 22.12.0 [16] | 2022-12-08 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | Yes | Yes | [k] |
macOS | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Microsoft Download Manager | Windows | 1.2.1 [17] | 2011-11-08 | Proprietary | No cost | No | Yes | |
MiniDM | Windows | 2.5.1 [18] | 2010-06-02 | Proprietary | No cost | No | Yes | |
MLDonkey | GNU/Linux | 3.1.7 [19] | 2020-06-21 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | Yes | Yes | |
Windows | ||||||||
Web | ||||||||
Shareaza | Windows | 2.7.10.2 [20] | 2017-09-18 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | Yes | Yes | |
Web | ||||||||
Manager | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost | CLI | GUI | Notes | |
Version | Date |
Manager | HTTP | HTTPS | FTP | SFTP | MMS | RTSP | Metalink | Magnet link | Podcast | RTMP | BitTorrent | eDonkey |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitComet | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Download Accelerator Plus | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
DownloadStudio | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
DownThemAll! | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
FlashGet | Yes | Maybe [l] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Free Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes [21] | Yes [21] | No | Yes [22] | No | No | Yes | No |
Freemake Video Downloader | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Free Studio | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
GetRight | Yes | Maybe [m] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Go!Zilla | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Internet Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
JDownloader | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Jigdo | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
KGet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | No |
Microsoft Download Manager | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
MiniDM | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
MLDonkey | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Shareaza | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Manager | HTTP | HTTPS | FTP | SFTP | MMS | RTSP | Metalink | Magnet link | Podcast | RTMP | BitTorrent | eDonkey |
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 | Scheduler | Checksum verification | Remote Access/Control | Modified Time-stamp preserved |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitComet | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Download Accelerator Plus | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
DownloadStudio | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? |
DownThemAll! | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 | Beta | No | Yes | No | Beta | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
FlashGet | Yes | Yes | Yes | unknown limit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All downloads | Yes | No | Yes | — | No | No | ? |
Free Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Free Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | unlimited | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
Freemake Video Downloader | No | Yes | Yes | unlimited | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
GetRight | Yes | Yes | Partial [n] | unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Scripting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Go!Zilla | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Internet Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 refreshable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
JDownloader | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Jigdo | No | Yes | ? | unlimited | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | Yes | No | No |
KGet | Yes [o] | Yes | Yes | unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | BitTorrent Only [23] | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
Microsoft Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 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 | ? |
Shareaza | Yes [p] | Yes | Yes | unlimited | Yes | via Scheduler | Yes | 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 | Scheduler | Checksum verification | Remote Access/Control | Modified Time-stamp preserved |