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I have used it previously on Windows and this is the most ideal alternative for anyone switching from Microsoft. Xtreme Download Manager (XDM) is the most popular download manager for all the platforms.

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Inbuilt Archive manager to extract and unrar filesĭownload JDownloader 4.

Options to run shell scripts on JDownloader events.

Option to set up proxy and authentication based servers.

Support for protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, UDP, etc.

Available in different languages and platforms.

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The development also lags behind as the software also last updated in 2016. However, the UI seems too outdated and the settings are quite buried under menus. JDownloader has all the features you could ask for in a download manager. So, I can set up an entire system shutdown when the download finishes. My most favorite feature is the Event Scripter which lets you execute scripts based on JDownloader actions.

You can also set up authentication-based download servers so you don’t need to manually sign in every time. JDownloader supports all the popular protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, DTP, UDP, etc. Additionally, you can also decide the number of file downloads and maximum bandwidth to be consumed. You can decide the number of segments the download file has to be broken down into.

Apart from these, JDownloader also provides the option to customize every little function. You get all the basic features of a download manager like resume/pause downloads, retry failed downloads, create download queues, etc. JDownloader is a fairly old open-source download manager for Linux and the UI of the tool would agree to that as well. Cannot download video files from video streaming website.Option to turn off system after download.Options to limit the number of downloads and bandwidth to use.One-click download button to get all media on a webpage.The only problem I found is the inability to download video files from video streaming sites. DownThemAll should work well for users who seldom download files over the Internet. Upon confirmation, it will download all of them in one go. As soon as you click on the button, it summarizes a whole list of downloadable content on the webpage. The main USP of this tool is the “DownThemAll” button.

However, you do get some useful features like the ability to set maximum bandwidth or the number of concurrent downloads. It is a bare-bones download manager and you don’t get any fancy features like FTP, download scheduler, download queues, etc. Unlike all the other apps in this list, DownThemAll is only a chrome extension and the boundaries are restricted only up to the browser window.

Does not support native video downloads.

Download scheduler and network bandwidth limiter.

Video download with the help of plugins like aria2, curl, etc.

Ability to categorize your download history.

Minimal UI with basic controls like credentials, proxy servers, etc.

However, now with the addition of plugins like curl, aria2 you can download videos from video streaming sites. Previously, uGet didn’t support download videos from video streaming sites like Metacafe, etc. If you head over to the Settings, you will find various advanced options like Download scheduler, bandwidth limiter, proxy-server, etc. It really comes in handy when I have to search for the file at a later point of time because we all know the Download folder is such a mess. This way I can categorize the various types of files I have downloaded over time. But, my favorite feature was the ability to categorize downloads. Now, when you click on the “New Download” button, you will find your last copied URL in the textbox. The good thing is it silently monitors your clipboard to detect a file download URL. UGet is a popular standalone download manager with a recently released browser extension. We will compare the speeds and process at the end of this article. The recorded download time is stated after every download manager’s description. My laptop was connected to a wireless network where download managers really shine as compared to the wired network. Hence, in order to test the claim, I downloaded a 2 GB file through all the download managers listed below and noted the time. Every download manager claims to be the fastest.