If you frequently download large files directly from a host server, utilizing a torrent client can significantly enhance your experience. These clients break down large files into smaller parts, allowing for a much quicker download process as they are later reassembled.

aria2 is a well-known, long-established, feature-rich and powerful universal file downloader that is very popular among programmers. However, its command line operation mode and overly complicated installation and configuration process make it difficult to popularize among normal users. So a series of GUI front-ends for aria2 were derived, and Persepolis Download Manager is one of the best. It saves users the trouble of configuring aria2 and using the command line to download files, and simplifies the operations.

Neat Download Manager (NDM for short) is a very practical universal file download manager and accelerator for Windows and Mac platforms (written in C++), developed by Javad Motallebi from United Arab Emirates. It is very similar to the famous IDM in all aspects, but has a cleaner interface and small file size (less than 1 MB), and it is completely free.

Xtreme Download Manager (XDM, XDMAN for short) is a free and open-source universal file downloader for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms, developed by Subhra Das Gupta from Czech Republic. It can increase the file downloading speed up to 500%, save streaming videos from almost any video website, resume broken/dead downloads, schedule and convert downloads.

WinSCP (short for Windows Secure Copy) is a free, open-source (S)FTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3 and SCP client for Windows, developed by Martin Přikryl from Czech Republic in 2000. It's mainly used to securely transfer files between local and remote computers, but it also provides features as a simple file manager and file synchronizer. In order to realize secure file transfer, it uses Secure Shell (SSH) to establish connections and provides support for SCP and SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).