8 Free Download Managers for Windows
ADVERTISEMENTSMost of us download lots of software from the Internet and not all have high speed Internet connection to download multiple files at the same time. Download Managers are helpful for the fact that multiple files can be downloaded at the same time and also increase in the speed of download. Here is the list of top free download managers for Windows.
1. Download Accelerator Plus (DAP)- Whenever we think of download manager, DAP is the name which comes to our mind. DAP is one the most popular download manager and boasts of speeds up to 400% faster than normal download.
2. Free Download Manager- It is a powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager which is open-source software distributed under GPL license. It also has features to download videos from Video sharing sites.
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3. FlashGet- FlashGet is a leading download manager and it uses MHT(Multi-server Hyper-threading Transportation) technique, supports various protocols and has excellent document. FlashGet has very good features like the ability to run virus checks once file download is complete.
4. DownloadThemAll- DownThemAll is a powerful yet easy-to-use Mozilla Firefox extension that adds new advanced download capabilities to your browser. DownThemAll lets you download all the links or images contained in a webpage and much more: you can refine your downloads by fully customizable criteria to get only what you really want.
5. Fresh Download- Fresh Download is an easy-to-use and very fast download manager that turbo charges downloading files from the Internet, such as your favourite freeware and shareware, mp3 files, movie files, picture collections, etc.
6. TrueDownloader- It is an open source download manager/accelerator with good features like Pause/Resume downloads, simultaneous downloads, segmented downloads for acceleration . Both HTTP and FTP protocols are supported , and it’s very fast also.
7. ConnectFusion- ConnectFusion is a well known download manager which includes download accelerator, web spider and email extractor software. Its products are extremely feature rich, powerful and easy to use.
8. Star Downloader- Star Downloader is a download manager that accelerates your downloads by splitting the files into several parts and downloading them simultaneously. Download speeds are increased further by choosing the fastest mirror sites.
Which is your favorite download manager? I have used DAP and Free Download Manager.
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May 26th, 2008 at 1:11 am
nice list dunno y i dont like DAP but i used flashget and free download manager and they were really good. THese days i got IDM which i found to be the best but its not free but has a 30 day trial version
May 26th, 2008 at 1:59 am
Nice list, don’t know all these, i know only DAP, Flashget and downthemall.
Stumbled
May 26th, 2008 at 8:12 am
IMHO, FlashGet is the best of all
May 26th, 2008 at 10:30 am
@Hammad,
DAP is the most commonly used one.
@Ram,
Thanks for the Stumble.
@Shankar,
Flashget is indeed good one.
May 26th, 2008 at 10:41 am
I am using DAP since the day I got my internet connection. And I have never thought of using any other ones just except firefox inbuilt one…
May 26th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Good collection….I used to use free download manager…
May 26th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Hi Nirmal. It seems my favorite is not listed btw.
I use Gigaget and Orbit downloader.
May 26th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I’m using FlashGet. It really rocks for me.
May 26th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
good list…
May 26th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Nice List I prefer using Free Download Manager and have earlier used DAP and Flashget.
May 26th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
@Ken Xu,
Nice to see you back after a long gap, so you are back to blogging?
May 26th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
@Nirmal
i know its the most common what i m saying is that my experience with flashget was better considering a free download manager then dap Anyways nice list i may try free download manager….
stumbled….
May 27th, 2008 at 3:56 am
I absolutely love DownloadThemAll! It was my first ever plugin for Firefox, It must be at least 2 years now that I have been using it, and since its inception, it has just gotten better and better!
May 27th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Flashget is THE best. The best part being the support for torrent files.
May 28th, 2008 at 1:49 am
nice list…like Orbit downloader
not in the list…
Stumbled…
May 29th, 2008 at 3:19 am
I prefer Flashget and Free Download Manager
May 29th, 2008 at 11:08 am
I’ve been using DownloadThemAll for quite a bit of time now, like that one the best.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Currently I am using Free Download Manager. It has loads of options and the bandwith control options are so easy to use. Nice list buddy!
May 31st, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I prefer Download Express by Metaproducts:
http://www.metaproducts.com/mp.....xpress.htm
I do need a downloader that supports SSL.
Jun 1st, 2008 at 8:07 am
Nice List. Thanks
Jun 4th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
I still use getright. It was one of the first download managers available. Started using it about 10 years ago and still stick to it.
Aug 9th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
nice list ya…thnaks 4 dis neway
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