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Open source alternative to Internet Download Manager (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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Hello everyone! I want to ask some recommendation of open source alternative to IDM with these feature:

  • Automically capture link from browser (especially Firefox)
  • Compact layout like IDM, no excessive theme
  • Still maintained
  • No silly "freemium" like FileCentipede
  • Video download indicator on browser, I mainly download videos from YT, NicoNicoDouga, Bilibili, Facebook Videos, Instagram, etc. Similar to: Video download indicator on browser
  • Properly detect non Latin character file name

I already research some options, but I asking directly to community might surface interesting underrated programs.

Thank you!

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[+] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    May I ask what you use a download manager for these days?

    I'm an older internet user myself, I remember using idm for my connection dropping on dial up and it being able to resume without issue. Now though it seems I wouldn't need it as I download things without much issue.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Mainly video from various sites via video detection, like YouTube, PeerTube, Bilibili, Instagram, Facebook Videos, NicoNicoDouga, etc.

    I tried various FOSS downloader in the past, and it often failed detect any video, or even doesn't even have that feature.

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    • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    XDM is opensource and works with chrome and firefox. Link

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    • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I did a lot of research, but I couldn't find any up-to-date, open source software that works with the browser. How sad it is that open source alternatives have not been created for some applications for all these years. JDownloader seems nice, but there is no official Firefox add-on.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    What would you need an addon for? If you enable the clipboard monitor, jdownloader automatically adds all downloads it finds from any link you copy.

    Edit: If you don't like the clipboard monitoring you can also use the Open With addon to explicitly add links.

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    • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    You hace that image inline, if you add a linebreak before it, it will render normally on mobile clients :D

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    [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I am using uGet with aria2c. Working great for years. I also supports capturing links from browsers via extension for both chromium based and firebox browsers.

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    [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    You're probably better off using dedicated websites for each site you need to download videos from.

    They are usually ridden with ads, but it's not a problem if you use uBlock Origin or similar addons

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    • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Either XDM or FDM the software you looking for

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