Ghost Downloader
A cross-platform download manager for HTTP, BitTorrent, FTP and streaming video, with a browser extension for grabbing media.GetGPL-3.0
Prism Download Manager
A download manager that splits files over many connections, resumes after crashes and takes links from browser extensions.
MIT · Free download · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- FortoGraphy
- Verified
- 2026
About Prism Download Manager
Prism takes over downloads from the browser and fetches each file over several parallel connections, rebalancing the remaining parts as connections finish and resuming where it stopped after a crash, sleep or lost network. Queues, schedules, speed limits, categories, a site grabber and a clipboard monitor cover larger batches, and it also handles FTP, HLS and DASH streams, BitTorrent and magnet links.
Video and audio downloads from YouTube and other sites go through yt-dlp and ffmpeg, which Prism installs and updates itself. Browser extensions for Chromium browsers and Firefox hand links to the app. It is built with Rust and Tauri for macOS 11 or later on Apple silicon and Intel, plus Windows and Linux; the young project's Mac builds are not notarized, so the first launch needs manual approval.
Information
- Source code
- FortoGraphy/prism-download-manager
- License
- MIT
- Website
- prismdl.site
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Internet
- Topics
- Download managers, Torrent clients
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/FortoGraphy/prism-download-manager
- github.com/FortoGraphy/prism-download-manager/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/FortoGraphy/prism-download-manager/releases
- prismdl.site/
- icon.png: Jan Sechovec and Prism contributors. MIT; upstream app icon, trademarks retained.
License and artwork notices
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