OmniGet vs JDownloader
OmniGet and JDownloader compared: download speed, what each app can download, logins, formats and size. Under construction.
Written by Antonio Leandro, who makes OmniGet. JDownloader is described from its own repository and releases.
Pros and cons, side by side
This table is filled from our study of JDownloader. It is not written yet.
Download speed
Download speed is being measured: same links, same connection, same computer, several runs each. The results will appear here with the script to run them again.
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The apps in this benchmark
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OmniGet
- License:
- GPL-3.0
- Built with:
- Tauri (Rust + web UI)
- GitHub:
- 14.4k stars · v0.10.1
- Its own extractors, torrents and direct files on top of yt-dlp.
- An MCP server and AI coding agents in the same app.
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JDownloader
- License:
- GPL-3.0, with some closed-source parts
- Built with:
- Java
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