Finish setup in four steps
- Click Open the Chrome Web Store above. The Chrome Web Store opens in a new tab.
- Confirm with Add extension in the store and in the browser's prompt.
- Pin the XDM icon: click the puzzle-piece icon in the toolbar and pin XDM Integration Module. Detected videos appear there.
- Make sure XDM is running, then download any ZIP or installer. XDM's New download window should appear.
Browser-specific notes
| Browser | How |
|---|---|
| Opera / Opera GX | Install Opera’s Install Chrome Extensions add-on first, then use the Chrome Web Store button. |
| Vivaldi | Works directly: open the store and click Add to Chrome. |
| Chromium (Linux) | Works directly from the Chrome Web Store. |
| Yandex, Arc, Thorium and others | Usually work directly. If the store refuses, check the browser’s extension settings. |
Safari isn’t supported. On a Mac, use XDM with Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Brave.
What the extension does
- Takes over downloads: when the browser starts a download of a supported file type (archives, installers, disk images, documents, audio and video), XDM downloads it instead, faster and resumable.
- Finds videos while you watch them. The XDM icon shows how many it found. Pick a quality and XDM saves it. See Download videos.
- Right-click options: Download with XDM, Download Image with XDM, Download all with XDM… and Download selected links with XDM….
Permissions and privacy
The extension needs access to the sites you download from, so it can see downloads and the cookies a site
requires. Everything it reads goes to one place only: the XDM app on your own computer
(127.0.0.1). It has no server, no analytics and no tracking, and it stays off YouTube completely.
Read the privacy policy.
Not working?
| You see | Do this |
|---|---|
| XDM isn’t running in the popup | Start XDM (or click Launch XDM in the popup). |
| Site access is restricted | Click Allow on all sites in the popup. |
| Downloads still go to the browser | Check the file type in XDM → Settings → Browser. See browser not capturing. |
| No videos detected | Play the video for a few seconds. See video not detected. |
| Can’t connect at all | See extension can’t connect. |
Don’t have XDM yet? Download it here. The extension needs the app.