---
name: "freeloader"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "freeloader"
version: "0.3-6"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/freeloader"
---

# freeloader(1)

## NAME

freeloader

## SYNOPSIS

**freeloader**

## DESCRIPTION

 **Freeloader** is a nice GNOME download manager written in Python\
  and supporting torrents. Its main features are:\
\
  \* Support for BitTorrent files\
\
  \* Command line control\
\
  \* File system monitoring\
\
  \* Sorting by status or progress\
\
  \* Preferences saved in GConf\
\
  \* Drag and drop URLs or Torrents into main window or tray\
\
  \* Support for retrieval from most URLs (ftp, http, etc)\
\
  \* Support for hiding in system tray\
\
  \* Interruptible downloads

## OPTIONS

A summary of the options supported by **Freeloader** is included below.

  **--load-modules**=MODULE1,MODULE2,...     Dynamic modules to load

**Help options**\
   **-?, --help**                             Show this help message\
   **--usage**                                Display brief usage message

**Application options**\
   **-s, --show-window**                      Show the Main Window\
   **-h, --hide-window**                      Hide the Main Window\
   **-x, --stop-all**                         Stop all active transfers\
   **-q, --quit**                             Tell program to quit

**Bonobo activation Support**\
   **--oaf-ior-fd**=FD                        File descriptor to print IOR on\
   **--oaf-activate-iid**=IID                 IID to activate\
   **--oaf-private**                          Prevent registering of server with OAF

**GNOME GConf Support**

**GNOME Library**\
   **--disable-sound**                        Disable sound server usage\
   **--enable-sound**                         Enable sound server usage\
   **--espeaker**=HOSTNAME:PORT               Host:port on which the sound server\
                                          to use is running\
   **--version**                              GNOME Library version

**GTK+**\
   **--gdk-debug**=FLAGS                      Gdk debugging flags to set\
   **--gdk-no-debug**=FLAGS                   Gdk debugging flags to unset\
   **--display**=DISPLAY                      X display to use\
   **--screen**=SCREEN                        X screen to use\
   **--sync**                                 Make X calls synchronous\
   **--name**=NAME                            Program name as used by the window\
                                          manager\
   **--class**=CLASS                          Program class as used by the window\
                                          manager\
   **--gtk-debug**=FLAGS                      Gtk+ debugging flags to set\
   **--gtk-no-debug**=FLAGS                   Gtk+ debugging flags to unset\
   **--g-fatal-warnings**                     Make all warnings fatal\
   **--gtk-module**=MODULE                    Load an additional Gtk module

**Session management**\
   **--sm-client-id**=ID                      Specify session management ID\
   **--sm-config-prefix**=PREFIX              Specify prefix of saved configuration\
   **--sm-disable**                           Disable connection to session manager

**GNOME GUI Library**\
   **--disable-crash-dialog**                 Disable Crash Dialog

## SEE ALSO

Homepage: http://www.ruinedsoft.com/freeloader/

## AUTHOR

Steven Grafton \<sgrafton@gmail.com\>

This manual page was written for the Debian system by Julien Valroff \<julien@kirya.net\>, but may be used by others.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2005 Steven Grafton \<sgrafton@gmail.com

You are free to distribute this software under the terms of the GNU General Public License. This software comes with no warranty.