Goel° 1.0.0
First public release of Goel° — a fast, native macOS download manager that unifies HTTP, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent, and HLS in one queue, now with a headless Linux daemon driven from a built-in web portal.
Downloads
| Platform | Asset |
|---|---|
| macOS · Apple Silicon | Goel-Downloader-1.0.0-macos-arm64.dmg |
| macOS · Intel (x86_64) | Goel-Downloader-1.0.0-macos-x86_64.dmg |
| Linux · x86_64 | goel-daemon-1.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz |
macOS first launch: the builds are ad-hoc signed (not yet notarized). Right-click the app → Open → Open, or run
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Goel°.app".Linux: extract and run
./run.sh(needslibtorrent-rasterbar2.0 libssh2-1 libcurl4 libssl3 libboost-system1.83.0 ffmpeg); configure viaGOEL_PORT/GOEL_USERNAME/GOEL_PASSWORD/GOEL_SAVE_DIR, then open the portal in a browser. See the README.
Not included: Linux ARM64 — no ARM64 Linux build host was available. It can be added later via CI (ubuntu-24.04-arm).
Highlights
- One unified queue for HTTP/HTTPS, FTP/FTPS, SFTP, BitTorrent, and HLS
- Segmented HTTP — adaptive multi-connection downloads, resume, mirror/Metalink failover
- Full BitTorrent (libtorrent) — magnets +
.torrent, per-file priority, seeding controls - SFTP browser, HLS → mp4, Link Grabber, bundled yt-dlp resolver
- Browser capture extensions (Chrome/Edge/Brave/Firefox + Safari)
- macOS native — Services, URL scheme, AppleScript, notifications, menu-bar + Dock progress
- Automation — watch folders, schedules, power/network awareness, post-download actions
- Optional token-authenticated remote control server + web portal
- New: headless Linux daemon (
GoelDaemon) — the same engine with the web portal as its UI
Requirements
- macOS app: macOS 14 (Sonoma)+ on Apple Silicon or Intel
- Linux daemon: x86_64, with the runtime libraries listed above