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10 Most Popular Download Managers for Linux in 2021

Download managers on Windows are one of the most things that are missed for every newcomer to the Linux world, programs like Internet Download Manager & Free Download Manager are 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.

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In this article, we’re going to talk about the best download managers available for the Linux OS. Those download managers are:

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1. XDM – Xtreme Download Manager

As it’s developers says, “XDM can accelerate download speed up to 5 time faster due to its intelligent dynamic file segmentation technology. For sure, it’s one of the best download managers available under the Linux desktop. XDM was written in Java.

Features of XDM

To install the most latest stable version of Xtreme Download Manager on Ubuntu or on other Linux distributions, download the XDM Linux installer tar file, extract it and run the installer script to install it.

$ wget https://github.com/subhra74/xdm/releases/download/7.2.11/xdm-setup-7.2.11.tar.xz
$ tar -xvf xdm-setup-7.2.11.tar.xz
$ sudo sh install.sh
Xtreme Download Manager

2. FireDM

FireDM is an open-source internet download manager that developed using Python and based on “LibCurl”, and “youtube_dl” tool. It comes with multi-connections, a high-speed mechanism, and downloads files & videos from youtube and other various streaming websites.

Features of FireDM

FireDM is available to install using the Pip package installer on Ubuntu and other Ubuntu derivatives.

$ sudo apt-install python3-pip
$ sudo apt install ffmpeg libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev python3-pip python3-pil python3-pil.imagetk python3-tk python3-dbus
$ sudo apt install fonts-symbola fonts-linuxlibertine fonts-inconsolata fonts-emojione
$ python3 -m pip install firedm --user --upgrade --no-cache
FireDM Download Manager for Linux

3. DownThemAll

Unlike the other programs on this list, DownThemAll is not a program, in fact, it’s a Firefox plugin, but it’s very amazing in downloading multiple files and very effective in selecting what links to download and will keep note of your last decisions so that you can queue more downloads.

As I said, it is a browser plugin and can be installed on all available platforms like Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X.. etc.

Features of DownThemAll
DownThemAll Plugin

The DownThemAll plugin is also available for Chrome as an extension.

4. uGet Download Manager

One of the most famous download managers out there, uGet is really a good download manager which was built using the GTK+ library, it’s available for both Windows & Linux.

Features of uGet

uGet is available to download from the official repositories for most Linux distributions, in Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, and elementary OS.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:plushuang-tw/uget-stable
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install uget

In RedHat/Fedora/CentOS-based systems, you can easily install uGet from official repositories.

$ sudo dnf install uget
OR
$ sudo yum install uget

On Arch and Manjaro Linux install uget with:

$ sudo pacman -S uget

On OpenSuse install uget with:

$ sudo zypper install uget
uGet Download Manager

5. FlareGet Download Manager

FlareGet is another download manager, there are 2 versions 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.

Features of FlareGet
FlareGet Download Manager

To install FlareGet in Linux distributions, download FlareGet binary packages for your Linux distribution architecture and install it using your default package manager.

6. Persepolis Download Manager

Persepolis is a free, open-source, and cross-platform download manager and a GUI for aria2 (a command-line download manager). It is written in Python language and developed for GNU/Linux Distributions, BSDs, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.

To install Persepolis download manager on Debian/Ubuntu and other Debian distributions, use the following commands.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:persepolis/ppa
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install persepolis

On Arch and other Arch-based Linux distributions.

$ sudo yaourt -S persepolis

On Fedora and other Fedora-based Linux distributions.

$ sudo dnf install persepolis

For openSUSE Tumbleweed run the following as root:

# zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:hayyan71/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:hayyan71.repo
# zypper refresh
# zypper install persepolis
Persepolis Download Manager

7. MultiGet Download Manager

MultiGet is another free, open-source, and easy-to-use GUI (based on wxWidgets) file download manager for Linux, written in C++ programming language.

To install MultiGet download manager on Debian/Ubuntu and other Debian distributions, use the following commands.

$ sudo apt-get install multiget
Multiget File Download Manager

8. KGet Download Manager

KGet is a functional and user-friendly file download manager for Linux with support for FTP and HTTP(S) protocols, pausing and resuming of downloading files, Metalink support which includes multiple URLs for downloads, and more.

To install the KGet download manager on Debian/Ubuntu and other Debian distributions, use the following commands.

$ sudo apt-get install kget

On Fedora and Fedora-based distributions.

$ sudo dnf install kget

On Arch and other Arch-based Linux distributions.

$ sudo yaourt -S kget
KGet Download Manager for Linux

9. PyLoad Download Manager

PyLoad is a free and open-source file download manager for Linux, written in Python programming language and created to be immensely lightweight, easily expandable, and fully manageable via the web.

Pyload Download Manager

To install the PyLoad download manager, you must have the Pip package manager installed on the system to install it as shown.

$ pip install pyload-ng

10. Motrix

Motrix is an open-source full-featured, clean, and easy-to-use download manager that comes with the support for downloading files over HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, Magnet, etc with up to 10 concurrent download tasks.

Motrix Download Manager

You can download the Motrix AppImage and run it directly on all Linux distribution or use snap to install Motrix, see GitHub/release for more Linux installation package formats.

These are one of the best download managers available for Linux. Have you tried any one of them before? How did it go with you? Do you know any other download managers that should be added to this list? Share your comments with us.

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