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

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