Case Study — Desktop App
FETCHLY
IDM-style download manager, free forever
The problem
Popular download managers are paywalled, bloated, or both. The goal was an IDM-style downloader that is fast, modern and free forever.
What was built
A Windows download manager with segmented downloading across up to 32 connections, pause and resume that survive restarts, a download queue, categories, SQLite history, system tray and notifications, torrent support, a browser extension, proxy support and a mini download popup.
Segmented download manager with up to 32 connections, Range probe, pause and resume across restarts, queue, categories, SQLite history, tray, torrents, browser extension, proxy support and a mini popup.
Challenges & solutions
Reliable pause and resume across restarts meant tracking every segment's state in SQLite, so an interrupted download continues exactly where it stopped — even after the app or the machine restarts.
Outcome
A free-forever download manager for Windows, shipped as a standard installer, with no paywall.