Maybe it’s just me, but I find JDownloader2 to be very scammy feeling. It feels like adware software.
However, it truly is the most powerful download manager I’ve found. Combined with multi part downloads, I can easily max out my internet speed.
However, it truly is the most powerful download manager I’ve found. Combined with multi part downloads, I can easily max out my internet speed.
That's because it's not in fact open source. From Wikipedia:
> Some parts, but not all, of JDownloader are open-source.
> Mid-2012 there were complaints that JDownloader's installer added adware without the user's consent.[4] The JDownloader installation contains adware according to several sources, including the developer's own forums.[5][6] There were further complaints mid-2014.
JD is basically junkware. There's a reason why it doesn't seem to be packaged on any Linux distribution. It's not community-focused OSS in the ordinary sense.
SVN repo: https://svn.jdownloader.org/projects/jd
there's also mirrors on Github: https://github.com/mirror/jdownloader
I'm not sure which parts are not open-source