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Comparison of download managers 

List of various download managers.

Creator Latest stable release License / Price (USD) Malware-issues Interface Runs on Linux Runs on Windows Runs on Mac OS X
aria2 Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa 0.15 (2008-07-23) Free Software (GNU General Public License) None Known CLI, GUI Yes Yes Yes
axel Giridhar Appaji Nag Y (formerly Wilmer van der Gaast) 1.1 (2008-01-18) Free Software (GNU General Public License) CLI Yes No Yes
BlackWidow SoftByte Labs, Inc. 5.21 (2007-06-14) Shareware / $39.95 GUI No Yes No
Connectfusion Connectfusion 1.0 (2004-04-29) Free Software (GNU General Public License) GUI No Yes No
Download Accelerator Plus SpeedBit 8.5.1.6 Proprietary / Adware Free, $34.95 for Premium Adware on free version GUI No Yes Yes
Downloader for X Maxim Koshelev 2.5.7.1 Free Software (GNU General Public License) GUI Yes No No
Download Express Metaproducts 1.9 Proprietary / Freeware, $9.95 for advanced mode None Known GUI No Yes No
DownloadStudio Conceiva 5.0.4.0 Shareware / $34.95 GUI No Yes No
DownThemAll! Federico Parodi, Stefano Verna, Nils Maier 1.0.3 (2008-06-09) Free Software (GNU General Public License) None Known GUI Yes Yes Yes
Eon Netminder http://www.eonware.com 0.4 Shareware GUI No No Yes
Faster Downloader Nicolas Chalon & Jerome Hordies 1.7.0.0 Proprietary / 25$ GUI No Yes No
FlashGet AmazeSoft 1.9.6.1073 Proprietary / Freeware Cydoor Pop-up ads GUI No Yes No
Free Download Manager FreeDownloadManager 2.5.758 Free Software (GNU General Public License) None Known GUI No Yes No
Fresh Download FreshDownload 8.02 (2008-05-20) Proprietary / Freeware GUI No Yes No
Getleft Andrés García 1.2 Free Software (GNU General Public License) None Known GUI Yes Yes Yes
GetRight Headlight Software, Inc. 6.3e (2008-06-24) Proprietary / $49.95 for Pro None Known GUI, Web Interface No Yes No
Gigaget Download Manager Gigaget 1.0.0.23 Proprietary / Ad-Supported Freeware None Known GUI No Yes No
Go!Zilla http://gozilla.com/ 5.01 (2008-02-01) Proprietary / Ad-Supported Freeware Adware GUI No Yes No
iGetter Presenta 2.7.5 (Mac, 2008-05-19)
2.5 (Win, 2007-10-24)		 Proprietary / $25 None Known GUI No Yes Yes
Internet Download Accelerator Westbyte Software 5.6 (2008-02-05) Proprietary / $24.95 None Known GUI No Yes No
Internet Download Manager Tonec Inc. 5.12.10.0 (2008-05-05) Proprietary / $24.95 None Known GUI No Yes No
KGet KGet Team 2.1 (2008-07-29) Free Software (GNU General Public License) None Known GUI Yes No No
Mass Downloader MetaProducts 3.2.661 Proprietary / $19.95 GUI No Yes No
MiniDM IEPro 2.3.0 Free / Free None Known GUI No Yes No
Metalink Checker Neil McNab 4.1 (2008-07-27) Free Software (GNU General Public License) None Known CLI Yes Yes Yes
Net Transport Xi Soft 2.63.415 (2008-05-10) Proprietary / $24.95 GUI No Yes No
Orbit Downloader Orbit Downloader 2.7.2 Proprietary / Freeware Installs search toolbar in IE GUI No Yes No
ReGet ReGet 3.4.265 (Pro)
2.3.266 BETA (Junior)
5.2.327 (Deluxe)		 Proprietary / $9.95 (Pro)
$14.95 (Junior)
$29.95 (Deluxe)		 None Known GUI No Yes No
Retriever HalogenWare 1.3 (2008-07-21) Proprietary / Freeware GUI Yes Yes Yes
Speed Download YAZSOFT 5.0.5
(2008-07-12)		 Proprietary / $25 None Known GUI No No Yes
TrueDownloader [1] 0.82 Free Software (GNU General Public License) GUI No Yes No
wxDownload Fast Max Magalhães Velasques 0.6.0
(2007-03-11)		 Free Software (GNU General Public License) None Known GUI Yes Yes Builds but doesn't work
Creator Latest stable release License / Price (USD) Malware issues Interface Runs on Linux Runs on Windows Runs on Mac OS X

Protocol Support

HTTP HTTPS  FTP   SFTP  MMS RTSP BitTorrent Metalink Podcast RTMP eMule
aria2 Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No
axel Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
BlackWidow Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
BrownRecluse Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
Connectfusion Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
Download Accelerator Plus Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Downloader for X Yes  ? Yes No No No No No No No No
Download Express Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
DownloadStudio Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No No
DownThemAll Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No
Eon Netminder Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Faster Downloader Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No
FlashGet Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Free Download Manager Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No
Fresh Download Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
Getleft Yes No Yes  ? No No No No No No No
GetRight Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Gigaget Download Manager Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No
iGetter Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
Internet Download Accelerator Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
Internet Download Manager Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No
KGet Yes Yes Yes  ? No No No Yes No No No
Mass Downloader Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No
Metalink Checker Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No
MiniDM Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
Net Transport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Orbit Downloader Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No
ReGet Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Retriever Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No
Speed Download Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No
TrueDownloader Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No
wxDownload Fast Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No No No
HTTP HTTPS FTP SFTP MMS RTSP BitTorrent Metalink Podcast RTMP eMule

Features

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
aria2 No Yes Yes  ? No No No Yes Yes No No No Yes
axel No Yes Yes unlimited Yes No No No Yes No No No No
BlackWidow Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Scripting Yes
BrownRecluse Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Programmable Yes
Download Accelerator Plus Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  ?  ?
Downloader for X Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No
Download Express Yes Yes Yes 1 No Advanced mode Yes Yes Yes No No No No
DownloadStudio Yes Yes Yes unlimited No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
DownThemAll Mozilla based browsers Yes Yes  ? No No No No No No No No Yes
Eon Netminder No partial Yes unlimited No No Yes Yes No No No No No
Faster Downloader Yes Yes Yes
No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
FlashGet Yes Yes Yes 50 Yes Yes Yes  ? All downloads Yes No Yes  ?
Free Download Manager Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes
Fresh Download Yes Yes Yes 1 No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Getleft No Yes No  ? No No No No No No No No No
GetRight Yes Yes Yes 16 ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Scripting Yes
iGetter Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Internet Download Accelerator Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Internet Download Manager Yes Yes Yes  ?  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  ?  ?
KGet Konqueror Only Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Mass Downloader Yes Yes Yes 1 No Yes Yes Yes All downloads Yes Yes No No
Metalink Checker No Yes Yes 5 No No No No No No No No Yes
MiniDM Yes Yes Yes unlimited No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes
Net Transport Yes Yes Yes  ?  ?  ? Yes  ? All downloads  ?  ?  ?  ?
Orbit Downloader Yes Yes Yes 60 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
ReGet Yes Yes Yes  ? Searching server seems down? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Retriever Yes Yes Yes unlimited No No No Yes No No No No Yes
Speed Download Yes Yes Yes  ? No No Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? Yes
TrueDownloader Yes Yes Yes 1  ?  ?  ?  ? Yes  ? Yes  ?  ?
wxDownload Fast Firefox Only Yes Yes 1-9 No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
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

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