Alternatives to Persepolis Download Manager
Open-source GUI front-end for aria2 with multi-segment downloads and scheduling
Persepolis Download Manager ranks #10 of 11 in Download managers, with an Alt Score of 70. It is licensed under GPL-3.0, free from Free and available on Windows, macOS and Linux. 6 of 9 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Persepolis is a free, open-source download manager built as a graphical front-end for the aria2 download engine, available on Linux, Windows, and macOS. It appeals to users who want aria2's segmented-download speed with a full GUI, queueing, and scheduling instead of the command line. It stands out in this category as the go-to GUI companion to aria2, filling the gap between raw CLI tools and heavier commercial managers.
Persepolis is aimed at GNU/Linux, BSD, macOS, and Windows users who want a free, open-source download manager rather than a browser's built-in downloader, including people who frequently grab videos from sites like YouTube, Vimeo, and DailyMotion.
The app provides multi-segment downloading using up to 64 connections per file, download scheduling and queuing with start/end times, a video finder for extracting media from video-sharing sites, and browser extensions for Chrome, Chromium, Vivaldi, Opera, and Firefox/LibreWolf to send links from the browser into the app.
Persepolis is a Python application built on PySide6/PyQt5 for its GUI; it originally acted as a graphical front end for the aria2 download engine but now uses its own downloader component (Persepolis_lib) instead. Users add or import links (including from the clipboard or a text file), organize them into scheduled queues, and the app hands off video URLs to yt-dlp for format/quality selection during video downloads.
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Download Master, developed by WestByte, is a free Windows download manager that accelerates transfers via multi-threaded file segmentation, resumes broken downloads over HTTP/HTTPS/FTP, and grabs stre.
Xtreme Download Manager (XDM) is a free, open-source download accelerator for Windows, macOS, and Linux that splits files into segments for multi-threaded downloading and captures video/audio links fr.
yt-dlp is an open-source command-line tool for downloading video and audio from YouTube and over a thousand other sites, with format selection, playlist handling, and post-processing via ffmpeg.
Folx is a paid macOS-native download manager and BitTorrent client from Electronic Team (formerly Eltima) that splits downloads into up to 10 threads, schedules tasks, and includes browser integration.
4K Video Downloader is a commercial desktop app for Windows, macOS, and Linux that downloads videos, full playlists, channels, and subtitles from YouTube and other sites in up to 8K resolution.
Feature comparison
How Persepolis Download Manager compares with its alternatives, feature by feature.
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Every fact and feature listed for Persepolis Download Manager is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License GPL-3.0 verified 2026-07-30
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007
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Pricing model Free verified 2026-07-30
Persepolis is a sample of free and open-source software.
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Status active verified 2026-07-30
pushed_at": "2025-10-09T19:26:14Z", "archived": false" — GitHub repo metadata shows a commit pushed within the last year and the repo is not archived.
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Starts at Free verified 2026-07-30
No paid tier exists; project is entirely free/open-source.
Persepolis is a sample of free and open-source software.
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Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux verified 2026-07-30
README also lists BSD support, which is outside the fixed platform vocabulary.
It's developed for GNU/Linux distributions, BSDs, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.
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Segmented downloading Yes verified 2026-07-30
Multi-segment downloading (64 connections)
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Browser integration Yes verified 2026-07-30
Google Chrome and Chromium and vivaldi Integration ... Firefox and LibreWolf Integration ... Opera Integration
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Video grabbing Yes verified 2026-07-30
Downloading videos from Youtube and ...
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Scheduler Yes verified 2026-07-30
Set start time and end time for your queue (see bottom-left panel).
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Resume support Yes verified 2026-07-30
persepolis_lib is Persepolis's in-house download engine (replaced aria2); listed as a Feature, and its README states control-file-based resume: 'Persepolis_lib can resume download, If control file exi
Resuming downloads
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Open source Yes verified 2026-07-30
Persepolis is a sample of free and open-source software.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/persepolisdm/persepolis/master/README.md
FAQ
Yes. Xtreme Download Manager (XDM), Free Download Manager and yt-dlp have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Xtreme Download Manager (XDM), yt-dlp and aria2 — every license claim links its source.