External download manager for firefox and chrome

Question

Is there an external download manager for ubuntu 12.10 that will easily integrate with chrome and firefox and has pause and resume functionality and other features that kick ass?

I loved orbit download manager for windows and I am looking for something similar

Answer 1

You seem to be looking for flareGet:

flareGet is a full featured, advanced, multi-threaded, multi-segment download manager and accelerator for Linux.

Recently they seem to have made browser addons, paid:

To keep our developers motivated we decided to make Browser Integration plugin proprietary and non-free. All the browsers are supported – firefox, chrome, chromium, opera etc. We guarantee and ensure you that our browser integration module provides better integration than many commercial download managers. The Browser Integration plugin is available as a separate package on demand at a price of $10. All transactions would be through email (Paypal), till we design an interface for digital product delivery through our website. Ref: http://www.flareget.com/browser-integration-2/

But its a good tool by itself.

Website: http://www.flareget.com/
N.B: Its available for install in Ubuntu software center (old version).

Answer 2

As told by Saji89, FlareGet would be an ideal choice for you as

FlareGet is a full featured, multi-threaded and multi-segment download manager and accelerator

But the free version in Ubuntu software center does not support "Browser integration", you need to pay $10 to get browser integration plugin. I guess without browser integration, download manager won't make sense.

So here is the workaround. I have tested it on Firefox 18 and it works like a charm.

• Just go to Firefox > Tools > Add ons > Extensions.
• Search for addon "FlashGot", install it and Restart the Firefox.
• Go to Tools > Add ons > Extension > Preferences for FlashGot.
• On General tab, choose FlareGet as download manager and check the check-box against "Show in Context Menu"
• On FlashGot tab, choose FlareGet as download manager and check the check-box against "Show Toolbar button".
• Now restart the Firefox. FlashGot will act as Firefox integration plugin for FlareGet.

Just right click any downloadable link and choose FlareGet. If you want you download video from YouTube just play the video, an icon will appear on right most side of the tile bar. Just click on that icon and FlareGet will capture and download the video.

I love Firefox so this is enough for me. Something similar can be worked out for Chrome.

FlareGet + FlashGot on Ubuntu == Internet Download Manager/Orbit downloader on Windows

Answer 3

You cant try these:

1. FatRat: http://fatrat.dolezel.info/
2. jDownloader: http://jdownloader.org/