# XiaoYouChR/Ghost-Downloader-3

The only downloader you need. 下载器的集大成者.

Repository: https://github.com/XiaoYouChR/Ghost-Downloader-3
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ghost-downloader-3
Homepage: https://gd.xychr.com/
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: downloader, pyside6, python, qt, software, streaming, async, asyncio, cross-platform, pyqt, quic, http3, bittorent, fluent-design, ftp, react, magnet, download-manager, bt
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:28:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 79
- inputs: {"age_days": 1113, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 3.5, "n_releases_24m": 57}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8660, forks 542 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:24.024578+00:00)

## What it is
Ghost Downloader is a cross-platform, open-source download manager built with Python and PySide6/Qt that handles HTTP, BitTorrent/magnet, FTP, M3U8, MPEG-DASH, and eD2k downloads in one application. It includes browser-extension media sniffing, site-specific parsers for YouTube, Bilibili, GitHub, and HuggingFace, live stream recording, and an aria2-compatible RPC interface.

## Use cases
- download videos from youtube and bilibili in any quality
- download torrents and magnet links
- record live m3u8 streams as they air
- sniff and download media from web pages via a browser extension
- speed up downloads on slow or throttled connections
- replace multiple download tools with one app
- download huggingface models and github releases faster
- download files over ftp, http, and ed2k

## When to choose
- you want one cross-platform app covering HTTP, torrents, HLS/DASH, and eD2k instead of juggling several tools
- you need browser-integrated media sniffing and download takeover
- you want to record live M3U8 streams with real-time decryption
- you need an aria2-compatible RPC endpoint for third-party tools
- you want to edit URLs, headers, or proxies mid-download without losing progress

## When to avoid
- you need a lightweight command-line-only downloader
- you require a protocol outside its supported set with no plugin available
- you depend on a mature commercial product with long-term vendor support
- your platform is not among Windows, macOS, Linux, or Android

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, web-scraping, plugin-system, developer-tools
- domain: cross-platform, media, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: download-manager, bittorrent, m3u8, media-sniffing, browser-extension, pyside6, quic, http3, ftp, ed2k, youtube-downloader, bilibili, aria2-rpc, fluent-design, macos, linux, android

## Member repositories
- XiaoYouChR/Ghost-Downloader-3 (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:24.024578+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:25:39.673595+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/XiaoYouChR/Ghost-Downloader-3 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:24.024578+00:00, sha 1e9d61dc642f)
  - homepage: https://gd.xychr.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:12.675409+00:00, sha 5bfdbed679fc)
  - site_page: https://gd.xychr.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:12.684600+00:00, sha fb8731ea167a)
  - site_page: https://gd.xychr.com/docs/benchmark (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:12.686465+00:00, sha 4353fa4c1b0f)
  - site_page: https://gd.xychr.com/docs/donate (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:12.688592+00:00, sha e4c24a3360c8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.