CLUSTER DOWNLOAD-MANAGER-DESKTOP · 49 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2018-01-06
File and media download managers
This cluster comprises 43 desktop, mobile, and cross-platform download managers that handle file, video, torrent, and stream downloads with features like acceleration, queueing, pause/resume, scheduling, and browser integration. The dated entry history shows isolated releases from 2010 through 2025, with a higher concentration of entries in early 2026 (February through July). Traction leaders are motrix-gpui (34 stars), IXD (7 stars), and JieXi (5 stars).
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 3 hand-coded · 17 unlabelled
Operator · 7 hobby · 1 indie · 9 open source · 3 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21rust-download-manager1★17 days—Application for managing file downloads from the internet.
- 22InternalFileTransfer1★1 mo—hobbyWindows tool for transferring files across a local network, with a visual control panel and browser-based download and management pages.
- 23IXZ1★1 mo—hobbyDesktop download manager that accelerates large file downloads with parallel connections, resumable transfers, and automatic source selection.
- 24ZYNERO-Download-Manager1★1 mo—Desktop application that manages, queues, and accelerates the downloading of files from the internet.
- 25vortexdm0★26 days—hobbyDesktop download manager that accelerates large file downloads using parallel connections, with scheduling, speed limiting, and traffic detection.
- 262ztech-downloader0★26 days—indieSelf-hosted download manager that processes large queues of download jobs through a web interface and background workers.
- 27zest-downloader0★1 mo—hobbyCross-platform download manager that accelerates downloads with parallel chunking, supports BitTorrent, and integrates with a browser extension.
- 28SDL-Fast0★1 mo—Windows multi-threaded download manager with a desktop client and browser extension that accelerates downloads up to 64 segments and supports HLS/DASH streams.
- 29clicknload-relay0★1 mo—hobbyDesktop relay app that captures browser download links and forwards them to remote headless download manager instances.
- 30bits-download-manager0★1 mo—hobbyDesktop download manager that accelerates file downloads with parallel connections and supports pause, resume, and history.
- 31py-idm-clone0★1 mo—hobbyDesktop download manager that queues, schedules, and accelerates file downloads for everyday users.
- 32FlameGet0★3 moliveopen sourceDesktop download manager supporting BitTorrent, magnet links, and video downloads with selective file downloading and tracker updates.
- 33Free Download Manager0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceCross-platform download manager that accelerates and organizes file downloads for desktop users.
- 34KGet0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop download manager for fetching files from FTP and HTTP sources with pause/resume support.
- 35Tur0★4 moliveopen sourceDownload manager application that combines multiple download engines and media extraction tools to speed up and organize file downloads.
- 36filecentipede-bin0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceCross-platform download manager that handles uploads and downloads over HTTP(S), FTP(S), SSH, BitTorrent, and other internet protocols.
- 37Gopeed0★6 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceDownload manager that retrieves files over HTTP, BitTorrent, and magnet links across desktop and mobile devices, with extensions for added features.
- 38Brisk0★29 daysliveopen sourceDesktop download manager that accelerates file transfers, integrates with browsers, and captures video streams from streaming sites.
- 39KGet0★unknownliveopen sourceA desktop download manager that queues, pauses, and resumes file transfers from FTP and HTTP sources with browser integration.
- 40Varia0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop download manager that fetches files, videos, and torrents from websites with scheduling, browser integration, and remote server control.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.