Lightning 1.0.0-rc.27

Hide the side panel, file-level counts and search, a steadier list, a VPN switch, right-click menus and more.

• Side panel: hide it (asked first) and bring it back in Settings > Interface; a Filter menu keeps the filters reachable
• The side panel counts files, groups included; a filter or search lists the matching files and opens their groups; the up and down buttons mark the match
• The list no longer jumps while downloads run
• VPN: a labelled switch with a hint in the top bar; it also reaches downloads already running. On by default for new installs, existing installs keep their choice
• Right-click menus on groups, files inside groups and files still waiting
• The Name column divider follows the mouse; slow mode looks editable; the website under file names is off by default

Unsigned builds: right-click the app and choose Open the first time (macOS), or More info > Run anyway (Windows).

Downloads

macOS

Download	For	Size
Apple silicon	M1 and later · .dmg	138 MB
Intel	Intel Macs · .dmg	142 MB

Windows

Download	For	Size
Windows 10 and 11	Installer · x64 and ARM64	226 MB

macOS says Lightning is damaged? It isn’t: Lightning isn’t signed yet. Move it to Applications, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Lightning.app in Terminal, and open it again.

Windows protected your PC? Click More info, then Run anyway.

Step by step, and what Linux needs: https://alisinaee.github.io/Lightning/#downloads

Lightning 1.0.0-rc.23

Actions when you select downloads.

• The selection bar now has Remove from list, Delete files and Cancel for what is selected, each showing how many it applies to and asking first
• Before, a selection of finished or failed downloads showed no actions

macOS (Apple Silicon) only for now. The app is unsigned: right-click it and choose Open the first time.

Downloads

macOS

Download	For	Size
Apple silicon	M1 and later · .dmg	138 MB
Intel	Intel Macs · .dmg	141 MB

Windows

Download	For	Size
Windows 10 and 11	Installer · x64 and ARM64	226 MB

macOS says Lightning is damaged? It isn’t: Lightning isn’t signed yet. Move it to Applications, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Lightning.app in Terminal, and open it again.

Windows protected your PC? Click More info, then Run anyway.

Step by step, and what Linux needs: https://alisinaee.github.io/Lightning/#downloads

Lightning 1.0.0-rc.22

Kinder to slow disks, better file names, and the menu bar panel closes when you click elsewhere.

• Auto uses fewer streams when the disk cannot keep up and brings them back when it can; a connection held up by the disk is no longer treated as slow
• File names a server sends in the mail style (=?UTF-8?B?...?=) are decoded
• The panel under the menu bar icon closes when you click outside it

macOS (Apple Silicon) only for now. The app is unsigned: right-click it and choose Open the first time.

Downloads

macOS

Download	For	Size
Apple silicon	M1 and later · .dmg	138 MB

macOS says Lightning is damaged? It isn’t: Lightning isn’t signed yet. Move it to Applications, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Lightning.app in Terminal, and open it again.

Windows protected your PC? Click More info, then Run anyway.

Step by step, and what Linux needs: https://alisinaee.github.io/Lightning/#downloads

Lightning 1.0.0-rc.20

A live panel under the menu bar icon.

• Click the Lightning icon: the total speed, a speed graph, each network in its colour with its connections, the running downloads with progress bars (click to open, pause on hover), waiting/paused/failed counts and quick buttons
• Right-click the icon for the menu
• Settings > Status bar > Menu bar icon chooses every part, or brings the menu back for a click

macOS (Apple Silicon) only for now. The app is unsigned: right-click it and choose Open the first time.

Downloads

macOS

Download	For	Size
Apple silicon	M1 and later · .dmg	138 MB

macOS says Lightning is damaged? It isn’t: Lightning isn’t signed yet. Move it to Applications, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Lightning.app in Terminal, and open it again.

Windows protected your PC? Click More info, then Run anyway.

Step by step, and what Linux needs: https://alisinaee.github.io/Lightning/#downloads

Lightning 1.0.0-rc.19

The menu behind the menu bar icon now shows live status.

• Total speed, each network with its connections, the running downloads (click one to open it) and the waiting, paused and failed counts
• Settings > Status bar > Menu bar icon chooses every part, how many downloads are listed, and the optional speed beside the icon
• Pause All and Resume All grey out when they have nothing to act on
• Check for Updates from that menu asks GitHub and says what it found

macOS (Apple Silicon) only for now. The app is unsigned: right-click it and choose Open the first time.

Downloads

macOS

Download	For	Size
Apple silicon	M1 and later · .dmg	138 MB

macOS says Lightning is damaged? It isn’t: Lightning isn’t signed yet. Move it to Applications, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Lightning.app in Terminal, and open it again.

Windows protected your PC? Click More info, then Run anyway.

Step by step, and what Linux needs: https://alisinaee.github.io/Lightning/#downloads

Lightning 1.0.0-rc.18

A live status bar menu, and an app that is easier on your computer.

• Click the count and speed in the status bar for a live menu: speed graph, totals, each network and its connections, the running downloads, the queue and the disk
• Settings > Status bar switches every item of the bar and every part of the menu
• When Lightning is behind other windows, minimized or hidden, its window gets progress far less often, so the CPU and fans are left alone; downloads are not slowed

macOS (Apple Silicon) only for now. The app is unsigned: right-click it and choose Open the first time.

Downloads

macOS

Download	For	Size
Apple silicon	M1 and later · .dmg	138 MB

macOS says Lightning is damaged? It isn’t: Lightning isn’t signed yet. Move it to Applications, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Lightning.app in Terminal, and open it again.

Windows protected your PC? Click More info, then Run anyway.

Step by step, and what Linux needs: https://alisinaee.github.io/Lightning/#downloads

Lightning 1.0.0-rc.17

Download later for several links, clearer DNS choices, and Auto DNS on resume.

• Several links: a Download later button; the group waits until you press its Start button
• Every DNS in the list says what it is; the DNS test only suggests a change worth making
• A resumed download on Auto DNS has its site tested too

macOS (Apple Silicon) only for now. The app is unsigned: right-click it and choose Open the first time.

Downloads

macOS

Download	For	Size
Apple silicon	M1 and later · .dmg	138 MB

macOS says Lightning is damaged? It isn’t: Lightning isn’t signed yet. Move it to Applications, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Lightning.app in Terminal, and open it again.

Windows protected your PC? Click More info, then Run anyway.

Step by step, and what Linux needs: https://alisinaee.github.io/Lightning/#downloads

Lightning 1.0.0-rc.16

Adds DNS testing and Auto DNS.

• Test DNS for this site: tries every DNS on a link, measures each distinct server, and suggests one
• Iranian DNSs in the list: Electro, Shecan, Begzar, 403 online, Radar
• A DNS that sends a site to a server with a bad certificate is flagged and never chosen
• Auto DNS: remembers the best DNS for each site and tests a new site in the background
• Turning the VPN option on is no longer treated as a network coming back

macOS (Apple Silicon) only for now. The app is unsigned: right-click it and choose Open the first time.

Downloads

macOS

Download	For	Size
Apple silicon	M1 and later · .dmg	138 MB

macOS says Lightning is damaged? It isn’t: Lightning isn’t signed yet. Move it to Applications, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Lightning.app in Terminal, and open it again.

Windows protected your PC? Click More info, then Run anyway.

Step by step, and what Linux needs: https://alisinaee.github.io/Lightning/#downloads

Lightning 1.0.0-rc.15

Fixes and polish on top of rc.14.

• Retry buttons on groups and on each failed file; the top bar button retries failures
• A link check now goes out on a real network, so a VPN cannot make it see a different file
• Auto groups give a returning network a file only after it has stayed up for 20 seconds
• Every dialog has a close button; Edit group has Cancel beside Done
• Hints sit on their buttons at any text size; queued files say Queued; running rows show just a bar

macOS (Apple Silicon) only for now. The app is unsigned: right-click it and choose Open the first time.

Downloads

macOS

Download	For	Size
Apple silicon	M1 and later · .dmg	138 MB

macOS says Lightning is damaged? It isn’t: Lightning isn’t signed yet. Move it to Applications, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Lightning.app in Terminal, and open it again.

Windows protected your PC? Click More info, then Run anyway.

Step by step, and what Linux needs: https://alisinaee.github.io/Lightning/#downloads

v1.0.0-rc.14

New in rc.14: Lightning now works with your browser, your schedule and sites that need a login.

New

• Browser extension for Chrome, Edge, Brave and Firefox. It hands downloads to Lightning along with the page and cookies they came from. Load the extension folder (Settings → Browser → Open the extension folder) and paste the pairing key once. Lightning listens on this computer only and answers only the extension.
• Schedule. Weekly run or pause windows, overnight ones too, each with an optional speed cap. Downloads wait in the queue outside a run window. Settings → Schedule.
• Sign-in, cookies and headers. Basic auth (or user:pass@ in the link), a Referer, cookies (paste them or import a cookies.txt), a User-Agent and extra headers, per download. Credentials are never sent on to another host after a redirect and are encrypted on disk where the system keychain is available.
• Checksums. Paste a SHA-256, SHA-1 or MD5 and the finished file is verified. A mismatch keeps the file and says so.
• When downloads finish. Optionally ask whether to quit, sleep or shut down (sleep and shutdown have a 60-second cancel), and choose per download to open the file or show it in its folder when done.
• Start at login, hidden in the tray, and offer to download links you copy (off by default).

macOS (Apple Silicon) only for now. The app is unsigned: right-click it and choose Open the first time.

Downloads

macOS

Download	For	Size
Apple silicon	M1 and later · .dmg	138 MB

macOS says Lightning is damaged? It isn’t: Lightning isn’t signed yet. Move it to Applications, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Lightning.app in Terminal, and open it again.

Windows protected your PC? Click More info, then Run anyway.

Step by step, and what Linux needs: https://alisinaee.github.io/Lightning/#downloads