Metalink is an Internet standard that harnesses the speed and power of peer to peer networking and traditional downloads with a single click.
For users and content providers, Metalink makes downloading simpler, faster, and more reliable.
- 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.
- Structured information about downloads.
- Increased security.
- 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.
- Transparent usage where people can get the benefits of Metalink without even knowing they're using it.
| 14 Jan : | DownThemAll! 2.0.11 (Firefox extension) is out! This is the easiest way to try out Metalink! |
| 11 Jan : | aria2 1.14.1! (Unix/Win), the high speed command line download utility with Metalink (RFC 5854/RFC 6249) support, is out! |
| 08 Nov : | If you'd like to contribute to our project, see our ideas page! |
| 28 Jul : | FTP HASH Command for Cryptographic Hashes IETF Internet Draft. |
| 27 Jul : | KGet, part of KDE 4.7, supports Metalink. Check the release announcements for ways to try it out! |
| 29 Jun : | Metalink Checker (Cross Platform, Open Source) is a command line Python downloader that supports RFC 5854/RFC 6249, multi-source downloads, automatically repairs downloads, and checks mirrors listed in Metalinks. |
| 17 Jun : | We proudly announce RFC 6249: Metalink/HTTP: Mirrors and Hashes as a Proposed Standard from the IETF! |
| 14 Mar : | FTP RANG Command for Byte Ranges Transfers IETF Internet Draft. |
| 01 Jun : | We proudly announce RFC 5854: The Metalink Download Description Format as a Proposed Standard from the IETF! |