Metalink is an Internet standard that harnesses the speed and power of peer to peer networking and traditional downloads with a single click.
For users and content providers, Metalink makes downloading simpler, faster, and more reliable.
- If one link or server fails, download automatically continues using another.
- One Click Downloads. Easy user experience.
- Minimizes and distributes traffic so individual servers are under less strain.
- Downloads are verified for enhanced reliability.
- Structured information about downloads.
- Increased security.
- Extremely fast download speeds.
- Automatic error recovery and repair of corrupted downloads.
- Combines FTP and HTTP with optional Peer-to-peer (P2P, shared bandwidth).
- Easily add multiple files to a download queue.
- No Single Point of Failure (SPOF) like FTP or HTTP URLs. More fault tolerant.
- Transparent usage where people can get the benefits of Metalink without even knowing they're using it.
| 31 Aug : | aria2 1.10.2! (Unix/Win), the high speed command line download utility with Metalink support, is out! |
| 31 Aug : | KGet, part of KDE SC 4.5.1, supports Metalink. Check the release announcements for ways to try it out! |
| 05 Aug : | FTP Extensions for Cryptographic Hashes IETF Internet Draft. This is a work in progress and not meant to be implemented, only reviewed. |
| 01 Aug : | DownThemAll! 2.0 beta 3 (Firefox extension) is out! |
| 01 Jun : | We proudly announce RFC 5854: The Metalink Download Description Format as a Proposed Standard from the IETF! |
| 01 Jun : | Appupdater 1.4.1 (Windows) keeps all your various apps up to date. Along with a Metalink Repository for lots of Windows software! |
| 28 May : | DownThemAll! 1.1.10 (Firefox extension) is out! This is the easiest way to try out Metalink! |
| 25 May : | Fedora 13 Live CD Metalink! |
| 11 May : | An introduction to Metalink/HTTP. |
| 16 Apr : | Metalink/HTTP IETF Internet Draft, as opposed to XML. This is a work in progress and not meant to be implemented, only reviewed. |
| 10 Dec : | Introducing Metalink tries to get you acquainted. |
| 07 Dec : | If you'd like to contribute to our project, see our ideas page! |