# GetRight

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/getright/

9 people recommended GetRight in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

5 of the 9 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Making big downloads resumable in Firefox”.

**Verdict:** Windows download manager that resumes downloads cut off mid-way and can redial a dropped dial-up connection, remembered fondly from the dial-up era.

Summary written by Claude from 10 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Resumes downloads dropped mid-way (2 comments in the sample): "It blew my mind that someone had made an app that could fix Internet Explorer dropping downloads mid-way through" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48288190)) "You could set it up to automatically re-dial your ISP if you got disconnected halfway through a download." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50067577))
- Highly rated and essential (2 comments in the sample): "that's why it got the highest rating of five cows on Tucows" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50073789)) "It was essential and so great!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50064456))
- Redials dial-up connection automatically (1 comment in the sample): "it had a schedular so the computer could automatically dial after everyone was in bed and gracefully disconnect" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50068406))

## What people recommend instead

- [aria2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aria2/): 7 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.getright.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "GetRight", https://hackerapproved.com/p/getright/ (9 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.