axel is described as 'Axel tries to accelerate HTTP/FTP downloading process by using multiple connections for one file. It can use multiple mirrors for a download. Axel has no dependencies and is lightweight, so it might be useful as a wget clone on byte-critical systems' and is an app in the file sharing category. There are more than 10 alternatives to axel for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Mozilla Firefox apps. The best axel alternative is Wget, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like axel are Xtreme Download Manager, aria2, cURL and WFDownloader App.