4 Best Download Managers For Linux

Are you often confused when it comes to choosing the best ‘Download manager’ for your Linux? Well, if you are, then take a deep breath and read the following list of ‘4 Best Download Managers For Linux’.

Best Download Managers for Ubuntu and other Linux distros

When It comes to downloading manager on Linux, there are many actually that is free, open source and yeah! easy to use. Here I am listing 4 Best download managers (so that you don’t get confused by so many) and you can choose one depending on your needs, ease of use, interface etc.

1. Xtreme Download Manager (XDM)

Those who turned from Windows to Linux, they are more likely to choose XDM because XDM has a similar user interface to IDM (Internet Download Manager). XDM is very easy to install and easy to use with many features. XDM latest version released last year with bug fixes. Here are some of the basic features of Xtreme Download Manager –

• Resume Capability

  XDM supports resume capability. To resume any downloading, select it and click resume (button above in app menu). If download URL has expired then XDM gives the option to refresh URL.

• Force Assemble

  Force assemble is a nice feature in XDM. We often suffer with an error popping up on the completion of download that says ‘Files could not be assembled’ or any similar one. This option is very useful at assembling all the downloaded parts. Using this option with software or application downloading may give you error when you execute that force assembled file. But using force assemble with videos is successful.

• YouTube Video Downloader

  
  You don’t need to install any other YouTube downloader for Linux because XDM has an inbuilt feature to download YouTube Videos. Just copy the url and paste it and select the video quality and click download.

• Browser Integration

  

  XDM can be integrated with modern browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome etc.

How to install XDM in Ubuntu, Linux Mint and other Debian based distros

You can simply install XDM from Noobslab ppa using the commands below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xdman

2. DownThemAll

The second in our list is DownThemAll program. Ooops! Actually, it’s not a program, it is a Firefox plugin. So this is only for those who use Firefox but the advantage of this plugin is that you can use it on any platform, Linux, Windows or Mac. DownThemAll has the following main features:

• Resume Capability

  DownThemAll supports resuming capability for any download.

• Multiple Downloads At Once

  DownThemAll can download multiple files at once and you can also set speed for each of the files.

• Auto Grabbing

  DownThemAll can grab downloading links automatically from Firefox. You can also right click the links and click ‘Save Link with DownThemAll!’

• Fully Customizable Settings

  You can also customize DownThemAll from settings inside Menu >> Add-ons >> Extensions >> DownloadThemAll >>  Preferences

How To Install DownThemAll In Mozilla Firefox?

DownThemAll is a Firefox plugin so it does not have to do anything with the operating system. It can be installed on any operating system. Goto addons.mozilla.org and search DownloadThemAll in the search tool above in the right.

Click +Add to Firefox and done! You have installed the add-on. Now restart Firefox and enjoy downloading with DownloadThemAll!

3. uGet

Here goes the third one, uGet. uGet is another free, open source and fully featured cross-platform download manager. The download manager comes with so many features that a good download manager should have. You can check out the main features down below:

• Resume Capability

  uGet has resume capability that can resume any paused or stopped downloading.

• Creating Queue

  If you want to auto-start some of the downloads, just make a queue of those downloads and start the queue. Now go anywhere uGet will download all the queued downloads one by one.

• Clipboard Monitoring

  uGet system trey icon monitors system and catches all the URLs copied on the clipboard. You can copy multiple URLs and click ‘New Clipboard batch..’ option inside uGet system trey icon.

• Scheduler

  Scheduler feature of uGet allows you to schedule all of you downloads at any time to start.

How To Install uGet In Ubuntu/Linux Mint/ Other Debian Based Distros

You can easily install latest uGet by adding the official PPA. You can install it via Software Center in Ubuntu as well but the PPA will have the latest stable version.

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

4. MultiGet

MultiGet is another free and open source with easy to use GUI. This is also a very good download manager for Linux with the all basic features. Main MultiGet features are following:

• Resume Capability

  MultiGet has support for resuming any downloading file.

• Supports HTTP and FTP protocols

• Clipboard Monitoring

  MultiGet monitors clipboard which means if it is running then whenever you copy a URL, MultiGet will prompt to download any file or anything of the copied URL.

• Supports multi-task with multi-thread

• Also support SOCKS 4,4a,5 proxy, ftp proxy, http proxy

MultiGet does have some other features but MultiGet somewhere lacks stability. I installed MultiGet and faced one problem. When I started MultiGet and closed it, MultiGet was still monitoring my system but I could not see the main window now. I had to stop ‘multiget’ process from system manager to start again system menu.

How To Install MultiGet In Ubuntu/Linux Mint/ Other Debian Based Distros

MultiGet is already available in Ubuntu/Linux Mint or other Debian based distros. So you can simply install it from terminal –

sudo apt-get install multiget

Conclusion

All of these four download managers have common basic features with advanced features differing a little. I would suggest you to analyze the features and then install the one that suits you the best and share your experience with us. I know that you might have some other favorite download manager such as FlareGet. Do let us know your favorite download manager for Linux in the comments below.