Thunder Download Manager

A super fast download manager

Thunder Download Manager: Supercharge Your Downloads

Thunder Download Manager is a Chrome extension that takes full control of your download tasks, providing features like pause, resume, stop, clear, and more. Beyond managing downloads, it allows opening files directly or showing them in a file manager, grabs media files in your current tab, and notifies you when a download is finished. This open-source download manager has plenty more to offer.
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Extension stats

Users: 6,000+
Rating: 4.27
(49)
Version: 0.2.1 (Last updated: 2021-10-29)
Creation date: 2020-02-06
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • downloads
  • downloads.shelf
  • downloads.open
  • notifications
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • activeTab
Size: 545.79K

Other platforms

Thunder Pro (vVARY)
3.12 (33) 16,907+
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Feature:

  1. Manage Chrome download task(create, pause, resume, stop, clear, etc...)
  2. Open file or show in file manager
  3. Grab media files in current tab
  4. Notification when task finished
  5. Open source
  6. More to explorer...

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Shows download notifications with sound.
  • Open source and functions normally without pairing with a separate application.
  • Simplifies batch downloads and avoids renaming conflicts with other plugins.
  • Increases download speed up to 10 times compared to Chrome's default downloader.
Cons
  • High RAM and CPU usage, causing performance issues.
  • No dark mode available for the popup window.
  • Does not handle partially downloaded files well, leading to loss on network errors.
  • Incompatibility issues with certain platforms like Baidu Cloud.
Most mentioned
  • High resource consumption leading to performance degradation.
  • Lack of dark mode customization.
  • Problems with retaining partially downloaded files during network interruptions.
User reviews
提示说快要停用了,拜托作者快更新啊
by 王洋, 2024-11-01

Not bad, shows download notifications with sound and shows the date for the downloaded files in the popup window BUT: - downloads prior the installation of this extension are not shown in the popup window - no dark mode for the popup window

好用,试过好几款下载管理器,这是最好用的一个,界面简洁,功能实用,完全能替代chrono,棒棒!!!
by jx l, 2024-06-17
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Thunder Download Manager requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Thunder Download Manager has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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