diff --git a/src/utils/download_manager.test.ts b/src/utils/download_manager.test.ts
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+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { DownloadManager, EntityToDownload, DownloadResult } from './download_manager';
+
+const downloadedFolderResult: DownloadResult = {
+	status: 'success',
+	localPath: '/path/to/my/downloaded/folder'
+};
+
+const downloadedFileResult: DownloadResult = {
+	status: 'success',
+	localPath: '/path/to/my/downloaded/file'
+};
+
+const folderToDownload: EntityToDownload = {
+	entityType: 'folder',
+	download: () => Promise.resolve(downloadedFolderResult)
+};
+
+const fileToDownload: EntityToDownload = {
+	entityType: 'file',
+	download: () => Promise.resolve(downloadedFileResult)
+};
+
+const slowFileToDownload: EntityToDownload = {
+	entityType: 'file',
+	download: () => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(() => resolve(downloadedFileResult), 10))
+};
+
+describe('DownloadManager class', () => {
+	it('instantly resolves when an empty array of items is passed', () => {
+		const downloader = new DownloadManager([], 5);
+		return downloader.start();
+	});
+
+	it('resolves in an array of the same length than the one passed to the constructor', async () => {
+		const downloader = new DownloadManager([folderToDownload, fileToDownload], 5);
+		const results = await downloader.start();
+		expect(results).to.deep.equal([downloadedFolderResult, downloadedFileResult]);
+	});
+
+	it('the downloads-in-progress count equals the max when the length of items to download is bigger than the max', async () => {
+		const downloader = new DownloadManager([folderToDownload, slowFileToDownload, fileToDownload], 1);
+		const downloadPromise = downloader.start();
+		expect(downloader.downloadsInProgressAmount).to.equal(1);
+		await downloadPromise;
+	});
+
+	it('start method will resolve after ALL of the pending downloads were handled', async () => {
+		const downloader = new DownloadManager([folderToDownload, slowFileToDownload, fileToDownload], 2);
+		const downloadPromise = downloader.start();
+		await downloadPromise;
+		expect(downloader.downloadsInProgressAmount).to.equal(0);
+	});
+
+	it('throws when an invalid maxDownloadsInParallel is passed', () => {
+		expect(() => new DownloadManager([], -1)).to.throw();
+		expect(() => new DownloadManager([], 0)).to.throw();
+		expect(() => new DownloadManager([], 0.5)).to.throw();
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/download_manager.ts b/src/utils/download_manager.ts
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+export interface EntityToDownload {
+	readonly entityType: 'file' | 'folder';
+	readonly download: (progressCallback?: ProgressCallback) => Promise<DownloadResult>;
+}
+
+export interface DownloadResult {
+	readonly status: 'success' | 'failed';
+	readonly error?: Error;
+	readonly localPath: string;
+}
+
+export type ProgressCallback = (pctTotal: number, pctFile: number, curFileName: string, curFilePath: string) => void;
+
+export class DownloadManager {
+	private readonly downloadsInProgress: EntityToDownload[] = [];
+	private readonly pendingDownloads: EntityToDownload[] = [];
+	private readonly downloadResults: DownloadResult[] = [];
+
+	constructor(entitiesToDownload: EntityToDownload[], private readonly maxDownloadsInParallel: number) {
+		if (!Number.isInteger(maxDownloadsInParallel) || maxDownloadsInParallel <= 0) {
+			throw new Error('The max downloads in parallel must be an integer number greater than zero');
+		}
+		this.pendingDownloads = entitiesToDownload.slice();
+	}
+
+	get downloadsInProgressAmount(): number {
+		return this.downloadsInProgress.length;
+	}
+
+	private flush = async (): Promise<void> => {
+		const itemsToDownloadAmount = this.maxDownloadsInParallel - this.downloadsInProgressAmount;
+		const itemsToDownload = this.pendingDownloads.splice(0, itemsToDownloadAmount);
+		itemsToDownload.forEach(async (entityToDownload) => {
+			entityToDownload.download().then((result) => {
+				this.downloadResults.push(result);
+				const inProgressIndex = this.downloadsInProgress.findIndex((download) => download === entityToDownload);
+				if (inProgressIndex !== -1) {
+					this.downloadsInProgress.splice(inProgressIndex, 1);
+				}
+			});
+			this.downloadsInProgress.push(entityToDownload);
+			await entityToDownload.download();
+		});
+		debugger;
+		if (this.downloadsInProgressAmount) {
+			const downloadsInProgressRace = Promise.race(this.downloadsInProgress);
+			await downloadsInProgressRace;
+		}
+		if (this.pendingDownloads.length || this.downloadsInProgressAmount) {
+			await this.flush();
+		}
+	};
+
+	public async start(): Promise<DownloadResult[]> {
+		await this.flush();
+		return this.downloadResults;
+	}
+}