ghost-downloader-3
Ghost Downloader is a cross-platform download manager for files, torrents, streaming media, and supported websites. It brings downloads from multiple protocols and services into one desktop app.
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Overview
Ghost Downloader is a cross-platform desktop download manager that brings common file, torrent, streaming-media, and platform-specific downloads into one app. It supports HTTP, FTP, Magnet/BitTorrent, M3U8, MPEG-DASH, and eD2k, plus YouTube and Bilibili downloads with quality, clip, subtitle, and playlist options. A browser extension can surface downloadable media and hand downloads to the desktop app. Users can also control downloads through an aria2-compatible RPC API and adjust URLs, headers, or proxies while tasks run.
Key features
- Supports HTTP, FTP, Magnet/BitTorrent, M3U8, MPEG-DASH, and eD2k downloads.
- Downloads YouTube and Bilibili videos with options for quality, clips, subtitles, and playlists.
- A browser extension can find media on web pages and hand downloads to the desktop app.
- Provides an aria2-compatible RPC API and allows URLs, headers, and proxies to be changed during a download.
Best for
Useful for people who want to manage downloads from multiple protocols and media services in one app. Pick it when you need desktop downloads across its supported platforms.
- Upstream
- XiaoYouChR/Ghost-Downloader-3
- Fork on GitHub
- Guo-astro/ghost-downloader-3
- Upstream stars
- 9.6k
- Category
- Apps and everyday utilities
- Language
- Python
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Forked
- 2026-10-10
- Sync status
- In syncLast synced 2026-10-11
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