6.28.1.6321 [Jun 20, 2025] STABLE
- Improved add-ons support.
- Improved M3U support.
- Fixed: crash bug in BitTorrent module.
- Fixed: minor bugs.
- Windows: a bit improved installer.
- Windows: Firefox bug workaround.
- Android: Qt updated to 6.9.1.
6.28.0.6294 [May 20, 2025] STABLE
- Improved add-ons support.
- Add-ons' Python code is launched in sandbox now (read-only access to the system).
- A bit improved HTTP downloads support.
- "Mark downloaded files" setting added.
- "Capture files with extensions" setting added.
- Export downloads to CSV: web page url field added.
- Fixed: "Mark downloaded files" feature was causing some issues under Windows and macOS.
- Fixed: minor bugs.
6.27.0.6265 [May 6, 2025] STABLE
- Improved new desktop UI style (still a beta in the development).
- Improved add-ons support.
- Libtorrent updated to 1.2.20.
- Mark downloaded files as files downloaded from the Internet (Windows and macOS only).
- Torrents: "Use UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding" setting is added.
- Fixed: bugs importing settings.
- Fixed: "Skip files with extensions" setting bug (needs web browser extension update). File extension detection algorithm is also improved.
- Fixed: minor bugs.
- Android: "Share file" context menu is added.
- Android: Fixed: bug loading some web site using built-in web browser.
- Android: Fixed: minor UI bugs.
6.26.2.6190 [Apr 4, 2025] STABLE
- Windows: Fixed: a few bugs in Windows installer.
- macOS: Fixed: FDM could not intercept magnet links.
6.26.1.6177 [Mar 28, 2025] STABLE
- Improved new desktop UI style (still a beta in the development).
- Fixed: bug detecting network connection state (all platforms except Windows).
- Fixed: broken "Use server time for file creation" setting.
- Fixed: various UI bugs.
- Fixed: a few minor bugs.
- Windows: Windows 11 system default apps support added.
- Windows: Fixed: crash in some rare cases due to improper MSVC runtime version.
- macOS: Qt updated to 6.8.2.
6.26.0.6142 [Mar 5, 2025] STABLE
- Improved add-ons support.
- Improved new desktop UI style (still a beta in the development).
- Minor interface improvements.
- Qt updated to 6.8.2 (except macOS).
6.25.2.6046 [Jan 19, 2025] STABLE
- Improved add-ons support.
6.25.1.6042 [Jan 17, 2025] STABLE
- Improved add-ons support.
- Fixed: minor UI bugs.
6.25.0.6016 [Dec 27, 2024] STABLE
- New desktop UI style (beta version, can be switched on/off in Preferences).
- Improved add-ons support.
- Fixed: various UI bugs.
- Fixed: bug sending download error reports in some cases.
6.24.2.5857 [Sep 16, 2024] STABLE
- Fixed: FDM could hang in some cases.
6.24.1.5847 [Sep 5, 2024] STABLE
- Improved add-ons support.
- Android 14 support.
- A bit improved portable version.
- Qt updated to 6.7.2 (except macOS: waiting for 6.7.3).
- Fixed: issue allocating disk space in some cases.
- Fixed: various UI bugs.
- Fixed: Android: some web sites were broken in the built-in web browser.
6.24.0.5818 [Jul 8, 2024] STABLE
- Improved add-ons support.
- Fixed: UI rendering was broken in some cases.
- Fixed: Brave web browser could not detect FDM in some cases.
- Fixed: incorrect file name could be set for an HTTP download in some cases.
- Fixed: bug processing qurl command line argument.
- Fixed: Android: audio output could switch from headphones to speakers at FDM start.
3.9.2 build 1279 (Dec 26, 2012)
[+] RTSP/MMS downloads.
[+] FDM saves list of downloads and other service data only when it's required.
[+] Auto update system for Firefox extension.
[*] Support of "Decrease traffic usage on browser activity" option for Firefox browser.
[-] Compatibility issue with Internet Explorer 10.
[-] Bug fixes.
3.9 build 1249 (May 28, 2012)
[+] Firefox 10-14 support added.
[*] Updated torrents core library.
[*] Help-file updated.
[-] A pack of general bug fixes.
3.8 build 1173 (Dec 28, 2011)
[-] Minor bug fixes.
3.8 RC4 build 1172 (Dec 16, 2011)
[*] Windows 2000 is not supported.
[-] Problem downloading videos.
[-] General bug fixes.
3.8 RC3 build 1170 (Dec 6, 2011)
[-] General bug fixes.
3.8 RC3 build 1165 (Nov 28, 2011)
[+] Ability to specify network speed in bits per second (bps).
[*] Corrected bandwidth allocation algorithm.
[-] General bug fixes.
3.8 RC2 build 1160 (Nov 9, 2011)
[-] Torrents may not seed.
[-] FDM could crash at shutdown.
[-] General bug fixes.
3.8 BETA 6 build 1151 (Nov 2, 2011)
[*] Corrected network speed measure algorithm.
[-] FDM could crash a browser with monitor for flash video option enabled
[-] Bugs using macros for Bittorrent downloads
[-] General bug fixes.
3.8 BETA 5 build 1142 (Oct 28, 2011)
[*] Options | Downloads | Network settings were changed. Now traffic limits are specified in percentages of connection speed.
[*] Better allocation of traffic between active downloads.
[-] List of downloads could be lost when Windows shutting down.
[-] General bug fixes.
3.8 RC1 build 1106 (Aug 24, 2011)
[-] Several bug fixes.
3.8 RC1 build 1101 (Aug 21, 2011)
[-] Several bug fixes.
3.8 RC1 build 1096 (Aug 20, 2011)
[*] Behavior of "Not completed + Recent" downloads filter was corrected.
[-] In some cases files could be damaged while downloading.
[-] Downloads could remain in the list after deletion.
[-] Other bug fixes.
3.8 BETA 4 build 1090 (Aug 15, 2011)
[-] Bug fixes.
3.8 BETA 4 build 1086 (Aug 05, 2011)
[*] Decreased memory usage by FLV monitoring module.
[-] Mirror URLs search fixed.
[-] Several bugs when using Bittorrent downloads.
[-] General bug fixes.
3.8 BETA 3 build 1067 (July 22, 2011)
[-] Crash when deleting flash video download.
[-] Minor interface bug.
3.8 BETA 3 build 1065 (July 20, 2011)
[+] Flash video monitoring for Google Chrome.
[*] Improved behavior of FDM's passwords manager.
[-] General bug fixes.
3.8 BETA 3 build 1058 (July 13, 2011)
[+] Firefox 6, Firefox 7, Firefox 8 support.
[-] Bug in positioning Download with FDM button in some cases in IE8 and IE9 browsers.
[-] FDM could crashed sometimes when using Site Explorer.
[-] General bug fixes.
3.8 BETA 2 build 1053 (July 8, 2011)
[*] Windows 2000 support.
[-] FDM did not send login information to FileSonic servers sometimes.
3.8 BETA 2 build 1051 (July 5, 2011)
[-] A few bugs when creating a new torrent.
[-] Possible crash when adding a new download.
[-] UI bug in download's details window.
[-] General bug fixes.
3.8 BETA 2 build 1046 (July 2, 2011)
[+] FileSonic support (for Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers).
[-] Crash when creating a new torrent.
3.8 BETA 1 build 1041 (June 24, 2011)
[+] Per tracker logging.
[-] Bug when running (downloading or seeding) many torrents at the same time.
[-] Bittorrent | General tab could show invalid information about a tracker.
3.8 BETA 1 build 1039 (June 23, 2011)
[+] Firefox 5 support.
[+] Import uTorrent and Orbit Downloader downloads.
[+] "%userprofile%" macros.
[+] Minor interface changes.
[*] Updated Bittorrent downloader module.
[-] "Shutdown computer when done" did not work if computer locked.
[-] General bug fixes.
Updated (June 17, 2011)
[-] IE9 could crashed by FDM sometimes.
3.7 RC1 build 956 (June 7, 2011)
[*] Improved integration with Internet Explorer.
[*] Greatly improved monitoring for flash videos.
[-] General bug fixes.
Updated. Build 954 (Feb 3, 2011)
[+] Total progress of downloading (currently in tray balloon only)
[*] Improved flash video monitoring
[*] Firefox 4 support
[-] General bug fixes
Updated. Build 931 (Oct 28, 2010)
[*] Added option to return back to native Internet Explorer downloader.
[-] "Download It" button could freeze in Firefox.
Updated. Build 930 (Sep 8, 2010)
[*] Improved handling of downloads with UTF-8 encoded names of files.
[-] "Download It" button could crash Internet Explorer.
3.5 RC build 928 (Aug 31, 2010)
[+] Download It button for Firefox
[+] Automatic detection of UTF-8 encoded names of files
[*] Improved algorithm of creating a new section
[*] Improved downloading of flash video
[*] Cosmetic interface improvement
[-] Export/Import of settings did not work sometimes under Windows 7 / Vista
[-] Other Windows 7 compatibility issues
[-] Minor interface issues fixes
[-] Open file button does not open downloaded files of unknown types in Internet Explorer.
Build 909 (Jun 11, 2010)
[-] Compatibility with IE protected mode issues
[-] Converted media file was saved under default name always
Build 908 (May 27, 2010)
[-] Bug in sorting list of downloads
Build 907 (May 26, 2010)
[*] Internet Explorer related: improved handling for some file sharing sites with an extra leech protection for free accounts
[-] Maximized state of main window was not restored after reboot
[-] FLV with bad characters could not be downloaded
The main new feature in it will be the ability to download flash videos from any web site (Mar 03, 2010)
Build 905 (May 14, 2010)
[*] Improved audio/video converter
[-] Bug in FLV monitoring module
Build 902 (Apr 21, 2010 )
[+] Tips
[*] Improved security of autoupdate
[-] Two bugs fixed in FLV downloading module.
Build 897 (Mar 26, 2010)
[*] Cosmetic interface improvement
[-] Crash when selecting "Download video with FDM" in Internet Explorer under Windows 7
[-] Crash sometimes when adding a new flash video download
Build 896 (Mar 26, 2010)
[-] Fixes for Opera 10.x
Build 895 (Mar 26, 2010 )
[*] Some improvements for flash video downloads
Build 894 (Mar 20, 2010)
[-] Flash video downloads monitoring did not work in 64bit OS (for 32bit browsers)
Build 892 (Mar 17, 2010 )
[+] "Create flash video download tray" menu.
[*] Improved FLV monitoring algorithm
[-] Browser could be crashed sometimes
Build 888 (Mar 06, 2010)
[*] Improved FLV downloads handle algorithm.
[-] "When I clicked in IE to open a link in a new window, a new window was really opened, but it was blank with a link pasted as address".
[-] FLV title could be damaged.
[-] FDM could connect a tracker every minute in an infinite loop
Build 871 is available. Just bug fixes (Sep 23, 2009)
Version 3.0.870. Sun Sep 13, 2009)
[+] "Download done" small notification window
[+] Option: Check if a new download is the mirror for existing one
[*] Improved monitoring for Internet Explorer
[+] Google Chrome up to version 4.0 support
[*] An Internet Explorer 8 related problem fixed
[-] General bug fixes
BUILD 852
[-] Several security bugs fixed
BUILD 851
[+] Tips
[*] Imrpvoed security for autoupdates
BUILD 848
[-] Several bug fixes
BUILD 844
[-] Win9x support was broken
BUILD 843
[+] Apple Safari and Google Chrome browsers support
[+] FDM plugins support
[+] Bittorrent tab
[+] Bittorrent: download only the selected files of a torrent
[+] Bittorrent: set the files priorities
[+] Bittorrent: create new torrent
[+] Option to not check if download with the same URL exists in the list
[+] Option to not save the list of recent downloads
[+] avast! Antivirus support
[+] Portable version: works under Vista and non admin accounts
[+] Portable version: portable Firefox support
[+] Option to set limit by time when FDM may start downloads
[+] Metalink: support multi file metalinks
[+] megashares.com, megaupload.com support
[*] New structure of FDM's settings
[*] Optimizations for Bittorrent downloads
[*] HTML Spider: optimization for more speed
[*] Support downloads from Yahoo mail
[-] Firefox may hang sometimes due to FDM
[-] FDM can't download files >2GB via HTTPS
[-] FDM may freeze for some time during Bittorrent downloads
[-] Bittorrent: number of uploaded bytes and share ratio was not shown correctly
[-] Explorer was crashing under Vista due to FDM
[-] FTP did not download via proxy
[-] Fixed a conflict with Skype
[-] General bug fixes
BUILD 758
[-] Scheduler: did not remove autostart mode from stopped downloads.
[-] Bittorrent: some bug fixes
BUILD 755
[-] Bittorrent: FDM might freeze when deleting download
BUILD 753
[-] Bittorrent: progress tab did not show valid information when download was completed
[-] Bittorrent: restart download did not work
BUILD 752
[+] Support for non English names of files downloaded via HTTP protocol
[+] Bittorrent: peers tab improved
[-] Bittorrent 99% bug fixed
[-] Bittorrent: invalid characters in the names of peers
[-] Bittorrent: crash sometimes when stop download.
[-] Another bug of Bittorrent downloads
[-] FDM has lost login info of a download sometimes after performing the "query size" command
[-] Downloads info window was shown empty sometimes
BUILD 745
[+] Bittorrent: optimizations and improvements
[+] Option: prevent computer from stand by while downloading
BUILD 738
[+] Firefox 3 support.
[+] Netscape 9 support.
[-] Interface bug in Bittorent settings.
[*] Uploader's integration components were removed.
BUILD 737
[-] Two interface bugs.
BUILD 736
[-] "Time left" column in the list of downloads shown nothing.
BUILD 735
[*] Performance speed optimizations for Bittorrent downloads
[-] Sometimes downloads can't be downloaded from Site Explorer
[-] "Not completed+Recent" filter shown too old downloads
[-] Downloads list sorting bug
[-] Some bugs of FDM's Bittorrent downloads
BUILD 731
[-] Crash sometimes when downloading from Internet Explorer
BUILD 730
[-] Downloads from Internet Explorer did not work sometimes
BUILD 729
[-] Sometimes bug when importing downloads
BUILD 728
[+] "Set default download folder" button
[*] Interface improvement for results window of create batch download window.
BUILD 727
[-] Groups was not imported from versions earlier than 2.3
BUILD 726
[*] Interface improvement for FDM's data folder settings window
BUILD 724
[*] Improved start time for large downloads
[-] Interface bug fix for Bittorrent downloads.
BUILD 723
[*] Improved "launch" and "open folder" commands for Bittorrent downloads.
[-] Crash while downloading Bittorrent downloads with large comment fields.
[-] Bug after setting by default the folder without back slash at the end.
BUILD 721
[-] Sometimes 100% CPU load while downloading via Bittorrent
[-] Sometimes crash while checking if the download is malicious
[-] Sometimes downloads may not start automatically if there were some finished bt downloads in the top of list
BUILD 718
[-] Perform virus check menu didn't work sometimes
[-] Video preview was broken
BUILD 715
[-] Bug when using mirrors for downloading file with size >2GB
[-] "Upload" context menu in Explorer did not remove after uninstallation
BUILD 713
[-] Sometimes FDM may make network problems while downloading via Bittorrent
[-] Sometimes FDM may freeze with 100% CPU usage while downloading Bittorrent downloads.
BUILD 712
[*] Singnificant improve of speed of downloading for Bittorrent
BUILD 711
[-] Sometimes name of file was not detected correctly (HTTP)
[-] Bug when server returns incorrect response with resume data
[-] Sometimes sort of downloads list did not work
BUILD 710
[-] "Out of memory" error at the start of dial connection schedule.
[-] Zip preview did not work
BUILD 708
[-] "Unknown error" message when query size of files >2GB.
[-] Sometimes crash when downloading files >2GB.
BUILD 706
[-] Unknown error when query size of file >2GB
[-] Hang of browser when creating a new download while "create new upload" dialog was opened.
BUILD 703
[+] Indication of the process of reserving disk space for file (useful for large downloads)
[-] Sometimes files may be damaged (last byte was 0).
[-] Some bugs when downloading files > 2GB.
BUILD 700
[+] Uploads: easy way to share your files.
[+] Portable mode
[+] Bittorrent protocol support
[+] Audio/video files converter
[+] Metalink support
[+] Ability to remember the last used folder for storing downloads
[+] Macroses for specifying the output folder for downloads
[+] Site Explorer: Progress of building of the list of files
[+] Option to disable notifications for batch downloads
[+] Ability to specify the list of sites that should not be monitored
[+] Automatic integrity check of downloaded file
[+] Take proxy settings from Firefox browser
[+] Sub groups
[+] "Grant all bandwidth for this download" feature
[+] Ability to change the folder for storing FDM's data files.
[+] Some small improvements and changes
[*] Speedup of work with the large lists of downloads
[*] Keep the video aspect ratio in media preview
[*] Interface improvements
[-] Site Explorer: crash if some network error occurs while building the list of files
[-] Senseless loop, if zip preview failed
[-] Zip preview did not work for sites that allow 1 connection per ip only
[-] Downloaded file was launched before performing the virus check
[-] Work with FTP ASCII mode bug fixed
[-] Scheduler: when scheduling a download to start "Every :" it will show "0 days" instead of hours or minutes.
[-] Failed to download if there was '%' symbol in the FTP url.
[-] Some HTTP downloads did not work
[-] General bug fixes
BUILD 480
[+] Opinions
[+] Caching of disk write operations
[+] Option to restart downloading when speed is too low
[+] Scheduler: restrain all downloads
[+] Interface improvements
[+] Option to disable modification of Internet Explorer's user-agent string
[*] Improved integration with Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers
[*] The moving download to the new group will move its file also
[-] Downloads was launched automatically if added via Drop box even if not needed
[-] Restart more than one downloads worked incorrectly sometimes
[-] Bug of work with frames in HTML Spider
[-] Some general bugfixes
BUILD 422
[+] UNC path support
[*] More silent for command line "-fs" option
[-] Sometimes downloads won't start automatically
[-] Downloads window blinking bug
[-] "When done" tasks settings modification bug
[-] File can't be renamed back to original name if additional extensions used
[-] Resume download if file exists option didn't work
BUILD 416
[+] Order of downloads can be changed via up/down buttons now
[+] Export/import downloads via XML file
[+] Export history of downloads to HTML file
[+] Separate window for each download (optional)
[+] Restrain all downloads mode
[+] Archive extraction support
[+] Generation of description files for downloads
[+] Command line has been enhanced
[+] Tools | Shutdown when done option now allows selecting the type of shutdown
[+] Set the date of a downloaded file identical to the one specified on a server
[+] Double click on floating windows now restores/minimizes FDM
[+] Option not to save the logs of downloads
[+] Downloads can be imported to the specified group
[+] Ability to set groups' root folder
[+] Tray menu contains list of recent downloaded files
[+] Ability to change timeout for user confirmation for performance of some tasks
[+] HTML Spider: more flexibility for ignore list
[+] Active downloads info window shows speed of downloading
[+] Some other interface improvements
[+] More flexibility for creating batch downloads
[+] File integrity check. Supports MD5,SHA-1,SHA-2,CRC32 algorithms
[+] Status bar shows the total traffic usage and the total speed of downloading
[*] Support for files bigger than 2 GB
[*] Support of SIZE command by FTP server is not required now
[*] Improved color indication of resume support
[-] Bug in downloading using FTP passive mode with some FTP servers
[-] Export downloads on the list didn't work
[-] Sometimes HTML Spider didn't download images
[-] FDM entered into an infinite loop if file name on a server contained invalid characters
[-] Conflict with Microsoft User Profile Hive Cleanup service
[-] Bug after deleting a mirror from list of mirrors
[-] Sorting of downloads worked incorrectly
[-] Some other bugfixes
BUILD 333
[+] Batch download: from 'A' to 'Z' templates.
[+] HTML Spider: frames support
[+] Scheduler: Hibernate and Stand By modes support
[+] Option to rename a file when restarting a download
[+] FileMirrors.com support
[+] Option of downloading: download/open/download & open
[+] Opera 8 support
[+] Several interface improvements
[*] Improved audio/video preview
[*] Improved multi-user support
[-] Downloaded files could be damaged, especially on high speed connections
[-] HTML Spider: several bugs fixed
[-] Sometimes FDM ignored FTP proxy settings
[-] Some other bug fixes
BUILD 306
[+] Basic skin support
[+] Sound notification when all downloads completed
[+] Import list of URLs from clipboard
[+] Site Manager options
[*] Downloads Info hides automatically
[+,*] IE (6.x) monitoring: list of files' extensions to skip
[*] More reliable algorithm of saving list of downloads to disk
[-] Some bugfixes
BUILD 295
[+] Copy log to clipboard
[-] Internet Explorer freezing
[-] HTML Spider bug
BUILD 286
[*] Restored old Drop box icon
[*] FDM can download from FTP servers that does not support SIZE command
[-] Create batch download command from tray icon menu fixed
[-] FDM may hang while deleting a job from HTML Spider
BUILD 285
[+] Ability to not monitor for small files
[+] Rollback (protects downloads from been damaged if you are downloading via proxy)
[+] HTML Spider: Ignore list
[+] Virus check: you can use * symbol to specify all files
[+] Small interface improvements
[-] HTML Spider: ' character was not recognized in the the files' names
[-] Some downloads may be damaged (FTP)
[-] IE and FDM may hang while adding new downloads
[-] Some other bugfixes
BUILD 251
[*] ZIP preview became much faster
[*] Work with FTP active mode was improved
[+] Small interface improvements
[-] Some downloads may be damanged (HTTP)
BUILD 240
[+] Mirrors support
[+] Audio/video preview for partically downloaded files
[+] ZIP partial downloading
[+] Multiuser support
[+] Filter for "Download all" IE menu
[+] Marking files as hidden while download is incomplete
[+] Option for automatic appending download comment to the file name
[+] HTML Spider: "Do not store server's page" option.
[+] Some interface improvements
[-] Some small bug fixes
BUILD 221
[+] History of downloads
[+] Searching in the list of downloads
[+] Recycle Bin
[+] Command line support
[+] Rules for creating a new download
[+] Silent monitoring (ability to add downloads without displaying the dialog box)
[+] Ability to choose menu items that will be shown in Internet Explorer's context menu
[+] Sounds
[+] Settings for history of links and folders
[+] Export/Import list of downloads as a text file with the list of links
[+] Option "Exit when done"
[+] Cosmetic interface changes
[-] Some translation issues
[-] Number of sections of an download will excess the maximum specified value on 1 sometimes
[-] Spider's downloads was not started automatically
[-] Crash when downloading in HTML Spider with option "Automatically delete downloads" turned on
[-] Crash when trying to add new downloads while other downloads are running with option "Automatically delete downloads" turned on
[-] Some downloads of HTML Spider's task's may be not deleted after deleting that HTML Spider's task
[-] Sometimes an stuff was in the list of downloads when using the filters
[-] FDM was not able to start if an download was scheduled to start when FDM starts
[-] Site Explorer's downloads was saved to invalid location if you forgot to add '\' at the end of output folder
[-] Site Explorer did not redirect from HTTP to HTTPS and from HTTPS to HTTP
[-] FDM was unable to download files with some specific URLs
[-] Scheduler: if download was scheduled to start when there are no active downloads, that it will be restarted once had completed
[-] Real minimum size of a section was twice bigger than specified by user
[-] Using / or \ characters in the name of a group
[-] "Disk write error" message appeared sometimes while downloading from FTP
[-] Some small bug fixes