goxel

GoXel - download accelerator written in Go

GoXel is a Go package for faster downloads from the internet:

• Monitor download progress
• Resume incomplete downloads
• Guess filename from URL path
• Download batches of files concurrently

Requires Go v1.11+

GoXel was inspired by axel (https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel)

Build

$ make clean && make deps && make && make test

Make will create the goxel executable in the bin directory

Usage

$ bin/goxel -h
GoXel is a download accelerator written in Go
Usage: goxel [options] [url1] [url2] [url...]
      --alldebrid-password string         Alldebrid password, can also be passed in the GOXEL_ALLDEBRID_PASSWD environment variable                                                                                 
      --alldebrid-username string         Alldebrid username, can also be passed in the GOXEL_ALLDEBRID_USERNAME environment variable                                                                               
      --buffer-size int                   Buffer size in KB (default 256)
  -f, --file string                       File containing links to download (1 per line)
      --header header-name=header-value   Extra header(s) (default [])
  -h, --help                              This information
      --insecure                          Bypass SSL validation
      --max-conn int                      Max number of connections (default 8)
  -m, --max-conn-file int                 Max number of connections per file (default 4)
      --no-resume                         Don't resume downloads
  -o, --output string                     Output directory
      --overwrite                         Overwrite existing file(s)
  -p, --proxy string                      Proxy string: (http|https|socks5)://0.0.0.0:0000
  -q, --quiet                             No stdout output
  -s, --scroll                            Scroll output instead of in place display
      --version                           Version

Visit https://github.com/m1ck43l/goxel/issues to report bugs.

Benchmark

This benchmark compares Axel and GoXel for multiple downloads using files from https://www.thinkbroadband.com/download. All links were done using a broadhand connection: 455.0 Mbit/s download, 276.4 Mbit/s upload, lantency 3ms over WiFi.

Contributing

Pull requests for new features, bug fixes, and suggestions are welcome!

License

Apache 2