Integrated Aria2 Download Manager

Screenshot

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Features

• Intercept download - Forward download from the browser to the aria2 instance.
• Automatic fetching - When it downloads metadata files such as .torrent or .metalink it'll automatically download the files specified inside.
• Download history - Every time download finished, the history will be saved and not lost when you close the browser.
• Pie progress indicator - Show pie progress on the browser toolbar (need to pin the extension first)
• Customizable - Progress color can be customized to any color (very game changing)
• Hotkey - keyboard shortcut is available
• Fallback server - Add another server configuration as a fallback if the main one fail. Program will try to connect from top to bottom order in the options.
• Cross Browser - Works on both firefox or chromium based browsers.

Guides

Setup self-signed ssl/tls certificate in firefox

1. Run genssl.sh script in the scripts folder to generate certificates.
2. Add root-ca.pem to Authorities in certificate manager (search for "view certificates" in the firefox settings) and check This certificate can identify website when importing
3. If still not work, try disabling security.certerrors.mitm.auto_enable_enterprise_roots and security.enterprise_roots.enabled in about:config
4. Finally run aria2c --enable-rpc --rpc-secret=topsecret --rpc-certificate=server.p12 --rpc-secure

Setup self-signed ssl/tls certificate in chromium

1. Run genssl.sh script in the scripts folder to generate certificates.
2. Add root-ca.pem to Authorities tab in Manage certificates (search for "manage certificates" in the search bar) and check Trust this certificate for identifying websites when importing
3. Finally run aria2c --enable-rpc --rpc-secret=topsecret --rpc-certificate=server.p12 --rpc-secure

Import certificate in windows

1. Run $ cat genssl.sh | tr -d '\r' | sh - using WSL then rename the generated root-ca.pem to root-ca.cer, double click the file and install certificate.
2. Store to Local Machine, next, and place the certificate in "Trusted Root Certification Authorities" folder.

Known issues

• In chromium based browser on windows, downloaded files will be saved in path relative to working directory of aria2. Set Save files to in the quick options to fix this issue.
• If you got socket error when using aria2 cli in Windows try adding --disable-ipv6 flag.
• For SSL certificate error when downloading, try adding --check-certificate=false flag.

Building

Node.js v18 or newer should work.

1. pnpm install or npm install
2. npm run build

dist folder will be generated in the root of the project directory with firefox and chromium folder inside.

Translation

Currently no plan for it since it's just fun little project for me to solve my own problem but let's see if userbase is growing or tell me if you need it I'll make the abstraction for the translator.

Contributing and feature request

Any contribution are welcome, fork and send me a pull request! For any suggestion or issue you can create a new issue in the issue panel.