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cavaliergopher/grab

A download manager package for Go observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/cavaliergopher/grab · Go · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

77/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

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: 3893
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 10
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1483 stars · 148 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Grab is a Go package for downloading files from the internet with features like concurrent progress monitoring, auto-resume of incomplete downloads, checksum validation, and rate limiting. It also ships an optional command-line downloader built on the same library.

Use cases

  • download files from urls in go
  • resume interrupted downloads programmatically
  • download thousands of files concurrently
  • validate downloaded files with checksums
  • limit download bandwidth with a rate limiter
  • monitor download progress in a go application

When to choose

  • you need robust batch downloading of large, immutable remote files in Go
  • you want auto-resume, checksum validation, and progress tracking out of the box
  • you need context-based cancellation of downloads

When to avoid

  • you need a full-featured GUI or browser download manager
  • your downloads require complex authentication flows or dynamic content
  • you are not working in Go

Facets

library · maturity active

http-client file-system developer-tools files web-development go cross-platform download-manager file-download resume-downloads rate-limiting checksum-validation concurrent-downloads

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
cavaliergopher/grabmain77

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