Free Download Manager
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 Free Download Manager in Windows Vista |
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| Developer(s) | Free Download Manager development team |
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| Initial release | 2004 |
| Stable release | 3.8 (Build 1173) (29 December 2011)[1] [±] |
| Preview release |
3.9 RC1 build 1194 (24 January 2012) [±] |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows (Linux and MacOS X version are planned) |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Download manager, BitTorrent client |
| License | GPL version 3[2] |
| Website | www.freedownloadmanager.org |
Free Download Manager is a free open source graphical download manager for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
FDM was previously proprietary software, but with the release of version 2.5 it has been open source. Starting with version 3.0.850 (15 April 2010), source code is no longer provided as a packaged download, but is available in the project's Subversion repository.[3] Free Download Manager received a 2007 Webuser Gold Award.[4]
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[edit] Features
- Translations into several languages.
- The GUI presents several tabs that organise types of downloads and allow access to different features in the program.
- Download information view that shows each downloads progress bar, file preview, community opinions if any are written for that download and a log showing connection status.
- Drop box for file drag-and-drop.
- HTTP & FTP download support.
- Batch downloading support for downloading a set of files.
- BitTorrent support (based on Libtorrent).
- Metalink support, for easy downloading from mirrors.
- Flash video download from sites like Youtube and Google Video
- Resuming broken downloads, if permitted by server.
- Download throttling via three fully customizable traffic modes, light, medium and heavy.
- Import list of urls from clipboard.
- Remote control via Internet
[edit] 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 extensions will be downloaded.
- Flash video downloads - This feature helps users to download FLV video files from Youtube, Google Video and many other site.
- Torrents - Allows to download 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 FTP 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.
[edit] Integration
FDM interfaces with the following web browsers:
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://sourceforge.net/projects/freedownload/files/Free%20Download%20Manager/
- ^ Free Download Manager » Blog Archive » FDM 2.5 is released!
- ^ http://freedownload.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freedownload/
- ^ Andy Shaw. "Free Download Manager Review - Web-User". Webuser. IPC Media. http://www.webuser.co.uk/products/Free_Download_Manager_review_4184.html. Retrieved 2008-09-11.[dead link]
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