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Features

Fast where it matters. Every downloader is fast on a good connection. The real test is a bad one. Smart chunking without file merging. Auto-detects bandwidth. Real-browser TLS fingerprints, invisible to anti-bot checks.
One app instead of five. Everything in one place, nothing watered down. HTTP, Magnet/BT, FTP, M3U8, MPEG-DASH, eD2k. YouTube and Bilibili with clip selection, any quality and subtitles, playlists and multi-part episodes. GitHub and HuggingFace with mirror acceleration.
See it. Sniff it. Download it. A download button follows the video, any quality you want. The extension popup lists every medium on the page. Click it there, or just download as you normally would, the desktop app takes over seamlessly. No copying links, and authentication state carries over.
Native on every platform. It shows in the details. One app, four systems, native experience everywhere.
Always in control Effortlessly. aria2-compatible RPC API for third-party tools. Change the URL, headers, or proxy mid-download. Progress is never lost.

About The Project

Started as a passion project to help a Bilibili creator manage resources. Now it ships on four platforms, handles virtually every download protocol, and has a growing Feature Packs plugin ecosystem.

Platform	Required Version	Architectures
Windows	`10+`	`x86_64` / `arm64`
macOS	`13.0+`	`x86_64` / `arm64`
Linux	`glibc 2.35+`	`x86_64` / `arm64`
Android	`11.0+`	`arm64-v8a`

[!WARNING] Qt 6.6+ no longer supports CPUs without the AVX instruction set.

[!TIP] Arch Linux AUR support: Community-maintained packages ghost-downloader-bin and ghost-downloader-git are now available (Maintainer: @zxp19821005)

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Roadmap

[ ] Make the plugin API public (Feature Packs system is operational, API stabilizing)
[ ] Enhanced task editing, such as binding multiple Sessions to one task

Visit Open issues to see all requested features (and known issues).

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Contributing

Contributions make the open source community an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion, fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the "Enhancement" tag. Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

Fork the Project
Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
Open a Pull Request

Thanks to all contributors who have participated in this project!

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License

Distributed under the GPL v3.0 License. Open LICENSE for more details.

Contact

[!IMPORTANT] Welcome to join the Ghost Downloader user group: 756042420

E-mail - [email protected]

References

aioftp Ftp client/server for asyncio
cat-catch Browser Resource Sniffing Extension
desktop-notifier Python library for cross-platform desktop notifications
FFmpeg A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video
Kelpie The eD2k download engine behind Ghost Downloader's eD2k support
libtorrent An efficient feature complete C++ bittorrent implementation
loguru A library which aims to bring enjoyable logging in Python
m3u8 Python m3u8 parser
mpegdash MPEG-DASH MPD parser
N_m3u8DL-RE Cross-platform DASH/HLS/MSS download tool powering Ghost Downloader's M3U8 support
Nuitka The Python compiler
PyQt-Fluent-Widgets Powerful, extensible, and elegant Fluent Design-style widget library
PySide6 The official Python module
QuickJS-NG A small and embeddable JavaScript engine
uvloop Ultra fast asyncio event loop
winloop An alternative to uvloop for Windows
wreq An ergonomic Python HTTP client with TLS fingerprint emulation
yt-dlp A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

Acknowledgments

@zhiyiYo is amazing and provided a lot of help for this project.
@空糖_SuGar created the project banner.

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