Apollo Download ManagerApollo Download Manager

Version 0.2.0 · test release

A free download manager for Windows and Linux

Resumes after a break, sorts files into folders, and takes downloads from your browser. Torrents, FTP and SFTP too.

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No account. No telemetry. Free software.

The download list: example downloads with their size, progress, speed, status and category, and the navigation on the left.The download list in the dark theme.
The real app, with example downloads.

What it does

Add one link, or five hundred

Paste links, one per line, or choose a .torrent file. You see the file name, category and folder before anything starts.

In the user guide

The Add download dialog, with a link pasted in and the file name, category and folder filled in.

See what each download is doing

Speed, time left and connections for every file. When one waits or fails, it tells you why in plain words.

In the user guide

The download list with the details panel open, showing speed, time left, connections, link and folder.

Files sort themselves

Six built-in categories go by file type, and each can have its own folder. Add your own, with your own file types.

In the user guide

The Categories screen: six built-in categories, each with its file types.

Takes over from your browser

Register Chrome, Edge, Brave or Firefox, and the extension sends downloads to the app. The extension isn't in the browser stores yet.

In the user guide

Settings, Browser: taking links from the browser, and Chrome, Edge and Firefox with their register buttons.

What it downloads

LinksConnections per fileResumesLogins
http://, https://Up to 8 by default, kept only while they make it fasterYes, after checking the file hasn't changedPassword, custom headers
ftp://, ftps://OneYes, after checking the file hasn't changedPassword
sftp://OneYes, after checking the file hasn't changedPassword, SSH key
Magnet links, .torrentAs many peers as it findsYesNone needed

Metalink files work too, once they're turned on in Settings. Logins, custom headers and SSH keys stay out of its database and logs.

See every screen before you install

The download list: example downloads with their size, progress, speed, status and category, and the navigation on the left.
The download list with the details panel open, showing speed, time left, connections, link and folder.
The Add download dialog, with a link pasted in and the file name, category and folder filled in.
The Categories screen: six built-in categories, each with its file types.
Settings, Browser: taking links from the browser, and Chrome, Edge and Firefox with their register buttons.
Settings, Queue and performance: a schedule from 02:00 to 07:00 on every day, and the Balanced profile.
The user guide inside the app, open at Downloads.
Get started, step 1 of 3: choosing the folder downloads go to.
The download list in the dark theme.

The real app, with example downloads.

Private by design

No telemetry and no analytics. It connects only to the servers you download from. What it keeps, and where.

Free software

Under the GNU General Public License, version 3. The source code is on GitHub.

Still in development

The downloads are test builds, made by the project's CI and not yet signed. The user guide says what this version does.

Runs on Windows and Linux

Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. Ubuntu 22.04 and newer, Debian 12 and newer, Fedora and openSUSE.

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