Hello everyone! I want to ask some recommendation of open source alternative to IDM with these feature:

  • Automically capture link from browser (especially Firefox)
  • Compact layout like IDM, no excessive theme
  • Still maintained
  • No silly “freemium” like FileCentipede
  • Video download indicator on browser, I mainly download videos from YT, NicoNicoDouga, Bilibili, Facebook Videos, Instagram, etc. Similar to: Video download indicator on browser
  • Properly detect non Latin character file name

I already research some options, but I asking directly to community might surface interesting underrated programs.

Thank you!

  • ominouslemon@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    You’re probably better off using dedicated websites for each site you need to download videos from.

    They are usually ridden with ads, but it’s not a problem if you use uBlock Origin or similar addons

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      3 months ago

      That’s what I’m doing right now, but not every video platform has its own dedicated web downloader.

      • RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml
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        3 months ago

        Maybe a yt-dlp gui? Parabolic works great and can also use aria2 for speeding up the download