giantpinkrobots/varia
Download manager that supports regular downloads, torrents and videos observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
94/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 72
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: 29
- age_days: 1015
- days_rel: 10
- days_push: 10
- n_releases_24m: 18
Adoption not part of the score
1840 stars · 98 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Varia is a GTK4/libadwaita download manager for Linux, Windows, and macOS that handles regular file downloads, torrents, and video/audio streams. It acts as a graphical frontend for aria2 and yt-dlp, with browser extensions for Firefox and Chrome to route downloads to it.
Use cases
- download files faster than the browser with resume support
- download torrents with a gui client
- download youtube videos and playlists
- grab video or audio from tiktok and twitter
- schedule downloads for specific times of day
- use a remote gui for aria2 on another machine
- capture browser downloads via a firefox or chrome extension
When to choose
- you want one app for files, torrents, and web videos
- you're on linux and want a native GNOME/libadwaita download manager
- you need scheduled downloads and cookie-based authenticated downloads
- you want a friendly gui on top of aria2 or yt-dlp
When to avoid
- you need a headless or cli-only download tool
- you require a code-signed installer without security warnings on windows or macos
- you need protocol support beyond http and bittorrent, such as ftp or ed2k
- you want a cross-platform qt or electron ui rather than gtk
Facets
application · maturity active
gui http-client cli developer-tools media cross-platform windows browser-extension python download-manager aria2 yt-dlp torrent gtk4 libadwaita gnome video-downloader youtube linux macos desktop
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/giantpinkrobots/varia · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7756b7ab63dc
- homepage: https://giantpinkrobots.github.io/varia/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · d34a51840318
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| giantpinkrobots/varia | main | 94 |
For agents
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