Accelerated downloads without the license nag
IDM alternative
Internet Download Manager has earned its reputation for raw download speed — and its price and renewal prompts. If most of what you download is media, FireFetch is the alternative that covers the acceleration and what happens after the download.
Direct file downloads run through aria2, the same multi-connection engine trusted by power users, so large files saturate your connection just like IDM's segmented downloading. But FireFetch also speaks yt-dlp: videos, playlists and whole channels from the sites a general-purpose download manager can't parse.
Where IDM hands you a folder of files, FireFetch builds a library — saved videos, music with album art, torrents, all browsable in one app. Free, pay what you want, no yearly license.
Honest caveat: if your day is browser-integration capture of every single file type, IDM's browser hooks are still the deepest in the business. FireFetch is built around pasting links and building a media library, not intercepting every download your browser makes.