FatRat

FatRat is a free and open-source extensible download manager for Linux. It is built on top of the Trolltech Qt 4 library in C++. Developing of this program was started in November 2006. FatRat provides few advanced features such as speed limiting, segmented downloads.[1]

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Developer(s)Czech: Luboš Doležel
Operating systemUnix like, Linux
Available inEnglish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Turkish, French, Polish, Ukrainian, Spanish
Typedownload and upload manager
LicenseGNU GPL
Websitehttp://fatrat.dolezel.info/

It supports a lot of download and file exchange protocols,[2] such as HTTP, Proxy/SOCKS5, FTP, BitTorrent (through libtorrent[3]). Internationalization of interface is carried out with the help of Qt Linguist.[4] FatRat also has RSS feed and podcasts support,[5][6] and it can work with RapidShare web-storage service[7] and with Dropbox and OpenSubtitles.[8][9]

Available as a package of the most popular Linux repositories, such as Debian,[2] Ubuntu,[10] Fedora.[11]

Main features

Features and characteristics:[11][12]

  • HTTP(S)/FTP downloads
  • FTP uploads
  • BitTorrent support
  • Torrent search
  • Support for SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies
  • RapidShare.com FREE downloads
  • RapidShare.com uploads
  • RapidShare.com link verification and folder extraction
  • RapidSafe link decoding
  • Subtitle search
  • Scheduler
  • Remote control via Jabber
  • Remote control via a web interface
  • RSS feed and podcasts support

References

  1. "FatRat Download Manager Extensions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-14. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Debian -- Error". packages.debian.org.
  3. "Официальный сайт libtorrent". Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  4. "Официальный сайт программы FatRat". Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  5. "FatRat Is An Amazing Linux Download Manager [Ubuntu PPA Included]".
  6. Роман Комков (2009). "Журнал «Системный администратор» №37" (PDF) (Приложение «Open Source») (in русский). pp. 8, 11. Retrieved 2011-11-16. Среди них: загрузка файлов на удаленный FTP- сервер, поддержка протокола BitTorrent, прокси (HTTP и SOCKS5), RSS-лент (загрузка подкастов).[dead link]
  7. Игорь Осколков (2011). "3D News. Создаем SOHO-сервер на базе Zentyal" (Часть 3.) (in русский). Электронное СМИ "3ДНьюс". Свидетельство о регистрации средства массовой информации Эл № ФС 77-22224 от 01 ноября 2005 г. Retrieved 2011-11-16. Альтернативным вариантом может стать клиент FatRat, который поддерживает не только скачивание файлов из bittorrent-сетей, но и по HTTP/FTP, а также с сервиса rapidshare.
  8. Petr Šafařík. "Linux Expres" (in čeština). Retrieved 2011-11-16. Tato tlusťoška ráda HTTP či FTP přenosy souborů, spolupracuje se službou DropBox a s znalecky sleduje filmy s titulky staženými z OpenSubtitles.com.
  9. Petr Šafařík (2010). "FatRat – Univerzální stahovač z Česka" (PDF). Оpen magazin, №3 (in čeština). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  10. "Ubuntu – Error". packages.ubuntu.com.
  11. 11.0 11.1 "RPM Fedora 15 fatrat 1.1.3 x86_64 rpm". rpm.pbone.net.
  12. "Home – FatRat Download Manager". fatrat.dolezel.info. Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2011-11-16.