Linux Download Manager
by Tanjim
Download files and videos from the web
About
Linux Download Manager is a desktop download manager that keeps every download in one place and sorts finished files into categories automatically. Paste a link to start a download, or install the companion Firefox and Chrome extension to capture downloads and videos straight from your browser. Video downloads are powered by yt-dlp, so you can grab clips from YouTube and many other streaming and social sites. Features: - Automatic categorization of finished files (Videos, Music, Documents, Compressed, Programs) - YouTube downloader with quality and audio-only options - Video capture from streaming and social sites via yt-dlp - Pause, resume, and queue management - Optional Firefox and Chrome companion extension for one-click capture - Live download speed, ETA, and disk-usage overview
Permissions
Everything this app can reach outside its sandbox. Nothing here weakens it.
- network
--share=network - inter-process communication (needed for X11)
--share=ipc - X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
--socket=fallback-x11 - Wayland display
--socket=wayland - GPU acceleration
--device=dri - access to your download folder
--filesystem=xdg-download - notifications
--talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications - talks to org.freedesktop.FileManager1
--talk-name=org.freedesktop.FileManager1
Who publishes this
The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.
- installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source (x2)
source:prebuilt - hosted by github.com/matewinslet, which owns the io.github namespace of io.github.matewinslet.LinuxDownloader
publisher:namespace
Maintenance
Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.
No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.