Motrix Next is a full-featured download manager rebuilt from the ground up as a modern successor to Motrix.

The software uses Aria2 Next as its download engine and supports HTTP, FTP, ED2K, BitTorrent, Magnet and torrent downloads. It is built with Tauri, Rust, Vue and TypeScript, resulting in a lightweight cross-platform application.

This is free and open source software.

• Download files over HTTP and FTP.
• Support for BitTorrent, Magnet, ED2K and torrent files.
• Select individual files from BitTorrent downloads.
• Set global and per-task upload and download speed limits.
• Schedule bandwidth limits by time and day of the week.
• Control downloads using browser extensions.
• Organise downloads using favourite folders, recent folders and file-type categories.
• Store completed download history in an SQLite database.
• Operate from the system tray with native desktop notifications.
• Keep the system awake while downloads are active.
• Optionally shut down the computer after downloads complete.
• Configure proxies separately for downloads, application updates and tracker updates.
• Register handlers for Magnet, ED2K and Thunder links.
• Choose light, dark or system themes and multiple colour schemes.
• Available in 26 languages.
• Supports Linux, macOS and Windows on x86-64 and ARM64 systems.

Website: github.com/AnInsomniacy/motrix-next
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Developer: AnInsomniacy
License: MIT License

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