Metalink Logo Bridging the gap
Metalink is an Open Standard that bundles the various ways (FTP/HTTP/P2P) to get files into one format for easier downloads. That's probably already more detail than you want. It's just...Simpler. Faster. More Reliable. Better.

For more info, read on...or, just get a supported download program & try it!



Popular Metalinks: Ubuntu, openSUSE, Sabayon, OpenOffice.org, Mandriva.

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Metalink News... Feed

12 May 08 : Appupdater 0.9 Beta has arrived, with a good lookin' GUI & Metalink Repository for lots of Windows software!
07 May 08 : KGet 2, part of KDE 4.0.4, supports Metalink. Check the release announcements for ways to try it out!
25 Apr 08 : Metalink in Norwegian @ hardware.no: Forenkler nedlasting
24 Apr 08 : Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) is here and Canonical now provides Metalinks for the ISO downloads.
15 Apr 08 : DownThemAll! 1.0.1 (Firefox extension) is out! This is the easiest way to try out Metalink!
15 Apr 08 : aria2 0.13.1 (Unix/Win), the high speed command line download utility with Metalink support, is out! Try out aria2fe, a friendly GUI front end, while you're at it.
02 Apr 08 : The MirrorBrain is the intelligence behind the openSUSE download redirector and it supports Metalinks.
25 Feb 07 : Geospatial Semantic Web: Metalink unifies Internet downloads.
  Features...

  • 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.
  • 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.

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