---
name: "fatrat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fatrat"
version: "1.1.3-5"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fatrat"
---

# fatrat(1)

download/upload manager for Linux

## NAME

fatrat - download/upload manager for Linux

## SYNOPSIS

**fatrat** \[*options*\] \[*links* ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **fatrat** command.

**fatrat** is an open source graphical download/upload manager written in C++ and built on top of the Trolltech Qt 4 library.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-f, --force**

  Run the program even if an instance already exists.

- **-i, --hidden**

  Hide the GUI at startup (works only if the tray icon exists).

- **-n, --nogui**

  Start with no GUI at all. Useful for running as a daemon.

If started in the GUI mode, you may pass *links* as arguments and they will be presented to the user.

## REPORTING BUGS

All bugs should be reported at \<http://fatrat.dolezel.info/bugs\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2006 - 2008 Lubos Dolezel. Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 \<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html\>

Third party copyrights are described in the 3RDPARTIES.txt file distributed along with this program.

## SEE ALSO

This program is documented fully in the included HTML documentation, which is also available online.

## AUTHOR

**fatrat** was written by Lubos Dolezel \<lubos@dolezel.info\>.

This manual page was written by Lubos Dolezel \<lubos@dolezel.info\>.