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Top 14 Rust Downloader Projects
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youtube-dl-gui
Open Video Downloader - A cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl made in Rust with Tauri and Vue + Typescript. (by jely2002)
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omniget
Open-source desktop app for downloading, organizing and studying media. Native cross-platform (Tauri + Rust + Svelte). PDF/EPUB reader with focus mode, timestamped notes and spaced repetition. Media downloads via yt-dlp (1.800+ sites). Extensible plugin system.
Project mention: Open source desktop app for studying online courses | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-03 -
Project mention: Show HN: A zoomable, searchable archive of BYTE magazine | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-26
byte_files/ 55.98 GiB (The 1024x1024 tiles as .jpeg)
I had not heard of https://github.com/lovasoa/dezoomify-rs before, that's really cool!
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Project mention: Show HN: Grap – Asynchronous file downloader written in Rust | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-11
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Project mention: A Deep Dive into `ararog/uget`: The Modern Command-Line HTTP Client | dev.to | 2025-11-28
This post focuses specifically on the project found at https://github.com/ararog/uget, a minimalist command-line HTTP utility.
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trawl
A fast terminal tool for downloading videos and audio from basically anywhere on the internet. (by NotKiwy)
I got tired of googling yt-dlp flags every time I wanted to download something. So I just built trawl, a CLI wrapper that makes the whole thing actually pleasant to use. Here's what's going on under the hood.
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nexus-browser
🚀 Nexus Browser is a lightweight, secure web browser built with Rust, featuring a distinctive Neon Cyberpunk GUI, a powerful built-in ad blocker, and a high-speed multi-threaded download engine.🛡️ Application coming soon !
Project mention: How I Built a Lightweight Rust Web Browser with Zero Coding Experience (Using Gemini & Qwen) | dev.to | 2026-06-20👉 GitHub Repository: https://github.com/LocShadowVN/nexus-browser
NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Downloader projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | youtube-dl-gui | 8,858 |
| 2 | omniget | 6,770 |
| 3 | dezoomify-rs | 1,010 |
| 4 | dash-mpd-cli | 546 |
| 5 | ia-get | 281 |
| 6 | aim | 189 |
| 7 | cc-downloader | 85 |
| 8 | Zeiver | 18 |
| 9 | tcd | 11 |
| 10 | grab | 7 |
| 11 | uget | 5 |
| 12 | ytb-downloader | 4 |
| 13 | trawl | 4 |
| 14 | nexus-browser | 3 |
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