{"id":12481,"date":"2019-03-27T03:08:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T03:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=12481"},"modified":"2019-03-27T03:08:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T03:08:30","slug":"9-most-popular-download-managers-for-linux-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/27\/9-most-popular-download-managers-for-linux-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Most Popular Download Managers for Linux in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Download managers on Windows are one of the most things that are missed for every new comer to Linux world, programs like\u00a0Internet Download Manager<\/b>\u00a0&\u00a0Free Download Manager<\/b>\u00a0are very wanted, too bad they are not available under Linux or Unix-like systems. But fortunately, there are many alternative download managers under the Linux desktop.<\/p>\n

Read Also<\/strong>:\u00a05 Command Line Based Tools for Downloading Files in Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

In this article, we\u2019re going to talk about the best download managers available for the Linux OS. Those download managers are:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. XDM<\/li>\n
  2. SteadyFlow<\/li>\n
  3. DownThemAll<\/li>\n
  4. uGet<\/li>\n
  5. FlareGet<\/li>\n
  6. Persepolis<\/li>\n
  7. MultiGet<\/li>\n
  8. Pyload<\/li>\n
  9. KGet<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Read Also<\/strong>:\u00a0Best Command Line Download Accelerators for Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

    1. XDM \u2013 Xtreme Download Manager<\/h3>\n

    As it\u2019s developers says, \u201cXDM<\/strong>\u00a0can speed up download speed up to 500%\u201d, for sure, it\u2019s one of the best download managers available under the Linux desktop. XDM was written in Java.<\/p>\n

    Features of XDM<\/h5>\n
      \n
    1. Supports pausing \/ resuming the downloaded files later.<\/li>\n
    2. Supports 32 segments for every downloaded file which makes the downloading process even faster.<\/li>\n
    3. Supports capturing multimedia files from the famous websites like Youtube, MetaCafe, Vimeo and others in many formats like webm, MP4, AVI.. etc.<\/li>\n
    4. Support for many protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, FTP.<\/li>\n
    5. Support for most Linux distributions beside Windows support.<\/li>\n
    6. Support for taking URLs from the clipboard quickly.<\/li>\n
    7. There\u2019s an integration extension available for most web browsers like Firefox, Chrome \/ Chromium, Safari..<\/li>\n
    8. A very nice GUI, similar to Internet Download Manager.<\/li>\n
    9. Many other features..<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      To install under Ubuntu\/Linux Mint distributions, open terminal by hitting \u201cCtrl+Alt+T<\/strong>\u201d and run the following commands to install the latest XDM (i.e. version\u00a03.03<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

      $ wget http:\/\/xdman.sourceforge.net\/xdman_mint_ubuntu.deb\r\n$ sudo dpkg -i xdman_mint_ubuntu.deb\r\n$ xdman\r\n<\/pre>\n
      \n
      \"Install<\/a><\/p>\n
      XDM Download Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
      Visit<\/b>:\u00a0XDM Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n
      2. SteadyFlow<\/h3>\n
      SteadyFlow<\/b>\u00a0is a very simple download manager in fact, which is its goal, it supports downloading multiple files in once beside stopping it and resuming it later, it\u2019s GUI is very clean.<\/p>\n
      Features of SteadyFlow<\/h5>\n
        \n
      1. A very simple, easy to use, nice GUI built with GTK+ library.<\/li>\n
      2. Support for Google Chrome\/Chromium integration via an official extension called \u201cChromeFlow\u201d.<\/li>\n
      3. Support to capture URLs from the clipboard automatically.<\/li>\n
      4. Ability to run specific command when the downloaded file is completed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        SteadyFlow is available (recent version\u00a00.2.0<\/b>) to download from the official repositories for Ubuntu\/Linux Mint, to install it.<\/p>\n
        $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sikon\/steadyflow\r\n$ sudo apt-get update\r\n$ sudo apt-get install steadyflow\r\n<\/pre>\n
        SteadyFlow is also available in Fedora repositories.<\/p>\n
        $ su -\r\n# yum install steadyflow\r\n<\/pre>\n
        \n
        \"Install<\/a><\/p>\n
        Steadyflow Download Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        For other distributions, you may download the program at\u00a0https:\/\/launchpad.net\/steadyflow<\/a><\/p>\n
        3. DownThemAll<\/h3>\n
        Unlike the other programs on this list,\u00a0DownThemAll<\/strong>\u00a0is not a program in fact, it\u2019s a Firefox plugin, but it\u2019s very amazing in downloading files and very effective, and because it\u2019s a Firefox plugin, it can be installed on all available platforms like Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X.. etc.<\/p>\n
        Features of DownThemAll<\/h5>\n
          \n
        1. Like the developers say: \u201cDownThemAll can speed your download speed up to 400%\u201d.<\/li>\n
        2. Support for downloading all the images & links in a web page.<\/li>\n
        3. Support for downloading multiple files at once with support for setting the download speed for each one.<\/li>\n
        4. Support for auto-grabbing downloaded links from Firefox browser.<\/li>\n
        5. Ability to customize a lot of settings for integration between Firefox and DownThemAll.<\/li>\n
        6. Ability to check SHA1, MD5 hashs automatically after downloading.<\/li>\n
        7. A lot more..<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          \n
          \"DownThemAll<\/a><\/p>\n
          DownThemAll Plugin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
          To download and add \u201cDownThemAll<\/strong>\u201d plugin for your Firefox, head over to\u00a0https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/addon\/downthemall\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n
          4. uGet Download Manager<\/h3>\n
          One of the most famous download managers out there,\u00a0uGet<\/b>\u00a0is really a good download manager which was built using the GTK+ library, it\u2019s available for both Windows & Linux.<\/p>\n
          Features of uGet<\/h5>\n
            \n
          1. Support for downloading many files at once with ability to set the maximum download speed for all the files together or for each one of them.<\/li>\n
          2. Support for downloading torrent and metalink files.<\/li>\n
          3. Support for downloading files from anonymous FTP or by using a user name and a password.<\/li>\n
          4. Support for grabbing URLs list from local files to download them all.<\/li>\n
          5. Support for downloading files via the command line interface.<\/li>\n
          6. Supports 20 segments for every downloaded file.<\/li>\n
          7. Ability to grab URLs from the clipboard automatically.<\/li>\n
          8. Ability to integrate with FlashGot add-on for Firefox.<\/li>\n
          9. Many other features..<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
            uGet is available (recent stable version\u00a01.10.4<\/b>) to download from the official repositories for most Linux distributions, in Debian\/Ubuntu\/Mint.<\/p>\n
            $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:plushuang-tw\/uget-stable\r\n$ sudo apt-get update\r\n$ sudo apt-get install uget<\/pre>\n
            In RedHat\/Fedora\/CentOS based systems, you can easily install uGet from official repositories.<\/p>\n
            # yum install uget\r\n<\/pre>\n
            \n
            \"Install<\/a><\/p>\n
            uGet Download Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
            Visit<\/b>:\u00a0uGet Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n
            5. FlareGet Download Manager<\/h3>\n
            FlareGet<\/b>\u00a0is another download manager, there are 2 version from it, one is free and the other one is paid, but they are all closed-source, but they work on both Windows and Linux.<\/p>\n
            Features of FlareGet<\/h5>\n
              \n
            1. Multi-thread support.<\/li>\n
            2. Support up to 4 segments per file (in the free version, in the paid version it can go up to 32).<\/li>\n
            3. Support for most Linux distributions and support for integration with most web browsers.<\/li>\n
            4. Support for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP protocols.<\/li>\n
            5. Support for auto-grabbing the URLs from the clipboard.<\/li>\n
            6. Support for auto-grabbing videos from Youtube.<\/li>\n
            7. The GUI is available in 18 different languages.<\/li>\n
            8. Many other features.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
              \n
              \"Install<\/a><\/p>\n
              FlareGet Download Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
              Follow the link for FlareGet installation at\u00a0Install FlareGet in Red Hat and Debian Systems<\/a><\/p>\n
              6. Persepolis Download Manager<\/h3>\n
              Persepolis<\/a>\u00a0is a free, open source and cross-platform download manager and a GUI for\u00a0aria2 (a command-line download manager)<\/a>. It is written in Python language and developed for GNU\/Linux Distributions, BSDs, macOS and Microsoft Windows.<\/p>\n