Download Star

Name: Download Star
Rating: 4.0899 (189 reviews)
Author: liebs

By: liebs

Download all items in a webpage that match a pattern

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Features & Capabilities

Download Star is a powerful Chrome extension that simplifies bulk downloading by filtering and downloading all items on a webpage matching your specified pattern. It replaces older download managers like DownThemAll by integrating directly with your browser's native download manager, eliminating the need for an external app.

Key features include setting custom filters, limiting the number of concurrent downloads, and selecting which types of items to scrape—linked images/media, embedded media, or plaintext links—using intuitive controls. New enhancements allow opening the extension in a popup window for better accessibility.

Please note that Download Star requests permissions to manage your downloads and, optionally, access data on all websites for advanced scraping capabilities. Given current web extension limitations, downloads are saved only to the default folder, and some filename handling restrictions apply.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

liebs

Daily users:

3,816 -16

Rating:

4.09

(189)

Version:

2.0.5 Last updated: 2020-01-21

Version code:

4945826

Creation date:

2017-06-23

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Permissions:

Size:

1.46MB

Email:

ma*****@liebs.ca

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-19

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 1,396 ▲ 1

Other rankings

#122 in Download Management

#223 in Other extensions

#25 in download keyword 68

#30 in scraping keyword 57 ▲ 1

#40 in item keyword 51

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Developed by:

liebs

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/download-star/

Email:

ma*****@liebs.ca

Website:

https://github.com/marklieberman/downloadstar

User Reviews

Users praise Download Star for strong batch-download capabilities and robust naming/m organization features, but repeatedly report reliability issues, poor file-type detection, and UI/documentation gaps. The main positives are handling large sets of links (even JS-generated ones), and naming masks/folder structures that keep downloads organized. The downsides include start delays, inconsistent detection of images/videos/pdfs, problematic edge-case inputs and filtering, plus limited docs and a cluttered interface in some cases. Overall, it works well when it does, but many reviews request stability improvements and better support for edge cases.

Pros

Handles large batches of URLs, including JS-generated links.
Supports naming masks and folder structure for organized downloads.
Generally easy to use for straightforward tasks.
Frequently praised as one of the best download add-ons for this purpose.
Integrates well with other download managers like Download Manager (S3).

Cons

Download start delays and odd thread behavior slow down downloads.
Inconsistent file-type detection; unreliable for images/videos and PDFs.
UI can be cluttered and documentation is limited.
Certain inputs cause downloads fail (edge-case naming masks, special characters such as forward slashes).
Some features (e.g., image size filter) don't work as advertised.

Recent reviews

by Fi*****, 2026-03-26

by ig*****, 2025-12-05

Been working great up until a couple of months ago. Now, I get a 15-20 second delay before downloads begin and instead of downloading 4 threads at a time, it appears to want to download all of them which probably adds to the delay. Not sure what happened but, I hope it gets fixed or another solution becomes available.

by Fi*****, 2025-04-30

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Is Download Star Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Download Star requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Allows management of download operations but generally doesn't severely affect security unless misused.

Risk likelihood

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Download Star has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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