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Features

• Fast where it matters. Every downloader is fast on a good connection. Smart chunking without file merging, auto-detects bandwidth headroom. Real-browser TLS fingerprints, invisible to anti-bot checks. Downloads complete, whatever the network.
• One app instead of five. Five tools is a habit, not a necessity. Every protocol — HTTP, Magnet/BT, FTP, M3U8, MPEG-DASH, eD2k — plus purpose-built parsers: YouTube and Bilibili with clip selection and any quality, GitHub and HuggingFace with mirror acceleration. Broad where it counts, deep where it matters.
• See it. Sniff it. Download it. A download button floats right on the video, any quality; every medium on the page, listed in the popup. Click it, or download as you normally would — the desktop app takes over either way. No copying links, signed-in state included.
• Native on every platform. It shows in the details. One app, four systems — everywhere, just right.
• Always in control. Change on command, stop on command. aria2-compatible RPC for third-party tools; change the URL, headers, or proxy mid-download — the progress you've earned stays.

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.

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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).

Sponsor

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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!

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

Thanks to all contributors who have participated in this project!

Translation Contributors

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License

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

Copyright © 2024-2026 XiaoYouChR.

Contact

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• E-mail - XiaoYouChR@qq.com

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
• goed2k The eD2k download daemon 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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