Download with Free Download Manager (FDM)

Sends your downloading jobs to the Free Download Manager by pausing the built-in download manager

What is Download with Free Download Manager (FDM)?

Download with Free Download Manager (FDM) is a Chrome extension that integrates well with the Free Download Manager. It allows you to leverage FDM's BitTorrent support, audio/video file enhancement, download acceleration, resumable downloads, smart file management, remote control, HTML Spider, and traffic adjustments. It provides two options for integration - through context menu items and an observer for downloading requests. Important: it requires FDM and a native client installation.

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By: InBasic

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Users: 62,576 ▲ 335

Rating: 4.39 (138)

Version: 0.3.2 (Last updated: 2023-05-09)

Creation date: 2020-06-28

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
nativeMessaging
notifications
downloads
contextMenus
activeTab
scripting

Size: 183.30K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 3391 ▲ 41

Other rankings

#9251 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 37

#38 in manager keyword 88 ▼ 1

#53 in component keyword 25 ▼ 2

#67 in download keyword 92 ▲ 2

#73 in instruction keyword 18

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Download with Free Download Manager (FDM) (v0.3.2)

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Summary

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Send your downloading job requests to the well-known Free Download Manager (FDM) to take advantage of the following features:

BitTorrent support
Enhanced audio/video files support
Download acceleration
Resuming broken downloads
Smart file management and powerful scheduler
Adjusting traffic usage
Remote Control
HTML Spider

This extension offers two levels of integration. The simple one is the right-click context menu items for video, audio, and image file types. The second level is an observer for downloading requests that are sent to the built-in download manager. The extension pauses each download when a new request is submitted. Then sends the actual downloadable URL to your Free Download Manager. This mode is more aggressive and can simply toggle on and off from the browser action.

Notes:

For the extension to work you need to have Free Download Manager (FDM) installed; http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Significantly improves download speed
User-friendly
Has the feature to download all links present in a current tab

Cons

Does not support FDM with customized installation path
Often opens the program window along with the download window
Issues with proper functioning of original extension

Most mentioned

Fast download speed
Better than original extension
Issues with original FDM plugin

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Safety

Risk impact

Download with Free Download Manager (FDM) is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Download with Free Download Manager (FDM) is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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