Software

Free Download Manager

by Softdeluxe · Freeware

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

Record

Latest version
6.34.4.6974
Release date
31 Jul 2026
Package identifier
SoftDeluxe.FreeDownloadManager

Official downloads

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.

Verify the file you downloaded

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

9369644303b2200c902fe89e7613be831c7b5b3e34cb832639cdeeadef993ebb

Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.

Download Free Download Manager for Mac

The macOS build as Homebrew declares it, with the same treatment as the Windows side: the publisher's own URL and a hash to check it against.

Version on Homebrew
6.34.4
File name
fdm.dmg
Install with Homebrew
brew install --cask free-download-manager

How we scored this 100 out of 100

SignalFindingPoints
SHA-256 hash published1 of 1 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 provenance1 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 HTTPS1 of 1 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.15 / 15
Release recencylast release about 1 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.15 / 15
Licence declaredFreewareA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.5 / 5

Opens 3 file types

Extensions Free Download Manager registers itself to handle.

Is Free Download Manager safe to download?

Yes, in the sense we can actually verify: the installer downloads from freedownloadmanager.org, which is a domain we have tied to Softdeluxe.

The installer on this page comes with the SHA-256 Softdeluxe declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.

What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.

If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.

How the 100/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation

Install Free Download Manager with winget

Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.

Install

winget install --id SoftDeluxe.FreeDownloadManager --exact

Upgrade later

winget upgrade --id SoftDeluxe.FreeDownloadManager

Why --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.

Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.

Old versions of Free Download Manager1 with hashes

The version history of Free Download Manager, each release with the download URL the publisher declared at the time and the SHA-256 to check it against. Useful when an update breaks something and you need to downgrade to a build that worked.

We do not host any of these files and never re-upload them, which is the difference between this and an old-version download site.

6.24.0.5820

released 08 Jul 2024
  • fdm_x64_setup.exe64-bitofficial URL

    ab543308211e995cd68399d991a7b2fc6ac7f090639fce61180468470c5406ec

  • fdm_x86_setup.exe32-bitofficial URL

    8f22260ef41e7796a4750952c5ee026dd834272b6e001c6f267a6acc84a62ff4

Publishers take old builds offline without warning, so a link here can stop working even though the hash stays correct forever. If you already have the file, the hash is what matters: it tells you whether what you have is what they published.

Every version on record2

Every Free Download Manager version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.

  • 6.34.4.6974
  • 6.24.0.5820

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