Best Aria2 Explorer Alternatives in 2026

About Aria2 Explorer

Aria2-Explorer captures browser's download task and exports it to Aria2 via JSON-RPC interfaces to complete download task. Aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & open-source command-line download utility. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink. Usage Procedures: 1. For Windows, please install Aria2 Manager: https://github.com/alexhua/Aria2-Manager Other platform, please download Aria2 utility: https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases/latest. 2. For Windows, please run Aria2 Manager . Other platform, please run Aria2 in the Terminal with typing aria2c --enable-rpc. 3. Install this Chrome extension. 4. Enable auto-capture on the extension options page and configure others as you need. (For Motrix user, please use http://localhost:16800/jsonrpc as the RPC URL) After these steps, you could enjoy the multi-threads and BT download experience inside the Chrome. Warning: Please turn off auto-capture function, when you are using other extension to download network resources. Otherwise, there will be conflict and exception arisen. Features: [ ZERO collection of user data and privacy ] 1. Auto capture browser download tasks - Capture notification - Support magnet links - Toggle auto-capture by shortcut (Default: Alt + A) - Set all Aria2 options manually before download - Filter task by the domain, file extensions or file sizes Filter priority: domain > file-ext > file-size, white-list > black-list 2. Auto-select Aria2 RPC server by matching the preset download URL pattern 3. Built-in Aria2 front-end: AriaNG enhanced, multiple present styles: popup, new tab, new window 4. Synchronize and store all settings on the cloud 5. Support for zh-CN/zh-TW/en/fr/it/ja/ko/ru/uk languages 6. Monitor Aria2 download status via icon badge 7. Batch export web (Image · Audio · Video · Magnet) links from context menu 8. Receive download requests from other extensions 9. Support shortcuts in the options page (Save: Alt + S Reset: Alt + R Download: Alt + J Upload: Alt + U) 10. Download via browser if Aria2 is not connected Update log: https://github.com/alexhua/Aria2-Explorer/releases Contribution is welcome. GitHub: https://github.com/alexhua/Aria2-Explorer