It's program that chiefly can resume downloads and queueing of multiple FTP transfers of the same file on multiple sites (accelerator).
Other features:
- User-friendly interface(s)
- Site to Site file transfers
- FULL drag and drop support
- Start/stop/resume of transfers
- Auto retry of failed transfers
Metalink support
- Transfer bandwidth control
- Optional Browser integration
- File masking (wildcards)
- Keep Alive and sytem halt functionality.
- Remote file searching
- File permissions (CHMOD)
- Advanced directory listings
Favorites via menu & drop down
Desktop shortcuts & drop u/l's
- One click transfers
- Command line support
- Sessions to save FTP transfers for later resuming
- Recursive uploading, downloading, and deleting
- Optional reconnecting of lost connections
- Low memory footprint
Example programs:
aria2 (GPL, Cross platform, CLI, apt-get install aria2)
DownThemAll! (GPL, Cross platform/Firefox extension, GUI)
KGet (GPL, GUI, part of KDE)
wxDownload Fast (GPL, Cross platform, GUI)
Free Download Manager (Proprietary, Windows)
GetRight (Proprietary, Windows)
Net Transport (Proprietary, Windows)
Orbit Downloader (Proprietary, Windows)
Retriever (Proprietary, Cross platform)
See also: jigdo