Ghost-Downloader-3

Tue, 27 May 2025 15:30:04 +0800

XiaoYouChR/Ghost-Downloader-3

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[!IMPORTANT] Due to the developer’s preparation for the college entrance exam (Gaokao), project updates are temporarily suspended 😭 Join QQ group 531928387 for latest updates

[!NOTE] The project is still in its early stages, and there is still a lot of shortcomings.

[!TIP] If you want to use Ghost-Downloader-3 on Windows 7, please download the version v3.5.8-Portable.

AI-powered next-generation cross-platform multithreaded downloader

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About The Project

A downloader developed out of personal interest, and my first Python project 😣
Originally intended to help a Bilibili Uploader with resource integration 😵‍💫
Features include IDM-like intelligent chunking without file merging, and AI-powered smart boost 🚀
Thanks to Python’s🐍 accessibility, the project will support plugins🧩 in the future to maximize Python’s🐍 advantages

Platform	Required Version	Architectures	Compatible
🐧 Linux	`glibc 2.35+`	`x86_64`/`arm64`	✅
🪟 Windows	`7 SP1+`	`x86_64`/`arm64`	✅
🍎 macOS	`11.0+`	`x86_64`/`arm64`	✅

[!TIP] Arch Linux AUR support: Community-maintained packages ghost-downloader-bin and ghost-downloader-git are now available (Maintainer: @zxp19821005)

Roadmap

✅ Global settings
✅ More detailed download information
✅ Scheduled tasks
✅ Browser extension optimization
✅ Global speed limit
✅ Memory optimization
- ✅ Upgrade Qt version
- ✅ Implement HttpClient reuse
- ✅ Replace some multithreading with coroutines
❌ MVC → MVVM upgrade and a new architecture based on events (In progress…see branch: feature/Plugins)
❌ Enhanced task editing (powerful features like binding multiple Clients to one task)
❌ Magnet/BT download (Considering libtorrent implementation)
❌ Powerful plugin system
❌ Powerful browser extension features

Visit Open issues to see all requested features (and known issues).

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Contributing

Contributions make the open source community an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion, fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the “Enhancement” tag. Don’t forget to give the project a star⭐! Thanks again!

Fork the Project
Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
Commit your Changes (git commit -m ‘Add some AmazingFeature’)
Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
Open a Pull Request

Thanks to all contributors who have participated in this project!

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License

Distributed under the GPL v3.0 License. See LICENSE for more information.

Contact

E-mail - XiaoYouChR@qq.com
QQ Group - 531928387

References

PyQt-Fluent-Widgets Powerful, extensible and beautiful Fluent Design widgets
Httpx A fast and multi-purpose HTTP toolkit
Aiofiles File support for asyncio
Loguru A library which aims to bring enjoyable logging in Python
Nuitka The Python compiler
PySide6 The official Python module
Darkdetect Allow to detect if the user is using Dark Mode on
pyqt5-concurrent A QThreadPool based task concurrency library

Acknowledgments

@zhiyiYo Provided great help for this project!
@一只透明人- Tested almost every version since Ghost-Downloader-1！
@Sky·SuGar Created the project banner！

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