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Top 5 C Downloader Projects
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wget-lua
Wget-AT is a modern Wget with Lua hooks, Zstandard (+dictionary) WARC compression and URL-agnostic deduplication.
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castget
A simple, command-line based RSS enclosure downloader, primarily intended for automatic, unattended downloading of podcasts.
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
C Downloader discussion
C Downloader related posts
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FFmpeg has issued a DMCA takedown on GitHub
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Ask HN: Why is it so hard to download podcasts?
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The curl-wget Venn diagram
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Is there a way to configure docker (or podman) to use axel while pulling images from docker hub on linux?
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What is the best YouTube to MP3 converter.
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are these wget downloads always around 100 kbps?
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A Spotify alternative?
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Downloader projects in C? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | axel | 3,354 |
| 2 | wget-lua | 138 |
| 3 | castget | 112 |
| 4 | dsidl | 25 |
| 5 | ParanoidFFD | 10 |
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