Free Download Manager

Name: Free Download Manager
Author: Softdeluxe

by Softdeluxe · Freeware

Free Download Manager (FDM for short) is a free, efficient, and comprehensive solution for managing all your downloads.

Record

These URLs are the ones Softdeluxe declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

innouser scopedn3.freedownloadmanager.org · publisher domain

innomachine scopedn3.freedownloadmanager.org · publisher domain

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Softdeluxe published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "fdm_x64_setup.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "fdm_x64_setup.exe"

Expected output

dba73a2cbe3cbc3edc3b27cc76c7400e776ca9f0824a2f4652c5fdb49d2ff7b5

Signal	Finding	Points
SHA-256 hash published	2 of 2 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.	30 / 30
Binary provenance	2 on the publisher's own domainThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.	35 / 35
Served over HTTPS	2 of 2 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.	15 / 15
Licence declared	FreewareA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.	5 / 5

Extensions Free Download Manager registers itself to handle.

Every version with a published manifest, newest first. Useful when you need an older build for compatibility.

Windows manifest: github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/s/SoftDeluxe/FreeDownloadManager/6.34.3.6948
macOS cask: formulae.brew.sh/cask/free-download-manager