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Safe, reliable download manager? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 day ago by Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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Ages ago when I was a kid, I used to use flashget, but as far as I'm aware it's become a spyware/malware riddled mess.

My primary reason for wanting to get a download manager is because I really hate it when my downloads reach a good percentage completed, only for something to happen like the internet zonking out, or perhaps windows decides NOW is a perfect time to install updates and restart my PC, causing me to have to restart my download from scratch, that in itself being a problem if the download speed from the that particular site is lousy. Currently downloading some hefty files and the download speeds are terrible.

I'd love a free download manager that won't riddle my PC with spyware, malware or obligatory third party content. Any suggestions?

Firefox has informed me that some of my downloads have failed, but when I hit retry....I THINK they resumed from where they stopped? If one is available though, I'd love a download manager, even if only temporarily.

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[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 3 points 22 hours ago

JDownloader2 looks extremely 2005core janky, but it works extremely well at making sure downloads finish no matter how flaky the source and it's Free Software

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

aria2 probably

[–] Liketearsinrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I like aria2 and someone mentioned a plugin to make it have a better user experience in this thread https://lemmy.ml/comment/24208583

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

if you're using linux i'd recommend Axel

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm not using linux, but I'll try checking if Axel has a windows compatible version, thanks

EDIT: Okay yeah I don't think there's a windows compatible version of this, lol; it talks a lot about command line stuff

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

Firefox used to need a download manager extension but I don’t think it has needed one in 15 years

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What web browser are you using? I’m pretty sure both chrome and Firefox support resuming an interrupted download.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

I am currently using firefox, and so far some downloads stopped and say they failed, but when I hit retry they do seem to resume from where they stopped, so that's definitely good; I'll try completing my downloads with firefox if this is the case

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

they do but some hosts don't resume properly from the browser and might with jdownloader2 or whatever