littledl 0.6.1

A high-performance download library with IDM-style multi-threaded chunked downloading, smart scheduling, and resume support

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littledl

High-performance download library with multi-threaded segmented downloading, intelligent strategy selection, and adaptive optimization.

Features

Core Features

• 🚀 Multi-threaded Segmented Download: Split files into chunks and download in parallel using HTTP Range requests for maximum speed (inspired by aria2, IDM and other tools)
• 🧠 Intelligent Strategy Selection: Automatically choose optimal download style (single/multi/adaptive/hybrid_turbo) based on file size, server capabilities, and network conditions
• 🎨 Multiple Download Styles: Support for single-threaded, multi-threaded, adaptive, and hybrid_turbo download styles to suit different scenarios and preferences
• 🎯 Direct File Writing: Write directly to final file, no temporary file merging
• ⏯️ Resume Support: Continue interrupted downloads from where they left off
• 📊 Real-time Speed Monitoring: Live speed calculation, ETA estimation, and trend analysis
• 🔁 Reliable Fallback: Auto fallback to single-stream mode when chunked download fails

Advanced Features

• 🔐 Multiple Authentication Methods: Basic, Bearer, Digest, API Key, OAuth2
• 🌐 Full Proxy Support: System proxy auto-detection, PAC files, SOCKS5
• ⏱️ Speed Limiting: Token bucket, leaky bucket, and adaptive algorithms
• ✅ Integrity Verification: Optional post-download hash verification (verify_hash, expected_hash)
• 🔍 Server Detection: Automatic detection of server capabilities for optimal download strategy
• 💾 File Reuse: Content-aware matching to reuse existing files and save bandwidth
• 🔄 Multi-source Backup: Support for multiple backup URLs with automatic failover
• 💻 Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD
• 🔒 Security: SSL verification, safe path handling

Installation

pip install littledl

Or with uv:

uv add littledl

Documentation

For full documentation, visit https://shu-shu-1.github.io/Little-Tree-Downloader/

• Getting Started - Quick start guide
• Configuration - Configuration options
• Batch Download - Multi-file batch download
• Proxy - Proxy configuration
• Error Handling - Error handling
• Advanced - Advanced features
• API Reference - Complete API reference

Quick Start

Basic Usage

from littledl import download_file_sync

path = download_file_sync("https://example.com/large_file.zip")
print(f"Saved to: {path}")

Async Usage

import asyncio
from littledl import download_file

async def main():
    path = await download_file(
        "https://example.com/large_file.zip",
        save_path="./downloads",
        filename="my_file.zip",
    )
    print(f"Saved to: {path}")

asyncio.run(main())

Download Styles

littledl supports three download styles that you can choose based on your needs:

Style	Description	Best For
single	Single-threaded download	Small files, servers without Range support
multi	Multi-threaded segmented download	Large files, stable connections
adaptive	Automatically select best style	Most use cases
hybrid_turbo	Adaptive chunk sizing with AIMD congestion control	Maximum speed on unstable networks

Automatic Style Selection (Recommended)

littledl "https://example.com/file.zip" --style adaptive

from littledl import DownloadStyle

# Automatic selection based on file and network
config = DownloadConfig()
# System automatically chooses optimal style

Manual Style Selection

# Force multi-threaded
littledl "https://example.com/file.zip" --style multi --max-chunks 8

# Force hybrid_turbo mode (recommended for unstable networks)
littledl "https://example.com/file.zip" --style hybrid_turbo

from littledl import StrategySelector, DownloadStyle

selector = StrategySelector(
    default_style=DownloadStyle.HYBRID_TURBO,
    enable_single=True,
    enable_multi=True,
    enable_hybrid_turbo=True,
)

from littledl import StrategySelector, DownloadStyle

selector = StrategySelector(
    default_style=DownloadStyle.MULTI,
    enable_single=True,
    enable_multi=True,
)

Analyze Before Download

Use --info flag to analyze and get download strategy recommendations:

littledl "https://example.com/large_file.zip" --info

Output:

File Info:
  Filename: large_file.zip
  Size: 1.5 GB
  Content-Type: application/zip
  Resume Support: Yes

Strategy Analysis:
  File: large_file.zip
  Size: 1.5 GB
  Recommended Style: MULTI
  Recommended Chunks: 8
  Estimated Speedup: 3.5x
  Reason: Large file + stable fast network
  Size Category: large (> 100MB)
  Range Support: Yes

Progress Callback

from littledl import download_file_sync

def on_progress(downloaded: int, total: int, speed: float, eta: int):
    percent = (downloaded / total) * 100
    print(f"\rProgress: {percent:.1f}% | Speed: {speed/1024/1024:.2f} MB/s | ETA: {eta}s", end="")

path = download_file_sync(
    "https://example.com/large_file.zip",
    progress_callback=on_progress,
)

Also supports callback payload as event/dict/kwargs:

from littledl import ProgressEvent

def on_event(event: ProgressEvent):
    print(event.progress, event.remaining)

def on_dict(payload: dict):
    print(payload["downloaded"], payload["speed"])

def on_kwargs(**payload):
    print(payload["eta"])

Batch Download

High-Performance Batch Download

from littledl import EnhancedBatchDownloader

downloader = EnhancedBatchDownloader(
    max_concurrent_files=5,
    max_total_threads=15,
    enable_existing_file_reuse=True,
    enable_multi_source=True,
)

# Add files with backup URLs
await downloader.add_url(
    "https://example.com/file.zip",
    backup_urls=["https://backup.com/file.zip"]
)

await downloader.start()

Simple Batch Download

from littledl import batch_download_sync

results = batch_download_sync(
    urls=[
        "https://example.com/file1.zip",
        "https://example.com/file2.zip",
        "https://example.com/file3.zip",
    ],
    save_path="./downloads",
    max_concurrent_files=5,
)

for url, path, error in results:
    if path:
        print(f"✓ {url} -> {path}")
    else:
        print(f"✗ {url}: {error}")

Configuration Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
enable_chunking	bool	True	Enable multi-threaded chunked download
max_chunks	int	16	Maximum concurrent chunks
chunk_size	int	4MB	Default chunk size
buffer_size	int	64KB	Disk write buffer size
timeout	float	300	Read/write timeout (seconds)
resume	bool	True	Enable resume support
verify_ssl	bool	True	Verify SSL certificates
fallback_to_single_on_failure	bool	True	Fallback to single-stream if chunked download fails
verify_hash	bool	False	Verify downloaded file hash
expected_hash	str	None	Expected hash value used for verification
hash_algorithm	str	sha256	Hash algorithm for verification
min_file_size	int	None	Reject files smaller than this size
max_file_size	int	None	Reject files larger than this size

CLI Usage

# Download with automatic style selection
littledl "https://example.com/file.zip" -o ./downloads

# Analyze and recommend strategy
littledl "https://example.com/file.zip" --info

# Force multi-threaded mode
littledl "https://example.com/file.zip" --style multi --max-chunks 8

# Download with speed limit
littledl "https://example.com/file.zip" --speed-limit 1048576

# Resume disabled
littledl "https://example.com/file.zip" --no-resume

Cross-platform Support

Feature	Windows	macOS	Linux	FreeBSD
Multi-threaded download	✅	✅	✅	✅
Resume support	✅	✅	✅	✅
System proxy detection	✅	✅	✅	✅
Direct file writing	✅	✅	✅	✅

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and contribution guidelines.

Security

See SECURITY.md for security policy and vulnerability reporting.

License

Apache-2.0 License - See LICENSE file for details.