rd 1.7.0.0

reliable-download client tool

Download large files across slow and unstable network reliably. Requires using rd-api on server side. For more information on how it works, see rd-api.

Installation

To install this package:

For Debian/Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt install -y pipx
$ pipx install rd

For RHEL,

$ sudo dnf install python3-pip
$ pip install --user rd

To run rd

$ rd --help
$ ~/.local/bin/rd --help     # if ~/.local/bin/ is not in PATH

Baisc Usage

server side (requires rd-api):

$ ls
bigfile1 bigfile2
$ rd-api --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8082

client side:

$ rd http://server-ip:8082/bigfile1

Documentation

see rd-api.

License

Reliable download is released under GPLv3+. Source code can be found at https://gitlab.emacsos.com/sylecn/reliable-download

ChangeLog

• v1.7.0.0 2026-06-02

  • bugfix: fix log message timestamp is static issue.

• v1.6.0.0 2024-04-26

  • bugfix: don’t print no block fetched in last N seconds when all blocks are fetched.

• v1.5.0.0 2024-04-08

  • bugfix: properly handle unicode string in URL path

  • bugfix: use local time in log messages instead of UTC time

  • bugfix: rd client now supports ipv6 address in URL

• v1.3.0.0 2022-03-15

  • feature: add download progress logging

• v1.2.0.0 2022-03-14

  • feature: add –rolling-combine option. allow combine big file when disk space is low.

• v1.1.3.0 2022-03-14

  • feature: code ported to ghc 8.10.7

• v1.0.0.3 2018-05-09

  • init release.