Download managers

Fetch files and media from the web from a terminal or a queue.

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Download managers
Tool	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
yt-dlp	197k	Unlicense	Open source	No	Python	2026.08.19	2026-09-27
aria2	43k	GPL-2.0	Open source	No	C++	release-1.37.0	2026-06-25

2 tools

yt-dlp

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

Language: Python
Licence: Unlicense
Stars: 197k
Latest: 2026.08.19
Last push: 2026-09-27

aria2

aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility operated in command-line. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink.

Language: C++
Licence: GPL-2.0
Stars: 43k
Latest: release-1.37.0
Last push: 2026-06-25