QDM is a download manager offering multi-segment acceleration, media downloading and browser integration.
The software splits files into parallel segments to improve transfer speeds. It supports pausing and resuming downloads, browser interception, download queues, scheduled transfers and video downloading with yt-dlp.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Multi-segment downloads with up to 32 parallel connections.
- Pause and resume support with persistent download state.
- Automatic retries for failed or stalled transfers.
- Real-time speed, progress and estimated completion information.
- YouTube and other media downloads using yt-dlp.
- HLS and MPEG-DASH streaming support.
- Browser extensions for Chromium-based browsers and Firefox.
- Automatic browser download interception.
- Clipboard monitoring.
- Download queues with scheduling and concurrency limits.
- Automatic file categorisation.
- HTTP authentication support.
- System tray integration and desktop notifications.
- Automatic management of yt-dlp and FFmpeg.
- Linux, macOS and Windows support.
Website: github.com/PBhadoo/QDM
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Developer: Parveen Bhadoo
License: MIT License
QDM is written in Rust and TypeScript. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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