Aria2

lastmod 2024-07-29created 2015-03-125 edits

aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source command-line download utility. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, BitTorrent and Metalink. aria2 can be manipulated via built-in JSON-RPC and XML-RPC interfaces.

Usage Examples

Command-line scares you off? No, aria2 is really easy to use!!

Download from WEB

$ aria2chttp://example.org/mylinux.iso

Download from 2 sources

$ aria2chttp://a/f.isoftp://b/f.iso

Download using 2 connections per host

$ aria2c -x2http://a/f.iso

BitTorrent

$ aria2chttp://example.org/mylinux.torrent

BitTorrent Magnet URI

$ aria2c 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:248D0A1CD08284299DE78D5C1ED359BB46717D8C'

Metalink

$ aria2chttp://example.org/mylinux.metalink

Download URIs found in text file

$ aria2c -i uris.txt

Limiting download speed

To limit the download speed, use the --max-download-limit option.

aria2c --max-download-limit=500K https://example.com/file.zip

Split download

aria2 can split a file into multiple parts and download them in parallel. The following example splits the file into 4 parts for download.

aria2c -x 4 https://example.com/file.zip

See also

• curl
• parallel

Favorite site

• aria2 web site
• Github - aria2/aria2
• aria2 The next generation download utility
• Aria2, a tool for downloading from the command line