High speed Multi protocol Command line Download manager for ubuntu - Aria2

aria2 is a utility for downloading files in lightning speed . The supported protocols are HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent (DHT, PEX, MSE/PE), and Metalink. You can utilize your maximum download bandwidth by downloading a file from multiple sources/protocols and tries to.

It downloading a file from HTTP(S)/FTP and BitTorrent at the same time, while the data downloaded from HTTP(S)/FTP is uploaded to the BitTorrent swarm. Using Metalink’s chunk checksums, aria2 automatically validates chunks of data while downloading a file like BitTorrent.

Aria2 Features

• Command-line interface
• Download files through HTTP(S)/FTP/BitTorrent
• Segmented downloading
• Metalink version 3.0 support(HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent)
• HTTP/1.1 implementation
• HTTP/FTP Proxy support
• HTTP Proxy authentication support
• Chunked transfer encoding suppor
• Persistent Connections support
• Download/Upload speed throttling
• BitTorrent extensions: Fast extension, DHT, PEX, MSE/PSE, Multi-Tracker
• Selective download in multi-file torrent/Metalink
• Configuration file support
• Download URls found in a text file