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Motrix vs Progressive Downloader: catalog facts
Motrix	Progressive Downloader
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free from the official site; a Mac App Store version costs 4.99 to support the developer.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS, Browser extension
One queue for HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent and magnet links Splits a download across multiple connections	Multi-threaded downloads with mirror search Built-in FTP, SFTP and WebDAV browser
Version 1 has had no release since May 2023 Version 2 is a beta and the project says v1 data migration is not validated	macOS only Current version requires macOS 13 or newer
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Browser extension
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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