While we don’t know about the “number 1” claim, it does have all the features that make up for a good download manager.

When you visit the official website to download uGet, it claims to be the Number 1 Open Source Download Manager.

Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, and Android Definitely one of the best free download managers out there as an alternative to IDM. The UI is simple to use and understand as well. You will also be able to adjust the bandwidth a download is assigned either manually or automatically based on your preferences. It also supports recovering broken downloads. The software was also open source for versions between 2.5 and 3.0.852, right now, the website claims the software to be open source and to be distributed until GPL license but there’s nowhere to look at the source code.Īpart from that, Free Download Manager comes with a plethora of features and it is one of the few download managers that also works on Android.įeatures include support for torrent downloads using torrent files and magnet links along with previewing video files before downloading them completely. Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, and Androidįree Download Manager is absolutely free and it is also one of the popular IDM alternative around. Persepolis isn’t perfect though, you will find the UI a bit inconsistent and unfriendly and on the other hand, it does not support torrent downloads and as per the main developer of the project, that feature isn’t on the cards to be brought into the software at all. Other than that, you have features such as Scheduled Downloads and downloads through your proxy – which the software can automatically detect from your OS.

This lets you download videos in all the quality options available. For example, Persepolis can integrate well with Persepolis extensions for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

Fastest free download manager