The fastest linux downlaod managers ever

[mbz99]

Hi guys, I tested many linux downlaod managers to find any of it alternative to IDM for windows and I found it, they are Aria2c and Axel.

I made comparison of various tools and programs and I found the fastest ones did'nt have a good GUI like Axel and Aria2.



the programs that was used:
Axel
Aria2c
Wget
DownloadThemAll
Downloader for x (D4X)


Same versions in ubuntu jaunty res.




the ISP speed:
512 KBit/second

Actual speed:





the test URL link:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...2.6.31-rc2.bz2




Experiment:


Axel


How to type command:


axel -n 20 URL
-n 20 = Parallel connections (like IDM)


I typed:
axel -n 4 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...2.6.31-rc2.bz2

Results:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2003/24437383.jpg



Aria2c

How to type command:


aria2c -s20 URL
-s20 = Parallel connections

Results:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9674/snapshot2nsz.jpg






Wget


How to type command:


wget -t 40 URL
-t 40 = Set number of retries to number



Result:


http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8013/snapshot6a.jpg





firefox extension DownloadThemAll


Result:

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/102/snapshot9.jpg





Download for x:

Result:

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6773/snapshot12t.jpg



Axel the fastest and Aria2c, others are not close


We need GUI for Axel and Aria2c ,



MBZ
Engineers do everything.

[cb951303]

aria2 has a xml-rpc server built-in now that makes writing gui frontends easier. I would like to see a gui for aria2 since it supports bittorrent too.

[mbz99]

I download the file with IDM in MS windows.

It takes 2:55 minutes

Axel and Aria2c are the fastest

[bapoumba]

Moved to Cafe.

[artir]

Those programs are sh*t when u compare them to Multiget (available on the repos). Trust me, IT'S DAMN FAST!

[mbz99]

Those programs are sh*t when u compare them to Multiget (available on the repos). Trust me, IT'S DAMN FAST!

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/714/aaaavtc.jpg
Nice GUI but not the fastest

[Arup]

Please test multiget if you can, its the closest equivalent of Windows DM and is quite fast.

[juancarlospaco]

UDP or TCP ...?

[Gizenshya]

that is not a good benchmark file to download...

It only gets about 60-80 kbps, and it is not stable. So you are running at or near peak for the server. In other words, your connection might not be the bottleneck...

*searches around teh interwebz)

ok, here a couple files which should be big enough. they are also on a pretty fast server (I get 400-600 kb/sec). The 115 mb would be best... but I understand you might not want to wait that long to download a file that big each time. So the 35 mb or 46 mb would suffice.

~35 mb file:

http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/sunf...0-x86-local.gz


the ~46 mb file:

http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/sunf...intel-local.gz


the 115 mb file:

http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/sunf...0-x86-local.gz

don't worry about what they are. I don't know I just picked them because of their size and location (on a fast server). Any data based on downloading anything smaller than that 35 mb file is worthless IMO... and it needs to be on a fast server.

If you're going to do it, do it right

also, repeat the test at least 3 time per trial and get an average.

[pt123]

have you tried multiget