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<p><strong><font size=+1>If you'd like to help out...</font></strong>
<p>Get involved. Join the Metalink <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-announce" target="_blank">Announcements</a> and <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion" target="_blank">Discussion</a> mailing lists.
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<p>If you find Metalink useful, contact sites (Distributions) and programs and ask them to add support. Blog about it. Ask distributions to package and include the clients. If you're a developer, helping to add Metalink support to Open Source programs would be a huge help. Of the above listed programs, KGet + DownThemAll (both in progress), Wget, D4X, cURL, DTA, Shareaza, and Firefox are Open Source and maybe you could add Metalink support. Examining the source code available from <a href="http://aria2.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">aria2</a>, <a href="http://dfast.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">wxDownload Fast</a>, and <a href="http://www.phex.org/mambo/" target="_blank">Phex</a> for their Metalink implementation could help. Perl Plugins for <a href="http://metalink.packages.ro/" target="_blank">Metalink @ Packages Resources</a> would be helpful too.
<p>We hope Metalink will be useful to Free and Open Source software. It was designed for community projects that use multiple mirrors and P2P. We invite other Download Managers, Web browsers, BitTorrent clients, and other P2P programs to support Metalink.<br>
<p>If you would like more information, we can be reached at:
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<strong><font size=+1>Possible Projects</font></strong>
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<li>Simple Firefox extension.</li>
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<li>Easier Metalink generation.</li>
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<li>Help with documentation and testing.</li>
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<li>Drupal integration.</li>
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<li>Downloader similar to jigdo for building CD/DVD ISOs.</li>
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<li>Arch Linux's pacman integration.</li>
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<li>Metalink client based on libcurl.</li>
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<li>Uploading with Metalink.</li>
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<strong><font size=+1>Current Clients</font></strong>
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<li> <a href="http://www.getright.com/" target="_blank">GetRight</a> (Windows) is a Download Manager that supports Metalink.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://www.flashgot.net" target="_blank">FlashGot</a> (Cross platform, Open Source) is a Firefox extension that integrates with around 30 Download Managers and supports Metalink with wxDownload Fast, Speed Download, and GetRight 5.2d and later.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://aria2.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">aria2</a> (Unix/Windows, Open Source) is a high speed download utility that supports segmented downloads, BitTorrent, and Metalink (HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent integrated) from the command line.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://www.yazsoft.com/" target="_blank">Speed Download</a> (Mac) is a slick Download Manager with fast downloads & P2P filesharing. It integrates with popular Mac browsers like Safari, Camino, & Firefox (along with 5 others).</li>
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<li> <a href="http://dfast.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">wxDownload Fast</a> (Mac/Unix/Windows, Open Source) supports Metalink.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://www.orbitdownloader.com/" target="_blank">Orbit Downloader</a> (Windows) is a new download manager with interesting P2P features.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://www.smartftp.com" target="_blank">SmartFTP</a> (Windows), an excellent FTP client on Windows, supports Metalink for adding files to a transfer queue and checksum verification (no acceleration).</li>
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<li> <a href="http://www.phex.org/mambo/" target="_blank">Phex</a> (Mac/Unix/Windows, Open Source) is a Gnutella P2P client that can export Metalinks.</li>
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<center><b>...in progress...</b></center>
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<li> <a href="http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/" target="_blank">Free Download Manager</a> (Windows) unreleased BETA supports Metalink.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://websvn.kde.org/branches/work/make_kget_cool/kget/" target="_blank">KGet2</a> (KDE 4, Unix, Open Source) has initial Metalink support in SVN. KDE 4 is planned for release in 2007.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://www.mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=14052" target="_blank">DownThemAll</a> (Cross Platform Firefox Extension, Open Source) would be a welcome addition. Nils Maier has added basic Metalink support in SVN. Release date unknown.</li>
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<strong>Planned future clients:</strong><br>
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<li> <a href="http://www.igetter.net" target="_blank">iGetter</a> (Mac/Windows) Download Manager plans to support Metalink.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://www.reget.com/" target="_blank">ReGet</a> (Windows) is an excellent download manager too, in multiple versions.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/" target="_blank">Downloader for X (D4X)</a> (Unix, Open Source) plans to support Metalink in the upcoming D4X-3.0 rewrite, along with other cool features.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/" target="_blank">GNU Wget</a> (Open Source) would be good too.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/" target="_blank">Internet Download Manager</a> (Windows) is a download manager that Metalink would fit well with.</li>
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<br><strong>If you like Metalink, request support in these clients on their forums or bug trackers:</strong><br>
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<li> <a href="http://forums.globalscape.com/tm.aspx?m=13651" target="_blank">CuteFTP</a> is a Windows GUI FTP client.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/Bouncer/Home" target="_blank">Bouncer</a> (Open Source) powers downloads for various projects like Mozilla. A patch for Metalink generation has been submitted by Bram Neijt but not yet integrated.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://curl.haxx.se/" target="_blank">cURL</a> (Cross platform, Open Source) an interface for libcurl would be cool. Anyone up for writing one?</li>
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<li> <a href="http://forums.shareaza.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=4" target="_blank">Shareaza</a> (Open Source) would be great as well.</li>
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<li> <a href="http://my.opera.com/community/forums/forum.dml?id=24" target="_blank">Opera</a> is a great standards compliant browser that's always adding new features. Current threads: <a href="http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=152871" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=149340" target="_blank">2</a>, <a href="http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=149100" target="_blank">3</a></li>
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<li> <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331979" target="_blank">Firefox</a> (Open Source) is pretty neat too.</li>
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<p>Other Metalink clients and tools are in development. Please email us if you create one, so we can link to them here.
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