Top 10 Free IDM Alternatives You Can Use

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Internet Download Manager

Internet Download Manager, or IDM, is one of the most popular download managers for Windows out there. It has some really cool features like download speed acceleration, download resume, scheduled downloading, video grabber, browser integration, and much more. Sadly, IDM is only available for Windows. Plus, the software is available for a 30-day trial, beyond which you’d have to buy a license that comes at $24.95. So, if you are looking for an IDM alternative that is free or that can work on other operating systems as well, this article has got you covered. So without further ado, here is a list of the top 10 free IDM alternatives that you can try.

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JDownloader

Apart from its similarities with IDM, JDownloader can also solve some CAPTCHAs by itself. Whenever you come across a site that requires you to solve a CAPTCHA before presenting you with the download link, JDownloader would automatically solve it and start the download straight away. You can download JDownloader not only on Windows, but also on Linux, Mac, or any other Java-based OS.

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EagleGet

EagleGet download manager can even refresh expired download addresses without restarting from the beginning. Additionally, you can import your download list from any other download manager to EagleGet, so if you are moving from IDM, you can easily do this to move all your pending downloads to this free software. Personally, I use this because of its lightweight nature and ease-of-use.

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Free Download Manager

From that point point of view, FDM & aria are the strongest contenders. I used almost all of the above, and settled down with FDM for years, but found FDM had some issue lately, I forgot exactly what, and for ordinary downloads, I just use the browser’s built in download manager, which is just fine, also supports pausing, resuming and more than one download at the same time features.

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FlashGet

FlashGet is a really fast download manager that can accelerate your downloads up to 10 times the speed, as compared to IDM’s 5 times. Boasting some similarities with IDM, it lets you create unlimited download categories and can call your antivirus program automatically after a download is finished. FlashGet also comes with an integrated offline reader. With its browser integration, it is one of the top contenders to be the primary IDM alternative.

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Internet Download Accelerator

Internet Download Accelerator is one of my favorites in this list. With many features like scheduled downloading, multilingual support, video and MP3 downloading, accelerated downloading up to 5 times, and themes, it bears a lot of similarity to IDM and is still free. You can use it for your personal use as much as you want, but if you want to use it for commercial purposes, you can buy its Pro version that will cost you $9.95 as a single user. With this pro version, you can get rid of the ads and even get access to some more features, like download speed control, FTP explorer, site manager etc.

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uGet

uGet Download Manager is a free open-source project that was launched in 2003. Equipped with all the basic functionalities of a download manager, it is a lightweight application available on a plethora of different platforms. Like IDM, it has the capability of downloading multiple files at a time, resuming paused downloads, and scheduling downloads. With its source code uploaded on SourceForge, you can rest assured of its security.

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Few year ago I used DownThemAll! for and I liked it very much, but then it didn’t get updated for latest firefox and it got left behind. I looked for alternatives but none other options were as good as DownThemAll! or IDM so I gave up. Now I just casually serched “idm alternatives” and lo and behold Beebom has curated a list of them and it has DownThemAll! listed in it. I was about to comment that the add on is no longer available, but decided to look up for last time in firefox add on store and there it is, my favourite download manager available for current firefox version. Thank you Beebom for reminding me long lost favourite piece of software.

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Ninja Download Manager

In addition to being an IDM alternative, Download Ninja can also be a DownThemAll alternative for Google Chrome. As an extension, you don’t have to download it to your system in order to make it work. Simply add it to your Chrome browser, and you’re good to go. With Download Ninja, you get features similar to IDM like speed limiting, multilingual support, applying themes, download resume, and download acceleration.

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Xtreme Download Manager

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aria2

aria2 also doubles as a full-fledged BitTorrent client with features like DHT, PEX, encryption, magnet URI, web-seeding, selective downloads, local peer discovery, and UDP tracker. At just 4MB, aria2 is a lightweight download manager that you should not miss out on.

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Turbo Download Manager

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