Gwget is a download manager for the Gnome Desktop.
It uses wget as a backend.
It tightly integrates into GNOME and Firefox.
Features include:
- Supports commonly-used protocols, including HTTP and FTP.
- Integrates with the GNOME notification area, including displaying of popup notifications.
- Supports recursive downloading from web pages.
- Supports viewing of MD5sums.
- Allows resuming of interrupted downloads.
- Can restrict bandwidth usage.
- Drag & Drop: You can drag and drop a URL to the main gwget window or the notification area icon to add a new download.
- Firefox Extension: Fireget.
- Supports Epiphany.
- Authenticate Proxy.
- Translations.
Website: sourceforge.net/projects/gwget/
Support:
Developer: Maxim Koshelev
License: GNU GPL
Gwget is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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