# kevva/download

Download and extract files

Repository: https://github.com/kevva/download
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kevva-download
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: http, promise, async, download, extract, decompress, stream, nodejs
Last push: 2023-10-08T19:06:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4758, "days_push": 1060, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1301, forks 202 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:17.651543+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js library for downloading files over HTTP and optionally extracting archives, returning promises or streams. It wraps got for requests and decompress for archive extraction.

## Use cases
- download a file from a url in nodejs
- download and extract zip archives programmatically
- save remote images to disk in a build script
- download multiple files in parallel with promises
- pipe an http download to a writable stream

## When to choose
- you need a simple promise-based file downloader in Node.js
- you want automatic archive extraction during download
- you need both buffer and stream interfaces for downloads

## When to avoid
- you need resumable or segmented downloads
- you are not on Node.js
- you need advanced retry or proxy features beyond what got offers

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-client, file-system, compression
- domain: developer-tools, files, web-development
- platform: -
- tags: download, extract, decompress, promise-based, streaming, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- kevva/download (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.651543+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 2026-08-30T04:52:15.680254+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kevva/download (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.651543+00:00, sha 51e072db0d6b)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/download (fetched 2026-08-29T12:09:56.032976+00:00, sha 65d91cca72e5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.