Tired of bloated and resource hungry download-managers or just want to run a download-manager on any kind of server or embedded system?, the answer is pyLoad - A powerful download manager designed to run on very low hardware requirements, platform independently and even without the need of Graphical Output.

Beside the standard systems like Windows or Ubuntu many User successfully installed pyLoad on a great variety of systems e.g. ASUS Router, NSLU2, any OpenWRT Router, Linkstation, QNAP NAS, PlugBox, eTrayz, basically any system with a unix os and at least 32MB ram. Supporting all common One-Click-Hoster including free and premium support like Rapidshare, Hotfile, Megaupload etc., it has a GUI for desktop systems, a nice Webinterface to control your downloads with your Browser and much more features of any modern download-manager.

RDesc and FreeRapid are two popular desktop clients for downloading HotFile.com files in an automated fashion with minimal user interaction, a new utility has now came-up offering fully automated file downloading for Hotfile free users - simply load the hotfile download links in the software and files will download one-after-another finishing all loaded links without any further user interaction.

There are quite a few decent automated downloaders supporting simultaneous downloads from various file-sharing services like RDesc and Tucan, but all new Java based multi-platform FreeRapid Downloader would be one of the best multi-service downloader we have ever came across, supporting fully automated downloads from 87 file-sharing services like Rapidshare, Megaupload, Mediafire and Hotfile to name a few.

The utility supports plugin based architecture allowing easy expansion of supported file-hosters and comes equipped with features like support for proxy lists, download history, smart clipboard monitoring, simple CAPTCHA recognition, automated plugin updates, multi-language support and interface skins.