Download Links

Download Links

This add-on autodetects direct links of audio, video, images, text, zip files in the webpage and offers great deal of additional customisation before download. Any issues, suggestions reach out to developer. It's free for general public use.

What is Download Links?
"Download Links" is a Firefox add-on that provides enhanced downloading capabilities. It can effortlessly detect and download audio, video files, images, text files, pdfs, zip files, and more from a webpage. It allows you considerable customisation options before starting a download. It's a great solution for downloading and managing various file types directly from your browser, saving them conveniently in the Firefox Download directory. Future features will include filtering by size, pausing/deleting downloads, and more.
Merlin
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By: Prabhu
Rating: 3.90 (94)
Version: 4.1resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2018-01-18
Weekly download count: 65
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • downloads
  • downloads.open
Size: 933.61K
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Merlin
Summary

Through this add-on you can download media, picture, text, pdf, compressed files in the web-page. If you have any other file type, specify that extension and you can view, filter and download files as per your requirement!

The downloaded files are saved in Firefox Download directory that is set in Firefox Preferences.

Tutorial: https://youtu.be/DwH_NboclFA

Any issues, feature request, bugs reach out to developer.

License

Free for general public use

Feature Status

Note: x.x refers to future release

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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great interface
  • Useful for bulk downloading
Cons
  • Does not work on streaming sites
  • Popup window does not appear on Mac
  • Does not support downloading certain file types
Most mentioned
  • Does not work on streaming sites
  • Popup window does not appear on Mac
  • File renaming issues
Recent reviews
It gets the job done. It helped me in exactly the way I wanted it to. I wanted to download a bunch of pdf files from a web page in bulk (in stead of the torurous one-by-one donkey method). This app saved me loads of time! The dev deserves some love
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Safety
Risk impact

Download Links is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Download Links is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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