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.
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.