Software · Internet & communication
Free Download Manager
FDM is a powerful modern download accelerator and organizer.
- Completely free
- Windows, macOS, Linux and Android
Overview
Free Download Manager is a download manager, available on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
Features described on its official website: plugins and add-ons.
Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.
Excerpts that establish this information
- “Free Download Manager accelerates all types of downloads (files, video, torrents).” — official website, 10 November 2026
- “Add-on support” — official website, 10 November 2026
At a glance
Free Download Manager is completely free: no known feature is locked behind a paid plan.
It is distributed under a proprietary licence: free to use under its terms, which may change; that licence is not an open source licence.
Weaknesses
- Closed source
About
FDM is a powerful modern cross-platform download accelerator and organizer for Windows, Mac and Linux
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)
Sources and checks
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- Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (free status) —
- Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
- Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (publisher, licence, platforms, version) —
- Facts collected from Automatic reading of the official pages (free status) —
- Last technical check: 6 November 2026
- Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)
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