Neat Download Manager is surprisingly good free alternative for Internet Download Manager. The "about" window of the application says it is the Basic version - Free license, this suggests the program could go premium in the future. Neat Download Manager is freeware, it is available for Windows and macOS. NDM has a tray icon, but it only allows you to access the GUI to exit NDM you will need to click the Quit button in the top right corner of the window. This tells the download manager to skip the file, and your browser will download it instead. If you're having troubles with a download, maybe the website doesn't allow download managers, or NDM is capturing the URL incorrectly, hold down the Delete key and then click the download button on the website. The browser add-on displays a "Download by Neat Download Manager" option in the context menu, you can use it to start downloads from direct links. The Firefox extension on the other hand works flawlessly for all downloads. I tried it with Chrome, Edge and Brave, and it clearly isn't an integration issue since the extension works with other downloads (EXEs, ZIPs, etc). Note: I was unable to download any video in Chromium based browsers using Neat Download Manager. But more importantly it works, and I could grab the streaming media from multiple sites. You may download streaming videos with Neat Download Manager, the pop-up panel and the options are very similar to IDM. So, it may appear like the download never started, well you know why. There is one caveat though, Neat Download Manager needs to be running because the add-on will not send the links to it if the program isn't open. That's not an issue as you can use the following links to visit Mozilla's AMO or the Chrome Webstore and get the add-ons. If you don't have the browser installed on your computer (but use a fork of it), the buttons won't work. To install the add-ons, click on the browsers button on the program's toolbar, which opens a pop-up window. Neat Download Manager has an official extension for Firefox and Chrome, which is great because it helps captures downloads from both browsers. This page has some extra options that you can use to set the maximum connections per download, limit the bandwidth, change the user-agent, and the auto-start behavior. You can change the download folder by clicking on the Settings button at the top of the screen and navigating to the General Tab. But unlike IDM, this program doesn't place the files into separate folders, they all go into the same directory. And there are separate panels for Complete and Incomplete Downloads. Neat Download Manager has a sidebar that categorizes the files based on their type such as Video, Audio, Compressed, Documents, Application and Misc. Your downloads are listed in the right pane of the GUI/ Hit the download button to start the process. Click the "New URL" button to paste a link, if the clipboard contains one it will be pasted automatically. NDM's interface is simple and reminds me of HTTP Downloader. But if you're looking for a way to download files quickly, and capture video URLs, you might want to give Neat Download Manager a shot.
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