SurgeDM/Surge
Blazing fast TUI download manager built in Go for power users observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
79/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 22
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 1
- age_days: 308
- days_rel: 7
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 62
Adoption not part of the score
3490 stars · 148 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Surge is a fast terminal-based download manager written in Go with a keyboard-driven TUI, a headless daemon with an HTTP API, and a CLI for automation. It accelerates downloads by splitting files into chunks fetched over up to 32 parallel connections, with multi-mirror distribution, failover, and sequential streaming mode.
Use cases
- download large files fast from the terminal
- manage downloads with a keyboard-driven TUI
- run a headless download daemon on a server or Raspberry Pi
- download a file from multiple mirrors simultaneously
- preview video files while they are still downloading
- queue downloads from multiple terminal tabs into one engine
- automate downloads via CLI or HTTP API
When to choose
- you live in the terminal and want a fast, keyboard-driven download manager
- you need parallel chunked downloads to saturate your bandwidth
- you want multi-mirror downloads with automatic failover
- you want a background daemon to centralize downloads across terminals or remote machines
When to avoid
- you need BitTorrent or magnet link support
- you prefer a graphical desktop application over a TUI
- you need deep browser download integration without sideloading an extension
- you only occasionally download small files where a plain curl or wget suffices
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
http-client cli terminal-ui gui concurrency developer-tools files windows go cli cross-platform download-manager tui parallel-downloads daemon multi-mirror bubbletea browser-extension command-line automation linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/SurgeDM/Surge · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3dffa142adaf
- homepage: https://surgedm.github.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6e369ceace48
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| SurgeDM/Surge | main | 79 |
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