aria2 is a utility for downloading files. The supported protocols are HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink. It has a powerful segmented downloading ability, downloading a file from multiple sources and multiple protocols and utilizing your download bandwidth to the maximum. It supports 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.
Changes: This release adds Metalink4 support and BitTorrent Local Peer Discovery. An aria2.changeUri XML-RPC method was added. It enables you to add/remove URIs to existing downloads dynamically. The user and
password for the proxy server now can be specified on the command line separately. The code has been refactored based on profiler results, so aria2 now runs more efficiently than ever. Russian and Simplified
Chinese translations were updated.
Release Tags: stable 1.9, Feature Enhancements
Tags: Communications, File Sharing, Internet, Web, FTP, Bittorrent
Licenses: GPL