Axel tries to accelerate the download process by using multiple connections per file, and can also balance the load between different servers.Axel tries to be as light as possible, so it might be useful on byte-critical systems.Axel supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS protocols.Axel was originally developed by Wilmer van der Gaast. Thanks for your efforts. Over time, Axel got several contributions from people. Please, see AUTHORS and CREDITS files in source code .
git clone https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel.git && cd axel && autoreconf -fiv && ./configure --disable-Werror && make && strip axel
Version: 2.17.6, 2019-08-29 [ Ismael Luceno ]* Fixed handling of non-recoverable HTTP errors* Cleanup of connection setup code* Fixed manpage reproducibility issue [ Joao Eriberto Mota Filho ]* Use tracker instead of PTS from Debian
Version: 2.17.9 ismaell released this on Jun 3Bug FixesFixed insecure mode certificate checking error.Fixed progress bar for large number of connections.Fixed some race conditions with conn_t.Removed limitations on state file name length.Removed limitations on HTTP query length.Fixed a memory leak when deleting the download state file.Other ChangesAdded coding style aid and licensing rules to CONTRIBUTING.md.Updated and improved README.md.Cleanup of code & build system.Made the help flag report axel's version number.TranslationsUpdated Chinese translation.
Version: 2.17.10 ismaell released this 10 days agoBug fixesPotential NULL pointer dereferenceFixed incrementig procedure for delay_timeFixed speed limitingOther ChangesPortability improvementsMade the stop signal handler portableBuild system improvementsNow you can specify where OpenSSL is installedFixed MinGW detectionFurther improved code portabilityOptimized wildcard search in URLsAdded human-readable file size report at the begining of downloadsReworked Request Range support checkAdded "Accept-Encoding" header to requestsCleanup of Source CodeUpdated the documentationFixed data type for sizes and offsets on 32-bit systemsFixed duplicated non-default port when using proxyFixed request range comparison and overflowTranslationsFixed typos and warnings in Simplified Chinese translationUpdates and fixes to:DutchGermanItalianPortugueseSpanishBlind updates (review needed) to:IndonesianJapaneseRussianSimplified Chinese