Ghost Downloader 3
Multi-threaded download manager with pause and resume
Free · Open sourceLatest versionWindows
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About Ghost Downloader 3
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The only downloader you need
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Features
- Fast where it matters. Every downloader is fast on a good connection. The real test is a bad one. Smart chunking without file merging. Auto-detects bandwidth. Real-browser TLS fingerprints, invisible to anti-bot checks.
- One app instead of five. Everything in one place, nothing watered down.
HTTP,Magnet/BT,FTP,M3U8,MPEG-DASH,eD2k.YouTubeandBilibiliwith clip selection, any quality and subtitles, playlists and multi-part episodes.GitHubandHuggingFacewith mirror acceleration. - See it. Sniff it. Download it. A download button follows the video, any quality you want. The extension popup lists every medium on the page. Click it there, or just download as you normally would, the desktop app takes over seamlessly. No copying links, and authentication state carries over.
- Native on every platform. It shows in the details. One app, four systems, native experience everywhere.
- Always in control Effortlessly.
aria2-compatible RPC API for third-party tools. Change the URL, headers, or proxy mid-download. Progress is never lost.
About The Project
Started as a passion project to help a Bilibili creator manage resources. Now it ships on four platforms, handles virtually every download protocol, and has a growing Feature Packs plugin ecosystem.
Qt 6.6+ no longer supports CPUs without the AVX instruction set.
Arch Linux AUR support: Community-maintained packages ghost-downloader-bin and ghost-downloader-git are now available (Maintainer: @zxp19821005 (opens in a new tab))
Screenshots
Contact
Welcome to join the Ghost Downloader user group: 756042420 (opens in a new tab)
- [E-mail](mailto:XiaoYouChR@qq.com) - XiaoYouChR@qq.com
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Description adapted from the project README.
- Version
- 4.4.0
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Size
- 44 MB
- License
- GNU GPL 3.0
Open source details
- Source code
- Exact source for v4.4.0
- Released
- Oct 15, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 9.9K
- Website
- gd.xychr.com
Community project. Help and bug reports go to the maintainers on GitHub; AppsXi does not provide support for this app.
License
CopyleftGNU GPL 3.0
Use and change it freely; anything built from it must be shared under the same license, with its source.
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Signed by SignPath Foundation
Certificate from GlobalSign GCC R45 CodeSigning CA 2020,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE
Signature is timestamped
File matches the hash GitHub published
SHA-256 e0111a934cf872a36f79e631bd2f57b37c1dfc8c98852700126b89d02a705b6b
No malware found
ClamAV 1.5.4 on Oct 15, 2026
Install and behavior test in a virtual machine: not run yet
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Versions
4.4.0checked
Checked Oct 15, 2026 · Windows
EXE · 44 MB
Questions about Ghost Downloader 3
Is Ghost Downloader 3 free?
Yes. Ghost Downloader 3 is free and open source under the GNU GPL 3.0. AppsXi lists the maintainers' official release and does not charge for it.
Is Ghost Downloader 3 safe to download?
AppsXi downloads every version of Ghost Downloader 3 from the maintainers' official GitHub release and checks it before it is listed. For version 4.4.0 (checked Oct 15, 2026), the Windows download is Authenticode signed, each file matches the checksum GitHub publishes for the release, byte for byte and a malware scan found nothing.
Who makes Ghost Downloader 3?
Ghost Downloader 3 is an open source project by XiaoYouChR on GitHub (XiaoYouChR/Ghost-Downloader-3). Help and bug reports go to its maintainers there.
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