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Download Downex

The fast, private download manager for Windows and macOS. No account, no ads, no tracking.

The first release is on its way.

Choose your system

Windows

Setup · .exe

  • Installs for your account, without administrator rights
  • A native window (Win32, Direct2D), tray icon and notifications
  • Signed updates, verified before they install

Requirements

  • Windows 10 and 11 (x64)
  • Windows 11 on Arm (its own Setup; the window runs under x64 emulation)
Coming soonThe first release is on its way.
What Setup does
  • InstallPuts Downex in your user folder, adds it to the Start menu, connects your browsers and starts Downex in the background. Starting at sign-in is up to you.
  • RemoveSettings → Apps → Downex. It asks whether to delete your download list and settings too; downloaded files are never touched.

macOS

Disk image · .dmg

  • Open the disk image and drag Downex to Applications
  • A native AppKit window, menu-bar icon and notifications
  • A daily check for new versions; for now you install them from the new disk image

Requirements

  • macOS 13 Ventura or later
  • Intel and Apple silicon
Coming soonThe first release is on its way.
Opening it the first time

Early builds are not notarised yet, so macOS asks before Downex opens the first time:

  • 13–14Control-click Downex in Applications, choose Open, then Open again.
  • 15+Open Downex once and close the message, then choose Open Anyway in System Settings → Privacy & Security.

OnceTo connect your browsers, open Settings → Integration in Downex and choose Register with browsers again.

  • The app

    A native window on Windows and macOS, with a tray or menu-bar icon.

  • The command line

    downex does everything the window does.

  • The browser extension

    For Chrome, Edge, Brave, Chromium and Firefox. It ships with Downex.

  • Signed updates

    A daily check that you can turn off. On Windows, each update is verified, then installs itself; on a Mac, for now, from the new disk image.

Browser extension

Install the browser extension

It ships with Downex and hands your downloads over with the page's sign-in, for Chrome, Edge, Brave, Chromium and Firefox. Until it's in the browser stores, you load it from its folder.

Browser-store listings aren’t available yet, so the extension loads from its folder for now.

Checksums

Verify your download

Each file on the release page will have a checksum. Work out your copy’s and compare: when they match, you have exactly the file that was published.

  • On Windows, Downex then looks after itself: every update is signed and verified before it installs. On a Mac, for now, you install a new version from its disk image.
  • On Windows, Setup installs for your account only, so it never asks for administrator rights.
Check a file

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash .\Downex-Setup-<version>.exe

macOS · Terminal

shasum -a 256 Downex-<version>.dmg

Compare the result with the checksum next to the file on the release page. Different? Don't run the file.