Q: Puis-je importer ma liste de téléchargements depuis IDM ?

Yes. In IDM, export your list with Tasks → Export → To IDM export file . In GDM, choose Tasks → Import → From IDM export file and pick that .ef2 file: every download comes over with its address, referrer and cookies. A plain text file of links works too. See Adding downloads .

Question 1

Is GolinksPRO Download Manager really free?

Accepted Answer

Yes, completely. GolinksPRO Download Manager (GDM) is free and open-source software under the GNU General Public License, version 3. There is no trial period, no paid edition, no registration key, no nag screen and no ads, and there never will be. You may use it at home or at work, copy it and give it to others.

Question 2

Est-ce une copie ou un crack d’Internet Download Manager ?

Accepted Answer

No. GDM is an independent program written from scratch in Rust, with no connection to Tonec Inc., the makers of Internet Download Manager (IDM). It contains none of IDM's code or artwork. Its windows are laid out the way IDM users expect, so you can switch without learning anything new — and because GDM is free, there is nothing to crack. Please don't download "cracked" download managers: they are a common way to spread malware.

Question 3

How is GDM different from IDM?

Accepted Answer

The layout is familiar on purpose: the toolbar, the categories, the download list, the progress window with every connection, queues and the scheduler. The differences: GDM is free and open source, downloads BitTorrent and magnet links in the same list, finished faster in our benchmark, speaks 86 languages and has builds for Linux and macOS. IDM is the more mature product, refined over many years. See the full comparison.

Question 4

Est-ce sûr ? Contient-il des logiciels publicitaires ou espions ?

Accepted Answer

GDM contains no adware, spyware, bundled offers or tracking. Its whole source code is public, so anyone can check what it does, and every release is built from that code by GitHub's servers, where the build can be inspected. The helper programs it can fetch for videos are verified before they run: yt-dlp against its developers' signing key, ffmpeg against its published checksums. Download GDM only from this site or the project's GitHub releases.

Question 5

Does GDM collect my data?

Accepted Answer

No. GDM has no accounts, no analytics and no telemetry. It connects to the servers you download from and, each time it starts and once a day while it runs, asks GitHub whether a newer version exists (you can turn that off in Help → Check for updates). The browser extension talks only to GDM on your own computer. The details are in the privacy policy.

Question 6

Who makes GolinksPRO Download Manager?

Accepted Answer

GDM is made by DIGITAL KREATIF. Bug reports, translations and suggestions are all welcome.

Question 7

Sur quels systèmes fonctionne-t-il ?

Accepted Answer

Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit, is the main platform. Builds for Linux (AppImage, .deb, .rpm and .tar.gz) and macOS (.dmg) come with every release too; today's are marked experimental. From version 0.5.0, Linux isn't experimental any more: it is checked on GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce and Cinnamon, in Wayland sessions too, and its packages in clean Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora systems. Still to come there: the Flatpak Firefox isn't checked yet, and screen readers (Orca) don't read GDM's windows yet. macOS stays experimental. See Windows, Mac and Linux and Download.

Question 8

Fonctionne-t-il sous Windows 7 ou 8 ?

Accepted Answer

No. GDM needs Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. The Rust toolchain it is built with no longer supports Windows 7 and 8, and neither does Microsoft.

Question 9

Puis-je l'utiliser sans l'installer ?

Accepted Answer

Oui. Le téléchargement portable est un fichier zip : décompressez-le n’importe où, y compris sur une clé USB, et exécutez-le. Votre liste de téléchargements et vos paramètres restent dans son propre dossier data, donc rien n’est écrit sur l’ordinateur. Voir Mode portable.

Question 10

Puis-je importer ma liste de téléchargements depuis IDM ?

Accepted Answer

Yes. In IDM, export your list with Tasks → Export → To IDM export file. In GDM, choose Tasks → Import → From IDM export file and pick that .ef2 file: every download comes over with its address, referrer and cookies. A plain text file of links works too. See Adding downloads.

Question 11

Comment le désinstaller ?

Accepted Answer

Open Windows Settings → Apps, find GolinksPRO Download Manager and choose Uninstall. The uninstaller asks whether to delete your download list and settings as well. Files you downloaded are never touched. For the portable copy, delete its folder. On Linux, remove the package with your package manager, or delete the AppImage; Uninstall on Linux says what stays in your home folder and how to remove it.

Question 12

Quels navigateurs sont pris en charge ?

Accepted Answer

Firefox (from addons.mozilla.org), Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi (from the Chrome Web Store), through the GDM browser extension, and browsers built on them: Zen and LibreWolf, Helium. The extension hands downloads to GDM with their cookies and referrer, so files behind a sign-in still work, and it adds Download with GolinksPRO Download Manager to the right-click menu and a Download video button over videos. See Browser integration.

Question 13

Comment installer l’extension de navigateur ?

Accepted Answer

Install GDM with the setup and keep Set up browser integration ticked. In Firefox, then open the add-on's page on addons.mozilla.org and click Add to Firefox. In Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi, open its page in the Chrome Web Store and click Add to Chrome (Edge shows Get, and first asks to allow extensions from other stores). Can't use a store? Open the browser's extensions page, turn on Developer mode, choose Load unpacked and pick the extension\chromium folder in GDM's folder. The tutorial walks through it.

Question 14

Why doesn't GDM take over my download?

Accepted Answer

Check four things: the extension is installed and turned on; Options → General → Use advanced browser integration is on and your browser is ticked; the file's type is in Options → File types; and the site isn't in the list of sites GDM leaves alone. Right-click a link and choose Download with GolinksPRO Download Manager to send any file whatever its type. More in Troubleshooting.

Question 15

Puis-je télécharger sans l’extension de navigateur ?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Copy a link to a file and GDM offers to download it at once (Options → General → Offer to download links copied to the clipboard, on by default). You can also paste links into Add URL, drag them onto the drop target, add a whole batch, or use the command line. See Adding downloads.

Question 16

Why is GDM faster than a browser?

Accepted Answer

A browser fetches a file over one connection. GDM asks the server for several parts of the file at once, up to 32 connections (128 if you allow it), and keeps re-splitting: when a connection finishes its part, it takes over half of the biggest part still left, so no slow connection holds up the end. It also remembers servers that refuse extra connections and stops asking them. See Connections and speed.

Question 17

Combien de connexions utilise-t-il ?

Accepted Answer

Eight per download by default, and up to 32 if you choose in Options → Connection, or 128 after ticking Allow more than 32 connections there. GDM uses fewer when a server allows fewer, and only one when a server can't send parts of a file at all.

Question 18

Peut-il reprendre les téléchargements interrompus ?

Accepted Answer

Yes. GDM writes its progress as it goes, so after a lost connection, a crash or a restart it carries on where it stopped. Before resuming it checks that the file on the server hasn't changed. When a download address has expired, Refresh download address lets you give it a fresh one and keep the data. See Resume a broken download.

Question 19

Puis-je limiter la vitesse de téléchargement ?

Accepted Answer

Oui : pour limiter la vitesse d’un téléchargement depuis sa fenêtre de progression, ou celle de tous les téléchargements avec Téléchargements → Limiteur de vitesse. Voir Garder de la bande passante pour le reste.

Question 20

Peut-il télécharger la nuit ou selon un calendrier ?

Accepted Answer

Oui. Mettez les téléchargements en file d’attente et laissez le Planificateur démarrer la file à une heure définie, l’arrêter à une autre, et même éteindre ou mettre l’ordinateur en veille une fois la file terminée. Voir Télécharger pendant la nuit.

Question 21

Prend-il en charge le FTP ?

Accepted Answer

Oui : ftp://, et le FTP sur TLS dans ses deux modes (ftpes:// et ftps://), avec plusieurs connexions simultanées, la reprise des téléchargements et les identifiants de connexion indiqués dans l’adresse ou enregistrés dans Connexions aux sites. Voir Ajouter des téléchargements.

Question 22

Prend-il en charge les proxys ?

Accepted Answer

Oui : les proxys HTTP et SOCKS, et les scripts de configuration automatique de proxy (PAC), dans Options → Proxy / Socks. Voir Options. Pour maintenir chaque téléchargement sur un VPN, voir Carte réseau.

Question 23

Comment télécharger une vidéo de YouTube ou d'un autre site ?

Accepted Answer

Point at the video in your browser and click the Download video button that appears over it, or paste the page's address into Tasks → Download video from a page. GDM lists every quality the site offers, with sizes; pick one and it downloads like any file. It uses yt-dlp, which supports thousands of sites. Download only videos you have the right to. See Download a video from a page.

Question 24

Peut-il télécharger les sous-titres d’une vidéo ?

Accepted Answer

Oui. Quand une vidéo comporte des sous-titres, la liste Sous-titres de la fenêtre vidéo les propose : les langues fournies par la personne qui a mis la vidéo en ligne et les sous-titres automatiques du site. Ils sont enregistrés à côté de la vidéo dans un fichier .srt, ou intégrés à celle-ci avec Les intégrer à la vidéo. Voir Sous-titres.

Question 25

Peut-il télécharger des contenus depuis Netflix ou d’autres services de streaming payants ?

Accepted Answer

No. GDM doesn't break copy protection (DRM), by design. Videos that are protected stay protected. See also what GDM is made for.

Question 26

Télécharge-t-il les torrents ?

Accepted Answer

Oui, intégré : ouvrez un fichier .torrent ou collez un lien magnet, cochez les fichiers que vous voulez dans l’arborescence des dossiers, et le torrent se télécharge dans la même liste que tout le reste, avec ses pairs, traqueurs et morceaux à un onglet de distance. Voir Torrents.

Question 27

Continue-t-il à envoyer des données une fois le torrent terminé ?

Accepted Answer

Non, sauf si vous le souhaitez. Pendant le téléchargement d’un torrent, GDM échange des morceaux avec d’autres personnes, comme tout client torrent. Une fois le téléchargement terminé, le partage s’arrête, comme pour tout autre téléchargement. Activez Continuer à partager les torrents une fois terminés dans les Options si vous souhaitez partager à votre tour.

Question 28

Is GDM available in my language?

Accepted Answer

Very likely: GDM speaks 86 languages, every display language Windows 11 offers, chosen on the first start or any time in View → Language. Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu and Uyghur are laid out right to left. See all the languages and how to help improve yours.

Question 29

Can other programs or scripts control GDM?

Accepted Answer

Yes. GDM accepts IDM's familiar command-line switches, comes with misterdownloadmanager-cli for downloads from a terminal, and has a local, token-protected automation API that can list, pause, start and remove downloads. The API is off until you turn it on. See Command line and automation.

Question 30

Can my AI assistant use GDM?

Accepted Answer

Yes. GDM comes with an MCP server, misterdownloadmanager-mcp: add it to Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or another assistant that supports MCP, and you can ask it in your own words to list, add, pause, resume or remove downloads. It works with the GDM on your computer only, and needs the automation API on. See AI assistants.

Question 31

Comment signaler un bogue ou demander une fonctionnalité ?

Accepted Answer

Use Help → Report a problem in GDM: it opens the bug report form on GitHub with your version, system and language filled in. Or open the form yourself. Security problems go privately through the security page.

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