Free Download Manager is a

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for

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and Android. Free Download Manager is

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, but was

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between versions 2.5 and 3.9.7. Starting with version 3.0.852 (15 April 2010), the source code was made available in the project's Subversion repository instead of being included with the binary package. This continued until versions 3.9.7. The source code for version 5.0 and newer is not available and the

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agreement has been removed from the app. The ability to download YouTube videos was included in the program's functionality until October 16th, 2021, when one of the developers, Alex, indicated that Google had filed a complaint report, requesting the option be disabled. Attempts to download any videos from YouTube currently result in the message, "Youtube downloads are not available" being shown in the download box. A resolution with Google's legal team still has yet to be reached.

Features

* The

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presents several tabs that organize types of downloads and allow access to different features in the program. * Download information view that shows each download's

progress bar ...

, file preview, community opinions if any are written for that download and a log showing connection status. *Download acceleration * Dropbox for file

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* HTTP and FTP download support *Enhanced audio/video files support *

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download support * Batch downloading support for downloading a set of files * Segmented file transfer: Splits large file into parts (specified in the settings of the software) and downloads simultaneously * BitTorrent support (based on

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support *

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download from sites like

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(exclude Android) * Resuming broken downloads, if permitted by server * Zip files partial download, lets users to download only the necessary part of a zip file. * Simultaneous downloading from several mirrors * Support

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via three fully customizable traffic modes: light, medium and heavy. * Import list of

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from clipboard * Integrates with the browser being used to track URL or Copy functions if downloadable content is found * Remote control via Internet *Smart

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and powerful

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*Portable mode, users can easily create its portable version and avoid the need to install and configure the program on each computer. *Active

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and

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protection using active communication among users and also through installed

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on the computer.

Tabs

* Downloads – This is the focal point of the program, which is simply a download manager. Users can also create groups with folders to which files with specific

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will be downloaded. * Flash video downloads – This feature helps users to download

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video files from

and many other sites. * Torrents – Allows to download the torrent files * Scheduler – Users can create and manage lists of tasks to be executed at a preset time. Tasks include launching external programs, starting and stopping downloads, and shutting down the computer in all possible ways. * Site Explorer – This feature is an

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client. * Site Manager – This feature allows users to tell FDM how to act with specific sites, such as websites that require authentication, or how many download connections a website can accept simultaneously from the user. * HTML Spider – This feature can download a website by following and downloading links recursively.

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Features

Tabs

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