Alternatives to KGet
KDE's download manager for HTTP and FTP with pause, resume and Metalink support. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
KGet
KDE's download manager for HTTP and FTP with pause, resume and Metalink support.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as KGet.
Free Download Manager
A download accelerator and organizer that splits files into segments and includes a BitTorrent client.
Free Download Manager offers segmented downloads, a built-in BitTorrent client and browser integration on four platforms, but it is not clearly open source.
AB Download Manager
Open source desktop download manager with multi-connection downloads, queues, a scheduler and browser extensions.
AB Download Manager is an open-source cross-platform manager with multi-connection downloads, queues, a scheduler and browser extensions, independent of the KDE desktop.
Varia
A simple download manager for regular downloads, torrents and videos, built on aria2.
Varia is a simple aria2-based download manager for Linux and Windows that adds torrents and videos, which KGet does not list among its features.
Motrix
A clean desktop download manager that speaks HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent and magnet links from one queue.
Motrix is an MIT-licensed Electron app with one queue for HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent and magnet links, though version 1 has not been released since May 2023.
Persepolis
A download manager built on aria2 that splits a file across up to sixty-four connections and schedules queues.
Persepolis is a Qt download manager built on aria2 with up to sixty-four connections and scheduled queues, running on Windows, macOS and Linux rather than KDE only.
Xtreme Download Manager
An open-source download accelerator that splits files into parts and saves videos from streaming sites.
Xtreme Download Manager splits files into parts, takes over browser downloads and saves streaming video on Windows and Linux, but its new version is still an experimental beta.
Gopeed
A cross-platform download manager for HTTP, BitTorrent, magnet and ed2k links.
Gopeed adds BitTorrent, magnet and ed2k support in a cross-platform Flutter interface, but it is not integrated with KDE Plasma.
Brisk
Open-source desktop download manager for Windows, macOS and Linux with multi-connection acceleration.
Brisk is an open-source multi-connection download manager with the same app on Windows, macOS and Linux, plus an auto-updater and hotkeys.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
aria2
A command line downloader that pulls one file from several sources at once, including a torrent and a mirror together.
GNU Wget
A non-interactive command-line tool for retrieving files over HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS.
GNU Wget2
Successor to Wget with HTTP/2, parallel connections and compression.
Axel
Lightweight command-line download accelerator that fetches one file over several connections at once.
AriaNg
A web frontend written in plain HTML and JavaScript for controlling and monitoring aria2 downloads.
