Dear FDM community,

We’re excited to introduce Free Download Manager 6.31, now available as a stable release! This update focuses on reliability, smoother performance, and improved compatibility across platforms, ensuring a more seamless downloading experience for everyone.

What’s new in FDM 6.31:

• Enhanced sandbox behavior for safer and more stable operation.
  
• Resolved an issue affecting M3U stream downloads, improving playback and retrieval.
  
• General stability improvements thanks to multiple minor bug fixes.
  
• Linux users benefit from corrected DEB package build issues, ensuring cleaner installs and updates.
  

This release continues our commitment to refining core functionality and delivering a dependable tool you can trust every day.

Feel free to share your feedback and suggestions on our forum so we can continue improving FDM together.

To download the latest version, simply head over to the FDM downloads page and enjoy the newest enhancements.

Dear FDM users,

We are thrilled to announce the release of Free Download Manager 6.29! This update brings a refreshed desktop interface, enhanced add-ons support, and important bug fixes to make your downloading experience even smoother.

What’s new in FDM 6.29:

• Improved new desktop UI style for a more modern and intuitive experience.
• Enhanced add-ons support for greater flexibility.
• Libtorrent updated to version 2.0.11 for better torrent performance.
• Various bugs fixed, including those affecting the classic UI style.

We understand that many users appreciate the familiar look and feel of previous versions. That’s why, with this release, you can easily switch back to the classic interface style in the settings if you prefer the old design.
Your feedback is invaluable to us! Please share your thoughts and suggestions on our forum.
To get the latest version, visit the FDM downloads page and enjoy all the new features and improvements.

Dear FDM Users!

As we bid farewell to 2024, we want to take a moment to thank you for all your support and feedback. This year, we have successfully introduced notable enhancements to FDM and made it even better! The improvements wouldn’t have been possible without your constructive suggestions and unwavering faith in us. We can’t wait to step into the New Year with you onboard, making our team stronger!

May this festive season sparkle and shine and make all your wishes come true. May 2025 bring along immense joy, enchanting moments, and abundant success. Enjoy every second with your loved ones.

We wish you a fun-filled Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

We are excited to announce the release of Free Download Manager, version 6.22. This latest update is equipped with improvements and bug fixes to streamline download processes and improve the overall user experience.

The new release has introduced the details tab for torrents, more seamless command-line functions, as well as other interface improvements. Key fixes in FDM have addressed several concerns related to live streams downloads, wrong names of files downloaded via HTTP, automatic download start feature, and other minor issues. 

You can find the full list of improvements below: 

– Torrents: Details tab added.

– Improved command line support.

– Minor interface improvements.

– Fixed: a file downloaded via HTTP could have a wrong name in some cases.

– Fixed: various bugs downloading live streams.

– Fixed: don’t automatically generate HTTP referer header for downloads from web browser.

– Fixed: bugs in downloads auto start mechanism.

– Fixed: random app crashes while downloading torrents.

– Fixed: various minor bugs.

– Fixed: Android: files created by other apps were not visible in the open file dialog.

Go to the FDM downloads page to obtain the latest version of Free Download Manager, and don’t hesitate to share your experiences and feedback on our forum.

FDM, a free download manager, continues to evolve. The new release, 6.20, runs on a completely new core, with UI designed from scratch. We made it to ensure FDM works smoothly on every modern device it can be run on. Also, there are 20+ new features and a dozen bug fixes.

Free Download Manager 6.20 comes in two versions. They are designed for the newest operating systems based on QT-6 and earlier but still widely used OS relying on QT-5. The former are

• Windows 10,
• Windows 11, 
• Ubuntu 20.04, 
• MacOs 10.14+ (Mojave, Catalina, etc.)

and the latter are

• MacOs 10.12 (Sierra), 
• MacOs 10.13 (High Sierra), 
• Windows 7, Windows 8, 
• Ubuntu below 20.04, and other Linux-based operating systems.

You’ll see a special section with versions for the “latter” list above on the FDM’s downloads page. If your system is in the “former” list, we’ll automatically suggest the build for you.

Some of the new features in Free Download Manager 6.20.

• Battery settings in desktop version of FDM.
• Improved downloading of live streams and from websites, and generally better experience for Linux-based systems.
• No sleeping while downloading: we’ve added a setting that lets you disable switching to sleep mode if there’s a download scheduled.
• Web browser user agent as a default option.
• Support for Android 13.
• Finnish localization. Tervetuloa!

Go to FDM Downloads page to get your copy of Free Download Manager, a stable, reliable, time-proven (since 2004) software for all your online downloading needs.

FDM Downloads page