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# Firelink
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Firelink is a clean SwiftUI download manager for Apple Silicon Macs. The goal is to bring the practical parts of IDM/FDM-style download management to macOS with a native interface, segmented downloads, queue control, automatic file organization, and credential-aware transfers.
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This project is early, but it already has a working native prototype, an `aria2c`-backed download engine, a queue-focused UI, batch link intake, and app-wide settings.
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## Features
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- Native SwiftUI macOS interface.
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- Segmented downloads with a per-file connection count that also controls the split count.
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- Multiple files downloading at the same time.
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- Queue-based downloads with drag-and-drop priority ordering.
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- Batch Add Downloads window for pasting one or many links at once.
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- Automatic link parsing from newlines, whitespace, and common separators.
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- Metadata preview for new downloads, including file size when the server reports it.
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- Total required disk space and available disk space summary before adding downloads.
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- Per-batch save location override, while keeping automatic file-type folders by default.
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- Native macOS Settings window, available from App menu > Settings and the main toolbar.
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- Configurable default per-server connection count.
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- Configurable parallel file download limit in Settings.
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- Per-batch connection controls in the Add Downloads window.
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- Sidebar filters for all downloads, queued, active, completed, failed, and file categories.
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- Sortable, resizable download table columns with a right-click column chooser.
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- Default table columns for file name, size, progress/status, ETA, last try date, and date added.
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- Download row context menu with properties, show in Finder, resume, stop, queue, and delete actions.
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- Download properties window for editing URL, file name, save location, connection count, and login behavior.
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- Delete confirmation with optional move-to-Trash for downloaded or partial files.
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- Automatic cleanup of unfinished `.aria2` cache files when removing incomplete downloads.
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- Automatic save folders under `~/Downloads`:
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- `Musics`
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- `Movies`
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- `Compressed`
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- `Pictures`
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- `Documents`
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- `Other`
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- Custom download locations per file category.
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- Broad file extension detection for audio, video, archive, image, and document formats.
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- HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and SFTP URL support through `aria2c`.
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- Site login rules with URL pattern matching and Keychain-stored passwords.
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- Optional prevention of system sleep while files are downloading, while still allowing display sleep.
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- Pause, resume, cancel, delete, progress, speed, ETA, and connection count display.
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- Release `.app` bundle script for local macOS builds.
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## Engine
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This first version uses `aria2c` as the download engine. It is a better fit than plain `curl` for the requested IDM/FDM-style behavior because it has segmented downloads, resumable transfers, concurrent downloads, HTTP/FTP/SFTP support, and username/password options built in.
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Firelink uses one per-file connection value for both `aria2c` split count and same-server connection count. That keeps the download behavior close to the familiar IDM-style model: choosing 8 connections splits the file into 8 parallel segments.
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## Requirements
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Install the engine:
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```sh
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brew install aria2
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```
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- macOS 14 or newer.
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- Apple Silicon Mac.
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- Swift 6 toolchain.
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- `aria2c` installed with Homebrew, or bundled into the app resources later.
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## Run
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```sh
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swift run Firelink
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```
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Build a release `.app` bundle:
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```sh
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make app
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open build/Firelink.app
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```
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Because the current machine only has Command Line Tools selected, this repository is set up as a Swift Package with a bundling script rather than a generated Xcode project. Opening the package in Xcode will still give you a native macOS app workflow.
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## Roadmap
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- Persist download history, queue order, column choices, and active download state across launches.
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- Bundle or manage `aria2c` automatically so users do not need a separate Homebrew install.
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- Add first-class pause/resume semantics with clearer partial-file and cache handling.
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- Add per-download and global speed limits, plus scheduler rules for start/stop windows.
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- Add retry policies, mirror fallback, and richer failure recovery for unstable servers.
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- Add browser integration or a companion extension for capturing download links from Safari/Chrome/Firefox.
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- Add cookie/header support for authenticated downloads that require browser sessions.
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- Improve site-login editing, credential migration, and matching diagnostics.
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- Add duplicate detection for URLs, file names, and already-downloaded files.
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- Add checksum/hash verification and optional post-download integrity checks.
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- Add download history search, saved filters, and better category management.
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- Add signed/notarized release builds, auto-update support, and downloadable GitHub releases.
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- Add localization-ready strings and accessibility review for keyboard and VoiceOver workflows.
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- Add unit and integration tests for file classification, URL parsing, queue behavior, settings persistence, `aria2c` progress parsing, and metadata fetching.
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## License
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Firelink is released under the MIT License. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
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