Raptor manages downloads for Rapidshare Free users

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Raptor manages downloads for Rapidshare Free users

by Lee Mathews Dec 15th 2008

There are plenty of good download managers available for Rapidshare Premium members, but what about those of us without a pair account?

Raptor is a good option for handling multiple RS downloads with minimal fuss. Just copy the download URL, click the plus button in Raptor, and paste. Raptor takes care of sitting through Rapidshare's imposed wait times so you don't have to.

The program defaults to a Russian interface. To switch the interface to English, follow the screenshot below:

Transfer speeds aren't the greatest, but Raptor is still a very handy, hands-off way to download a slew of files. It's much less of a pain than tabbing back to the download page repeatedly until you're allowed to proceed.

Raptor is a free program for Windows only, and it requires the .Net 2.0 framework.

Tags: download, downloader, rapidshare

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Will B said 10:04AM on 12-15-2008

Cryptload has been getting the job done for me... any reason to switch?

Travis said 10:33AM on 12-15-2008

I don't read Russian. I think I put the ticks in their proper boxes but get some error. Tried multiple variations of tick placement but no go.

faulty said 10:34AM on 12-15-2008

Using any "helper" to download rapidshare file is actually against their terms and condition. I've written a similar program for my own use (and for some friends too), but I dare not distribute due to the ruling.

CheesyJedi said 10:40AM on 12-15-2008

I actually prefer RapidShare Plus. Everything I could ever want.

jim said 3:08PM on 12-15-2008

i use [url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8376]RDown - Rapidshare Downloader[/url] firefox add-on.

jim said 3:10PM on 12-15-2008

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8376

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Fred Thompson said 2:51PM on 12-30-2008

jDownloader http://jdownloader.org/home is far more capable and works on many, many sites.

sivako said 12:24PM on 1-05-2009

m testing it

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