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aria2 vs Motrix: catalog facts
aria2	Motrix
Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
Downloads one file from HTTP, FTP and BitTorrent sources at the same time Verifies Metalink chunk checksums while downloading, not after	One queue for HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent and magnet links Splits a download across multiple connections
Command line only; every graphical interface is a separate project The option list is long and the defaults are conservative	Version 1 has had no release since May 2023 Version 2 is a beta and the project says v1 data migration is not validated
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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