There's always Termux and whatever you can install there. That sounds silly, but when I download from my phone, I do it using aria2c in Termux. It works great, and everything (AFAIK) is FOSS. zsh + fzf history completion/file finding (<c-T> is a godsend) makes it possible to use a CLI on a phone without going crazy. Only really works well if you're already comfortable with the command line, which is definitely a big if. It works really well for me, but I'm one of those weirdos that doesn't have a graphical file manager installed on their computers.
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While I run a couple headless debian at home, it's just for using docker and I only know the very basics.
It sounds like a badass solution, but it's over the top for me ^^
This works for me.
Found this one earlier. I had security concerns as it hasn't been updated for a long time, but I'll check it out.
Thanks :)
This the one. A bit worried due to recent lack of updates.
Maybe, but I use it all the time and it's working fine.
I also use it regularly. There is no other decent alternative at this point.
If it's torrents you're talking about, how about qBittorrent-Manager?
No I'm not talking about torrents. I already have a solution for this :)
I'm basically looking for a FOSS alternative to Advanced Download Manager.
At the risk of sounding off-topic, may I ask what is the use of a download manager? I've known of them for years now, and yet never felt the need for one. What am I missing out on?
I can only answer for myself, but I use it to resume large downloads that failed and organize them.
Other than that, multithreaded downloads, automatic categorization into directories, automatic retries, auto pause when disconnected from wifi, things like that