downthemall.net

What downthemall.net does

DownThemAll! is a free, open-source browser extension that provides advanced batch-download management, allowing users to download all links or images on a webpage with customizable filters, queue/pause/resume controls, subfolder organization, and renaming masks. Originally created in 2004 by Federico Parodi and Stefano Verna as a Firefox add-on, the project has been maintained since 2006 (and solely since 2019) by Nils Maier. In September 2019 it was rewritten from its legacy XUL/XPCOM architecture to the cross-browser WebExtensions API to comply with Mozilla's deprecation of legacy add-ons, simultaneously launching on Chrome, Edge, and Opera to reach a four-browser footprint. The product has no formal legal entity, no employees, and no institutional funding; all development occurs in the maintainer's free time. DownThemAll! is integrated with third-party tools such as FlashGot and AntiContainer, has earned Mozilla's "Recommended Firefox extension" designation (November 2019), and is cited in press coverage by Wired, LifeHacker, TechRepublic, and Download.com.

The business model is non-commercial: the extension is 100% free to install and use, with no per-seat pricing, advertising, or telemetry. The only revenue stream consists of voluntary donations via PayPal (preset tiers of €10/€15/€20/€30 or custom amounts) and recurring Patreon contributions, both channeled to support volunteer development. There are no enterprise customers, no B2B motion, no resellers, and no channel partners. Distribution is exclusively through the four major browser extension marketplaces (Firefox Add-ons, Chrome Web Store, Edge Add-ons, Opera add-ons), with discovery driven by marketplace listings, press coverage, GitHub visibility, and word-of-mouth within the power-user community.

Name

downthemall.net

Legal name

DownThemAll! Project

Website

https://downthemall.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Short description

DownThemAll! is a free, open-source browser extension providing batch-download management, queue controls, and customizable filters, serving individual power-user consumers across Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and Opera, with volunteer maintenance financed solely by optional donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Browser Extension Download Management

NAICS

Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Web Archiving, Cache & Snapshot Services (BPAMAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

General Web Portals & Start Pages (BPAMAAAA)

Keywords

• Browser extension downloads
• Batch file downloader
• Download manager software
• Link selection tool
• Webextension tools

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Donations (PayPal): Users are encouraged to make one-time donations via PayPal to support development. Donation options include €10, €15, €20, €30, or custom amounts.
2. Patreon Support: Users can become recurring patrons through Patreon to provide ongoing financial support to the project.
3. Free and Open Source: DownThemAll! is completely free to use, share, and modify. No revenue is generated from the extension itself - the project is financed entirely by donations and the voluntary time of developers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DownThemAll! is a free, open-source browser extension that provides advanced download management for Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and Opera. It enables users to batch-download all links or images on a website using fully customizable filters, and includes queueing, pausing, and resuming of downloads, subfolder organization, and renaming masks, all integrated directly within the browser.

Product overview

DownThemAll! is a single, unified browser extension product that provides advanced download management capabilities. The core DownThemAll! extension is available across multiple browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and Opera) as separate but functionally equivalent builds. It offers batch downloading of links and images from websites with customizable filters, queue management, pause/resume, subfolder organization, and renaming masks. The extension is free and open source, financed entirely by user donations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DownThemAll! browser extension A free, open-source browser extension (available for Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and Opera) that adds advanced batch download capabilities, allowing users to download all links or images from a web page, refine selections using fully customizable filters, and queue, pause, and resume downloads with subfolder organization and renaming masks. Targeted at individual end users who want more control than the browser's default download manager.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.25 million active daily users

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• EagleGet: Windows-focused free download manager popular in Asian markets with acceleration, video-sniffing, and batch features. Overlaps with DownThemAll! on the batch-download value proposition.

Emerging players

• Persepolis Download Manager: Open-source GUI wrapper around aria2 providing accelerated, queued downloads. Targets the same technical-user base seeking advanced download control as DownThemAll!.
• uGet: Lightweight open-source download manager supporting HTTP, FTP, and BitTorrent. Comparable open-source ethos and cross-platform scope, though predominantly a desktop application.

Direct peers

• FlashGot: Firefox extension that integrates with external download managers. Already a documented integration partner of DownThemAll!, serving the same audience of power downloaders.
• Chrono Download Manager: Chrome/Edge browser extension download manager providing batch downloads, filters, and queueing — directly competing with DownThemAll! in the same WebExtension marketplace.
• Turbo Download Manager: Multi-browser WebExtension download manager offering parallel/segmented downloads, mirroring DownThemAll!'s core feature set inside the same browser-add-on distribution model.
• Internet Download Manager (IDM): Long-established paid Windows download manager focused on accelerating and organizing downloads. Targets the same batch-download use case as DownThemAll! but via OS-level integration rather than a browser extension.
• JDownloader: Open-source, Java-based download manager supporting one-click hosting and batch downloads. Closely comparable to DownThemAll! in being free and community-maintained, while extending to a desktop app.
• Free Download Manager: Cross-platform desktop download manager that, like DownThemAll!, emphasizes batch downloads, queue management, and pause/resume functionality. Serves the same user need with a more native integration story.

Broad incumbents

• aria2: Widely used command-line multi-protocol download utility. Competes for the same advanced-downloader audience and is already referenced by DownThemAll! via Metalink4 support.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/downthemall/downthemall

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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