godl

What is godl

godl is a lightweight multi-threaded HTTP downloader written in Go.

Download binary

You can visit the Release page to download binary executables of your system.

Build from source

Via Go environment

go install github.com/aeof/godl@latest

Build from source

Build with Go toolchain:

git clone [email protected]:aeof/godl.git
cd godl
go build

Install godl to your $GOBIN:

cd godl
go install

How to use

Download using 32 concurrent threads:

By default, godl will create N concurrent threads to download a file, where N is the number of your computer's logical CPUs. However, you can set it mannuanly:

godl -n 32 https://example.com/...

Download to the given directory:

godl -d ~/Pictures https://example.com/...

Download with proxy:

You can use http_proxy/HTTP_PROXY and https_proxy/HTTPS_PROXY environment variables to set downloading proxy for HTTP and HTTPS downloading request:

http_proxy="http://localhost:7890" godl http://www.example.com
https_proxy="http://localhost:7890" godl https://www.example.com

Download withou proxy:

You may have set http_proxy or https_proxy environments in your current Session and don't want to download with proxy, then you can do it with the --no-proxy flag:

godl --no-proxy https://example.com/...