aria2 / aria2
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Command-line download utility that fetches files over HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink, often from multiple sources at once.
Why you might care
Useful when you want segmented, multi-source downloads from a terminal or a scripted setup. It can run BitTorrent alongside HTTP/FTP, exposes JSON-RPC and XML-RPC for control from other tools, and runs as a daemon. Cross-platform and GPL-2.0 licensed.
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LanguageC++
LicenseGPL-2.0
Created2010-11-27 (15y ago)
Last push4mo ago
Watchers734
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Links
- GitHub: github.com/aria2/aria2
- Homepage: https://aria2.github.io/
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