aria2c supports HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP and Torrent/Metalink. Many applications (youtube-dl through --external-downloader) can use aria2c as a "downloader backend".

aria2c supports HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP and Torrent/Metalink. Many applications (youtube-dl through --external-downloader) can use aria2c as a "downloader backend". aria2c + https://github.com/ziahamza/webui-aria2 https://github.com/ziahamza/webui-aria2 offers a very fast, portable and simple download manager.