Internet Download Manager or IDM as most of us know it is a really cool download manager with a ton of cool features. It is preferred by many users who download a lot of files from the internet(if you know what I mean). But it is still cool to have some free IDM alternatives right?
Also, the sad part is that it is only available for Windows OS and has a free one-month trial and after the free trial, things aren’t so cool as you are supposed to buy a license for USD 24.95. So you need an alternative for it.
So if you are not wanting to pay the extra bucks and looking for some free IDM alternatives then this article shall help you. We have made a list of free IDM alternatives.
5+ Free IDM Alternatives
Ninja Download Manager
Ninja Download Manager or NDM is a Chrome extension that is a very good alternative to IDM. First of all, it is an extension so you need not download it on your system and then install it. You get many features like speed limiting, multilingual support, download acceleration, download resume, and even themes!
You also get the functionality of shredding data and metadata of your downloads that is really good for privacy. So this is the best alternative for IDM anywhere for Windows and Mac.
JDownloader
JDownloader is also a very cool and useful free IDM alternative and it has some of its parts open sourced so there’s room for improvement. You get similar features like resume downloads, multilingual support, themes, setting bandwidth limitations, and more.
It also has the capability to solve CAPTCHAs on its own, so if you get to those annoying download pages that require you to solve the CAPTCHA, the JDownloader will automatically solve it and start your download. It works on Windows, macOS, Linux, and on Java-based OS too.
FDM
If you just want the most important features of IDM in some other download manager, then FDM is the best. It has a very cool and efficient accelerated downloading experience overall.
Much like IDM, it also resumes downloads and control file priorities for torrents. So you can easily download large files with ease. It works on all the major platforms and has a very seamless experience with all the major web browsers.
It is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android.
EagleGet
This is some light download manager only available for Windows. You can schedule your downloads, it also accelerates downloading speeds, the themes are there too, setting speed limits, and it also has a very good browser integration.
You get the feature to import your download list from other download managers and it also has its own malware checker. It is very easy to use and offers some cool features.
Internet Download Accelerator
The IDA is also one of the famous ones out there. It also has similar features to IDM such as multilingual support, scheduled downloading, accelerated downloading, themes!, and video and MP3 downloading.
So this is free for personal use and you can also get a pro version for USD 9.95 that will get rid of ads. It is available for Windows only.
uGet Download Manager
uGet Download manager is a free open-source project. It has all your basic and important features and it is lightweight too. You can download multiple files at once, resume paused downloads, and schedule downloads. It is free and available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
So these were some of the free IDM alternatives that you can try. These are all very easy to use and provide similar functionalities to the IDM. If you do know about some other alternatives for IDM, do let us know in the comments.
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