# SurgeDM/Surge

Blazing fast TUI download manager built in Go for power users

Repository: https://github.com/SurgeDM/Surge
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/surgedm-surge
Homepage: https://surgedm.github.io
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: download-manager, golang, cli, downloader, go, terminal, tui, poweruser, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T22:01:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 22
- inputs: {"age_days": 308, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 62}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3490, forks 148 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.163329+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, cli, terminal-ui, gui, concurrency
- domain: developer-tools, files
- platform: windows, go, cli, cross-platform
- tags: download-manager, tui, parallel-downloads, daemon, multi-mirror, bubbletea, browser-extension, command-line, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- SurgeDM/Surge (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.163329+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 2026-08-29T18:35:57.695484+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SurgeDM/Surge (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.163329+00:00, sha 3dffa142adaf)
  - homepage: https://surgedm.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:30:01.018701+00:00, sha 6e369ceace48)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.