Say goodbye to commercial download accelerators. Here comes open source application – wxDownload Fast.
As my system got crashed few days ago due to power fluctuations, I had
to repair the system and install the OS and lot of applications
freshly. I have become open source applications fan and have been trying
alternatives to the commercial applications.
Now, it is the time for testing an application for download accelerator and found wxDownload Fast,
which is working great for me. It is built using C++ and available for
Windows XP and Linux. It has all the features that commercial products
have like segmented/multi-threaded/accelerated transfers, scheduling
the download, file organizing, pause and resume, proxy support, etc. It
also available in a potable format, which does not need installation,
so you can try it without installing or can carry on a USB. It also
calculates the MD5/SHA1 checksum of downloaded files so they can be
easily verified.
The only thing it is missing is browser integration. It does not
automatically integrates into IE or Firefox. If you want to integrate
wxDownload Fast with Firefox, you first need to install FlashGot
and select wxDownload Fast as external download manager. You can
always copy the link location by pressing right mouse button and
selecting “Copy Link Location” and when you click “New” in wxDownload
Fast, it will automatically recognizes the download link from
clipboard. Get it here.
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