Metalink is an open standard that harnesses the speed and power of peer to peer networking, FTP, and HTTP with a single click.
For users and content providers, Metalink makes things simpler, faster, and more reliable.
| 15 Aug : | aria2 0.15.2 (Unix/Win), the high speed command line download utility with Metalink support, is out! Try out aria2fe, a friendly GUI front end, while you're at it. |
| 11 Aug : | Mini Downloader, part of the Metalink tools, is a standalone downloader of Metalinks. The first release focuses on downloading OpenOffice.org. |
| 29 Jul : | KGet 2.1, part of KDE 4.1, supports Metalink. Check the release announcements for ways to try it out! |
| 27 Jul : | Metalink Checker (Cross Platform, Open Source) is a command line Python downloader that supports multi-source downloads, automatically repairs downloads, and checks mirrors listed in .metalinks. |
| 18 Jul : | Daniel Stenberg from cURL project Podcast. Other podcasts: Appupdater & Metalink. |
| 16 Jul : | Debian Package of the Day: aria2. |
| 12 Jul : | GGet (GTK, Open Source) by Johan Svedberg is a Google Summer of Code project under development to make a modern download manager for GNOME, using Metalink Checker for the backend. |
| 06 Jun : | DownThemAll! 1.0.3 (Firefox extension) is out! This is the easiest way to try out Metalink! |