Here is a free download manager add-on for Firefox, named Turbo Download Manager. It supports multi-threading to download large files in less than normal time. You can set up to 10 threads to download a large file.
It has all those basic options that you find in good download managers. You can start downloading multiple files, pause, and resume downloads. If you manually enter a file to download process, then you can set up to 10 threads, but if you directly click on a download link, then the threads are set to 5 by default.
This Firefox add-on is under development currently, but I didn’t face any trouble while downloading the files using it. This add-on can might fail to download some files (that don’t support multi-threading), but most of the large files were downloaded successfully by me.
The screenshot above shows the download progress and multiple threads used by this free download manager add-on.
How To Use This Multi-thread Free Download Manager add-on for Firefox?
Using this free download manager Firefox add-on is a very easy task. Here are the steps:
Step 1: Go to the homepage of this add-on and install it. After installation, its icon will appear on the top right corner. Using that icon, you can see the total number of downloads in progress and access interface of this add-on to see the download progress of files. But first, you need to download some files.
Step 2: Open a webpage to download the video/audio or other files. You can either right-click on the download link of a particular file or directly tap on the download link to access Turbo Download Manager option. Select that option and the file will start downloading using this add-on.
You can click the add-on icon to see the download progress. You can also pause, resume, and stop the downloads.
Step 3: Interface of this add-on also provides a large “+” button. This button is used to manually add the download link, set the number of threads, and output location.
Conclusion:
Turbo Download Manager might not be a good choice for high speed data connections, but it can surely be handy for slow connections. You can give it a try.
