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Due to academic commitments, development on this project has slowed down recently.
- A downloader built out of passion, and my first Python project 😣
- It was originally created to help a Bilibili creator integrate resources 😵💫
- Thanks to Python's🐍 accessibility, this project will open plugin🧩 support in the future (plugin API is still being stabilized...)
| Platform | Required Version | Architectures | Compatible |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐧 Linux | glibc 2.35+ |
x86_64/arm64 |
✅ |
| 🪟 Windows | 7 SP1+ |
x86_64/arm64 |
✅ |
| 🍎 macOS | 13.0+ |
x86_64/arm64 |
✅ |
| 🤖 Android | 9.0+ |
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)
- IDM-style intelligent chunking⚡ without requiring file merging, plus AI smart acceleration 🚀
- Supports HTTP, Magnet / BT, FTP, M3U8, MPEG-DASH and more 🌐
- Records M3U8 live streams📺 with real-time decryption🔓, fully supported on Android as well
- The companion browser extension🦊 sniffs media resources right off web pages
- Tasks can be paused, edited✏️ (URL, headers, proxy) and resumed without losing progress
- A complete Android version📱 with background downloading and completion notifications 🔔
- ❌ Native download engine (lower memory usage while running in the background)
- ❌ Make the plugin API public
- ❌ Enhanced task editing (powerful features like binding multiple Sessions to one task)
- ❌ Support for eD2k protocol
Visit Open issues to see all requested features (and known issues).
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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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