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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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:
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!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

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