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The browser’s built-in download tools are not only inadequate, but even worse, they all have very low download speed. As a result, IDM, Folx and other excellent download accelerators have become users’ first choice. However, they are paid software, do not support BitTorrent, and only run on Windows or Mac. If you need a free alternative that looks like IDM or Folx, supports BitTorrent download, and runs on a variety of platforms, you should definitely try Free Download Manager.
Free Download Manager (FDM for short) is a very excellent universal file download accelerator and manager developed for both PC and mobile platforms, supports Windows, Mac, Linux and Android operating systems. It looks a lot like Internet Download Manager, but with more features. Even better, it’s completely free and ad-free.
Free Download Manager supports all kinds of file download under HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent protocol, can increase the download speed up to 10 times faster, and can integrate with all popular web browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, and Apple Safari. It provides features like bulk download, multi-threaded split download, scheduled download, breakpoint resume, HTTP links capture, whole site download, FTP directory browsing, Youtube videos download, audio and video direct preview and playback, remote control download, drag & drop operation, etc. In short, it will satisfy all your download needs.
// Key Features //
| Feature | Description |
| BitTorrent support | Download files using BitTorrent protocol. |
| Enhanced audio/video files support | Preview audio/video files before download is completed and convert file format after download. |
| Download acceleration | Free Download Manager splits files into several sections and downloads them simultaneously, allowing you to use any type of connection at the maximum available speed. With FDM download speed increases, or even more! |
| Resuming broken downloads | When the downloading process is interrupted, you needn’t start from the beginning again. Free Download Manager can resume broken download from where it was interrupted saving your time, nerves and money. |
| Smart file management and powerful scheduler | With FDM you can easily organize downloaded files by their type, placing them in predefined folders. A smart scheduler allows you to start and pause downloading files, as well as perform other actions (launch other applications, establish or hang up connection, etc.) at the set time. |
| Adjusting traffic usage | There are several traffic usage modes. You can adjust traffic usage for browsing the Internet and downloading files at the same time. |
| Multi language support | Free Download Manager is translated into 30 languages. Supported languages are: Macedonian, Serbian, Albanian, Croatian, Korean, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese Traditional, Chinese, Czech, German, Dutch, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Uzbek, Greek, Vietnamese, Slovenian, Persian. |
| Absolutely free and 100% safe | Free Download Manager is free, open-source software distributed under GPL license. |
| Cross-platform support | For Windows 7+ and macOS 10.12+. |
| Modern interface | A more streamlined UI with a friendlier approach to configuration. |
| GNU General Public License | Free Download Manager is released under GNU Public License! |
| Remote Control | Create new downloads or view the list of active and completed downloads remotely, via the internet. |
| Portable mode | If you want to use Free Download Manager on different computers, you can easily create its portable version and avoid the need to install and configure the program on each computer. |
| Site Explorer | Site Explorer lets you view the folders structure of a web site and easily download necessary files or folders. |
| HTML Spider | You can download whole web pages or even whole web sites with HTML Spider. The tool can be adjusted to download files with specified extensions only. |
| Simultaneous downloading from several mirrors | Free Download Manager is able to download files from several mirrors simultaneously. |
| Zip files partial download | Free Download Manager lets you download only the necessary part of a zip file. |
| Active spyware and adware protection through active communication among users | You can read what other community members say about the file you are going to download, right in the program window, and also leave your own opinion about the file you downloaded. In this way FDM users are always warned against useless or malicious files. |
| Supported OS | Recommended for Windows XP/Vista+ |
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