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rd - reliable download command line tool

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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.

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