RustDown v0.2.0 — Selective Torrent Downloading & UI Polish

RustDown v0.2.0 ⚡

🌟 What's New

• Selective Torrent File Downloading:

  • Automatically inspects metadata before downloading.
  • Interactive file list checklist with individual file checkboxes, file sizes, and quick All / None buttons.
  • Downloads only selected files while skipping unselected content using librqbit's selective chunk filtering.
  • Files tab in task details displays individual file completion and selection state.

• DHT & BitTorrent Enhancements:

  • Full DHT support enabled in native BitTorrent engine for fast peer discovery.
  • Improved progress, speed tracking, seeder stats, and multi-file handling.

• UI & Modal Polish:

  • Compact, sleek New Download modal with tighter padding and responsive layout.
  • Seamless magnet link pasting and local .torrent file browsing.

• Menubar Companion & Theme Adaptability:

  • Dynamic progress ring status icon adapts as a macOS native template image in both Dark and Light appearance modes.
  • Simplified menubar context menu with single unified Open RustDown action.

• Settings & Developer Info:

  • Added configurable Max Concurrent Downloads setting.
  • Added About RustDown section in Settings with Developer info (Genxster1998), MIT License, and GitHub repository links.

📦 Downloads

• RustDown-macOS-arm64.zip: Signed native macOS Apple Silicon app bundle (RustDown.app).
• rustdown-extension.zip: Unpacked Chrome / Edge / Brave / Arc extension.
• rustdown-extension.crx: Packaged browser extension.

RustDown v0.1.0 — Initial Release

RustDown v0.1.0 🚀

Highlights

• Dual-Engine Architecture: Pure in-process high-performance HTTP/HTTPS segmented downloader & BitTorrent engine alongside full Aria2 daemon compatibility.
• Chrome / Edge / Brave / Arc Extension: Automatically captures browser downloads with 0ms latency and includes a compact 210px floating video sniffer toolbar.
• macOS Native Integration: File associations for .torrent, .metalink, and magnet:, native macOS notifications, and menu bar tray companion.
• High-Speed Multi-Threading: Multi-threaded Tokio runtime with in-flight segment auto-recovery and atomic state persistence.

Downloads:

• RustDown-macOS-arm64.zip: Signed macOS Apple Silicon application bundle (RustDown.app).
• rustdown-extension.crx: Packaged Chrome / Edge / Brave extension.
• rustdown-extension.zip: Unpacked browser extension zip.