aria2

I use aria2 sometimes, but one thing that surprised me is that it doesn't fully support retries. As in, even if you pass something like "--always-resume=true --continue=true", if you try to use aria2c on a bad connection, you will sometimes get errors which make aria2c just exit. Thankfully it does have good resume support, so I was able to wrap aria2c in a bash script that calls it repeatedly until the download succeeds, but it's strange to me that this was necessary. Some relevant github issues: https://github.com/aria2/aria2/issues/1399 https://github.com/aria2/aria2/pull/2004

I'm a fan of aria2c [1] in server mode paired with a lightweight WebUI [2]. Works really well on a small machine. Start aria2 as a service in systemd tied to a user with some basic isolation (or put it in a Docker container!) [1] https://github.com/aria2/aria2 [2] https://github.com/mayswind/AriaNg

Also here https://github.com/aria2/aria2/issues/2078

Aria2c currently looks unmaintained https://github.com/aria2/aria2/pulse

Aria2 also uses this method https://github.com/aria2/aria2

It is a client/server system, but pulling from $n hosts instead of just 1, spreading out the load and also downtime risk across all $n hosts. And the reason I mentioned the "ratio currency" is your use of the word "tolerated" here: BitTorrent isn't the mafia, it's just a protocol that offers the ability to share pieces back to the Internet. As another concrete example, aria2c (https://github.com/aria2/aria2#readme) behaves similarly: using BT to download, but then exiting without attempting to seed anything

Exceptions can be avoided with the use of `noexcept` whenever we can do avoid them, especially in sensitive areas that we cannot risk exception throws. > but I don't think GP deserved the downvotes for the speculation. That's why I asked @squid_demon for a real example that possibly got bitten by it; else, it's simply an emotional reaction for favoring one tool over another. If aria2 [1] that is implemented in C++ is extremely fast, then I can almost guarantee that transmission's refactoring in C++ will get there too, sooner or later. [1] https://github.com/aria2/aria2

Project repo: https://github.com/aria2/aria2 New release after 2 years, btw!

What the heck, here's another four. File management : https://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostcommander/ Scan for application embedded trackers : https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.oF2pks.classyshark3xodus... mpv for Android : https://github.com/mpv-android/mpv-android Multipurpose downloader, aria2 -- it's also available through Termux : https://github.com/aria2/aria2 Edit : https://github.com/termux/

Aria2: https://github.com/aria2/aria2 an excellent download manager. Supports many functionalities such as downloading torrents, multi-connection downloads, and resuming uncompleted downloads. It also support RPC calls which enables it to be an excellent download manager back-end.