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.

Extension stats

By: InBasic
Users: 70,000+
Rating: 4.30 (141)
Version: 0.3.2 (Last updated: 2023-05-09)
Creation date: 2020-06-28
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • nativeMessaging
  • notifications
  • downloads
  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
  • scripting
Size: 183.30K

Other platforms

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

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

  1. BitTorrent support
  2. Enhanced audio/video files support
  3. Download acceleration
  4. Resuming broken downloads
  5. Smart file management and powerful scheduler
  6. Adjusting traffic usage
  7. Remote Control
  8. 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:

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

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • It significantly increases download speeds
  • Works better than the original extension, which has many issues
  • User-friendly and easy to install
  • Can download all links from a tab efficiently
  • Positive feedback about its reliability and functionality
Cons
  • Often stops working unexpectedly
  • May require additional installations (e.g., add-on from GitHub)
  • Can sometimes open the FDM program window unnecessarily during downloads
  • Not working consistently for some users
  • Initial impressions may lead to distrust due to sketchy links
Most mentioned
  • Not working or stops functioning
  • Increased download speed
  • Better alternative to the original extension
  • User-friendly interface
  • Need for additional installations
Recent reviews
not working, the downloading file still download from chrome not from fdm program
by Hussein Ali, 2024-08-09

When I try to install it on mac os I get this error in terminal: "NodeJS status = 1 Installer is using the embedded NodeJS"
by Shahin, 2024-05-16

by Bac Doan, 2024-03-23
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Download with Free Download Manager (FDM) requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Download with Free Download Manager (FDM) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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