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"Why another download manager?" section describes it as if there are no other open source download managers.

• passerby1 6y ago
  Weird section indeed. A lie mixed with truth is the worst ever.
• vezycash 6y ago
  Maybe they don't know of fdm. Found out about xdm last week, time it's open source too
  • anta40 6y ago
    FDM = Free Download Manager? I've been using it since undergraduate days (2007 or 2008). Unfortunately, v5 and newer isn't open source anymore. https://sourceforge.net/p/freedownload/code/HEAD/tree/ https://sourceforge.net/p/freedownload/code/HEAD/tree/
    • vezycash 6y ago
      Okay. There's also a download manager called xdm. Wasn't a typo.. https://subhra74.github.io/xdm/ https://subhra74.github.io/xdm/
• bscphil 6y ago
  Ironically, it's not even open source, as another commenter revealed. It has a list of "acceptable uses" appended as something like GPL exception / addendum to the license page. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24169301 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24169301 The comparison with aria2 is absurd as well. You can't compare the relative speed of two programs by running them at the same time! I would steer clear of this program.