aria2/aria2
aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility operated in command-line. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
63/100
- Activity 89
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5758
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 69
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
41833 stars · 3892 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
aria2 is a lightweight, cross-platform command-line download utility supporting HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink with multi-source, multi-connection downloading. It can be controlled remotely via built-in JSON-RPC (HTTP/WebSocket) and XML-RPC interfaces.
Use cases
- download files from http and ftp at maximum speed
- segmented multi-connection downloading of large iso files
- download torrents and magnet links from the command line
- fetch a file from multiple mirrors simultaneously
- run a headless download daemon controlled via rpc
- validate downloads with metalink chunk checksums
When to choose
- you need fast, scriptable downloads from many protocols in one tool
- you want a lightweight headless downloader with remote RPC control
- you need BitTorrent and HTTP/FTP downloading combined in one process
When to avoid
- you prefer a graphical download manager or torrent client
- you only need simple one-off downloads where curl or wget suffice
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
http-client rpc cli developer-tools networking windows cross-platform cli cpp download-manager bittorrent metalink ftp sftp segmented-downloading json-rpc command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/aria2/aria2 · fetched 2026-08-28 · 77ed852ef4bd
- homepage: https://aria2.github.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 66d4dd66c76d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| aria2/aria2 | main | 63 |
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