# Download Accelerator and Manager

> Easily manage and accelerate your downloads up to 5 times!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/download-accelerator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/download-accelerator)

## Overview

- **ID:** `download-accelerator`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Martin
- **Category:** download-management,appearance,other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 543
- **Weekly downloads:** 29
- **Rating:** 3.64 / 5 (14 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-19
- **First published:** 2018-08-26
- **Size:** 167 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/download-accelerator/)
- **Website:** [https://mybrowseraddon.com/download-accelerator-manager.html](https://mybrowseraddon.com/download-accelerator-manager.html)

## Description

**Download Accelerator & Manager** is a versatile Chrome extension designed to significantly enhance your download speed by splitting files into multiple sections and downloading them simultaneously. Utilizing a smart, multi-threaded JavaScript engine, it optimizes the download process, allowing up to 5 concurrent threads for faster and efficient downloading of large files.

Users can easily add new downloads either through the right-click context menu using the "Download with Accelerator" option or via the toolbar popup interface. The extension offers customizable thread settings, defaulting to 3 but supporting up to 5 simultaneous threads, with plans for increasing this limit in future updates. Its intuitive UI and effective acceleration make managing downloads seamless and reliable. For feedback and feature requests, users are encouraged to visit the extension's homepage and submit suggestions.

## Rankings

- #4,751 — Overall
- #80 — management
- #82 — manager
- #89 — manage
- #182 — bookmarks manager

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `downloads`
- `contextMenus`
- `notifications`
- `downloads.open`
- `unlimitedStorage`

### Host permissions

- `*://*/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users generally find the add-on effective in accelerating download speeds through multithreading and appreciate its notifications. However, several users report usability issues such as malfunctioning copy link feature, lack of notification controls, confusing download history ordering, and occasional failures in tracking downloads properly.

### Pros

- Increases download speed, often significantly (up to 5x or doubled).
- Supports multithreaded downloads, allowing multiple connections to accelerate downloads.
- Provides notifications when downloads complete.
- Improves download capabilities for research and development purposes.

### Cons

- Some issues with copy download link feature not working properly.
- Lack of option to disable desktop notifications.
- Download history display is not in intuitive chronological order, causing confusion.
- Occasional issues with downloads not appearing in the plugin or browser after initiation.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/download-accelerator)