Vantload Downloader

Send downloads and videos straight to Vantload Downloader.

Vantload Downloader connects Chrome to the free Vantload download manager for Windows. Send downloads and videos to a download manager that splits files across up to 32 connections, resumes broken downloads, and lets you pick MP4 or MKV quality. The toolbar icon lists videos, audio, streaming playlists (HLS/DASH) and subtitles found on the page. Free, no ads, no account. Requires the free Vantload Downloader app for Windows: get it at https://vantload.pages.dev/ WHAT IT DOES • Detects file downloads you start in Chrome and hands them to Vantload Downloader, which adds them to its queue with segmented, resumable downloading. • Adds a small "Download this video" button over videos you're actually watching — not previews or thumbnails — letting you send the video straight to Vantload Downloader. On sites where the video isn't a direct file (most major video and social sites), it hands off the page link instead so the app can resolve the real video. • Lists what the page has loaded: video files, audio, streaming playlists (HLS and DASH) and subtitles, in the toolbar popup and in the button's menu, each with its own Download button. • Lets you pick a resolution and file format (MP4 or MKV) before the video downloads, when available. • Always shows a confirmation in the Vantload Downloader app before anything downloads — you choose Start Download or Cancel. REQUIREMENTS This extension requires the free Vantload Downloader desktop app for Windows 10 or 11 to be installed and running on your computer. Download it free at https://vantload.pages.dev/. Without it, the extension does not download or store anything itself — it only hands off the URL to the app. PRIVACY No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. The extension talks only to the Vantload Downloader app on your own computer. Only download content you have the right to download. WHY THE PERMISSIONS • downloads — to detect a download and, once you confirm it in Vantload Downloader, hand it off instead of using Chrome's own downloader. • nativeMessaging — to communicate with the Vantload Downloader app installed on your computer. This is the only channel the extension uses; nothing is sent anywhere else. • storage — to remember whether you've turned the extension on or off, and to hold the short-lived list of media found on the current tab (cleared when the tab navigates or Chrome closes). • webRequest — to see, read-only, the type and size of files a page loads, so the toolbar popup can list the videos and audio you could download. Nothing is blocked, changed or sent anywhere, and only headers are looked at, never the content. • Access to all sites (host permissions) — the "Download this video" button needs to detect and read videos on whatever page you're on, since videos can appear on any site, not a fixed list. Addresses are handed to the app only when you click Download.