What is the best download manager for Windows?

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7 Options Considered

Best download manager for Windows	Price	License	Platform
-- aria2	-	GPL	OSX Linux Windows Android
-- Free Download Manager	-	-	-
-- XDM - Xtreme Download Manager	Free	-	-
-- JDownloader 2	FREE	-	-
-- Internet Download Manager	$29.95	-	-

aria2

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Supports multiple download protocols

Has support for lots of download protocols including BitTorrent, Metalink, HTTP, HTTPS and FTP. See More

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No native graphical user interface

While there is a web-based GUI, there is no native interface. See More

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Platform:OSX Linux Windows Android

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Free and open source

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Small memory footprint

Due to aria2 being a CLI only tool it uses very little memory. See More

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Clean web interface

The web interface consists of pure HTML+JS, no server-side needed (except aria2c of course). It uses the same RPC that can work even over WebSockets. See More

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Remote control over simple standardized RPC

XML or JSON-based RPCs can be used to control aria2 remotely with both APIs completely documented. Simplest client that uploads torrent to be downloaded is 3 Python lines long (no 3rd-party libraries, only stdlib). See More

Free Download Manager

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Dark Theme Supported

Starting version 5, the dark theme will be available on settings. See More

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Adware/Proprietary

Although some older versions were open-source, all the newer versions are proprietary software and contain adware. See More

Lokman Afandy's Experience

Better than idm with audio/video files preview, site explorer, torrent client, and dark theme See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Mac, Android

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Scheduler

Allows to start and stop downloads at a set time, or perform other actions like launching applications. See More

RickZeeland's Experience

Powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. Includes HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent support. Available for Windows, Mac, alpha version for Android. See More

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HTML Spider

Download web pages or even complete web sites. See More

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Torrent client

It has a built-in torrent client which can be used to download torrent. See More

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Portable

Features a portable mode. See More

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Partial download of ZIP files

Free Download Manager lets you download only the necessary parts of a .zip file. See More

XDM - Xtreme Download Manager

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Pleasing and easy to use GUI

The GUI has a pleasing look, and the design is easy to navigate and use. See More

Eric Waters's Experience

Been using it for a bit now on my desktop and laptop. I've used it in Firefox Quantum and Vivaldi, and it works smoothly with both. Pleasing GUI, easy browser integration, faster downloads, previews for DLed video, and the ability to download any video stream - just great stuff. And it's Open Source! See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, macOS

Protocol Support::HTTP, HTTPS, FTP

Browser Support:Chrome, Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera, Chromium

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Resumes interrupted downloads

If you have a power outage, your internet disconnects, or your download is otherwise interrupted, XDM will be able to resume from where it left off just fine. See More

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Uses download acceleration techniques

XDM intelligently and dynamically segments files as they're being downloaded, allowing it to use multiple threads per file. XDM also uses connection reuse to cut back on the amount of time it takes to establish a connection with a given server. See More

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Integrated with a number of browsers

XDM is integrated with Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi, and any other Chromium or Firefox clone. This integration has you installing an extension on your browser that redirects all downloads to be handled by XDM rather than the browser itself. See More

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Supports multiple download queues

With XDM you can set up a number of download queues, both scheduled and unscheduled, to give you better control over what batch of files gets downloaded when. See More

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Built in scheduler

XDM's scheduler allows you to set a specific time for XDM to begin downloading, and then disconnect or shut down your computer when it's finished. See More

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Supports ripping media from sites

XDM has the ability to rip files (MP4, AVI, webm, etc.) from media sites like Youtube or Vimeo. Unfortunately, audio streaming sites like Bandcamp or Soundcloud don't seem to work with this feature. See More

JDownloader 2

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Click and Load

Jdownloader can crawl all link and find downloadable content based on that link, very helpful to download entire website content, video playlist, or hidden content too! See More

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Regular installation tries to install Adware along with program

Oughta look for the ad-ware free installer. Dubious. See More

Lokman Afandy's Experience

Offers downloading in multiple parallel streams, captcha recognition, automatic file extraction, etc See More

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Support multiple parallel streams

It means you can download any stream source such as youtube or similar video site with option to choose its quality and filetype. See More

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Captcha solving requires Browser extensions which spies on you

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Open Source

There is no limitation. See More

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Not safe

It seems like VirusTotal has detected something with a scan. : https://www.virustotal.com/es-ar/file/c3467621d7f2479bac6fba7afae7b32bc5f3b25f61c562543ab498cdd9c5e33c/analysis/1550301403/ . See More

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auto save to configured folder

Automatically save files with certain filenames to certain preconfigured folders. See More

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auto extract archives

No need to manually extract your downloaded archives, while jdownloader can automatically extract them for you. See More

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captcha recognition

You can input captcha on some free file hosting sites directly on jdownloader. See More

uget

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Open Source

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doesn't organize the files downloaded to categories

Eagleget

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Lokman Afandy's Experience

Bad compability toward browsers and need permission before downloading the files See More

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