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Free software; the command set includes 'dl...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":0},"record":{"topic":"debrid","slug":"megatools","provider":"megatools","url":"https://megatools.megous.com/","category":"MEGA command-line client (public-link downloader and account client)","tier":"free","free_tier":{"stated":"'Megatools is a collection of programs for accessing Mega service from a command line of your desktop or server.' Free software; the command set includes 'dl Download file from a \"public\" Mega link (doesn't require login)'.","unit":"unlimited","metered_on":"none","source_url":"https://xff.cz/megatools/man/megatools.html","read_on":"2026-10-23","notes":"The project site megatools.megous.com answered HTTP 503 'We'll be back soon' (scheduled maintenance) today, so the man page was read from a mirror of the same document."},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable: MEGA states it has no file size limit; the local disk is the cap.","bytes":null,"source_url":"https://help.mega.io/files-folders/transfers/no-file-size-limits"},"retention":{"stated":"not applicable: writes to local disk; no service-side storage.","days":null,"source_url":"https://xff.cz/megatools/man/megatools.html"},"egress":{"terms":"MEGA's IP-based six-hour transfer window applies to the machine running megatools; there is no megatools-side quota or proxy rotation.","metered":true,"free_allowance":"dynamic, IP-based, six-hour window","price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://help.mega.io/plans-storage/space-storage/transfer-quota"},"interface":["cli"],"interface_detail":"Subcommands: df, ls, get, put, copy, rm, mkdir, export, reg, test and 'dl' for public links. Streaming is supported with '--path -', so a wrapper can pipe a public link into another process without touching disk.","tooling":"Native builds for Windows and Linux, plus source. A shell wrapper is enough; nothing needs a GUI or a display.","chaining":"The streaming flag makes it the cheapest MEGA leg for a pipeline that must not stage the file on local disk: piped output can go straight into an uploader or a hash check.","limits":[{"kind":"per-ip-shaping","value":"MEGA counts downloads from the IP over six hours; no fixed number published","source":"https://help.mega.io/plans-storage/space-storage/transfer-quota"}],"limits_note":"MEGA's help page lists third-party tools as a hazard: 'these tools can't detect your quota', and using them with account credentials can lock the account. Public-link download avoids the credential risk.","binding":"per-ip-shaping","binding_note":"The six-hour per-IP window is the only quota in the path; megatools does not rotate proxies, so the client meets it directly and must wait for the reset.","identity_cost":{"kind":"anonymous","detail":"'megatools dl' takes a public link and needs no login. Account subcommands exist for private files but are not required for the public-link path.","country":null},"reliability_note":"The project site was 503 today and the man page had to be read from a mirror; the tool is maintained but the distribution site is not always up. Over-quota downloads fail mid-transfer and resume after the window resets.","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"Man page and MEGA quota page read; the project site's 503 is measured. Running 'megatools dl' against a real link would raise this to measured.","evidence":[{"url":"https://xff.cz/megatools/man/megatools.html","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"'dl Download file from a \"public\" Mega link (doesn't require login)'; streaming with 'megatools get --path -'"},{"url":"https://megatools.megous.com/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"the project site is down for maintenance: HTTP 503, 17 words, 'This site is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance.'"},{"url":"https://help.mega.io/plans-storage/space-storage/transfer-quota","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"per-IP six-hour download limit for free and anonymous users; no fixed limit"},{"url":"https://help.mega.io/files-folders/transfers/download-files-folders","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"third-party tools 'can't detect your quota' and may cause account lock-ups when given credentials"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-23T01:52:41.420Z","price_per_tb_month":"USD 0","notes":"Tooling note applies: a CLI is not a hosted path, but this one is a single binary and a one-line wrapper, and it streams, so it is the least-bad local MEGA leg. It does not satisfy 'no install'.","extras":{"public_link_command":"megatools dl <link>","streaming_command":"megatools get --path - <remotefile>","site_status_today":"503 maintenance"}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:per-ip-shaping","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.price_per_tb_month","kind":"price-per-tb","num":0.0,"unit":"TB","per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":0.0,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"}],"unknown":[],"history":[],"drift":[]}]}