Aria2 Explorer

[中文]

Aria2 Explorer is a download tool based on Aria2, which could export URLs from browser to Aria2 to complete downloads and support for HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/SFTP/BT/Magnet protocols.

Meanwhile, imports AriaNG as a built-in management frontend.

Task management online: https://ui.aria2e.com

📑How to use

Procedures:

1. For Windows users, please install Aria2 Manager from Microsoft Store. Other platform, please download Aria2 utility:
2. For Windows, please run Aria2 Manager. Other platform, please run Aria2 in the Terminal with typing aria2c –enable-rpc.
3. Install Aria2 Explorer from Web Store.
4. Enable auto-capture on the extension options page and configure others as you need.

After completing these steps, the extension will take over the download process, leading you to a high-speed download experience.

⭐ Features

1. Auto capture browser download tasks
   • Capture notification
   • Support magnet links
   • Toggle auto-capture by shortcut (Default: Alt+A)
   • Set all Aria2 options manually before download
   • Filter task by the domain, file extensions or file sizes

     Filter priority: domain > file-ext > file-size, allow-list > block-list

2. Auto-select Aria2 RPC server by matching the preset download URL pattern

3. Built-in Aria2 frontend: AriaNG enhanced version, multiple present styles: popup, new tab, new window, side panel, PWA

4. Synchronize and store all settings on the cloud

5. Support for zh-CN/zh-TW/en/cs/ru/uk/es/it/fr/ja/ko languages

6. Monitor Aria2 download status via icon badge

7. Support batch exporting webpage resources (Image·Audio·Video·Magnet) links from context menu

8. Receive download requests from other extensions

9. Support shortcuts in the options page (Save:Alt+S Reset:Alt+R Download:Alt+J Upload:Alt+U)

10. Support downloading URL via browser

🧩 Integration

Allow other extensions to use this extension as middleware to download files with Aria2.

const downloadItem = {
    url: "https://sample.com/image.jpg", // multiple urls should be split by \n
    filename: "image_from_sample.jpg",
    referrer: "https://sample.com",
    options: { 
        split: "10", // aria2 RPC options here
        xxxxx: "oooo"
    }
}

chrome.runtime.sendMessage(`Aria2-Explorer extension ID`, downloadItem)

💡 Tips & FAQs

https://github.com/alexhua/aria2-explorer/issues?q=label:FAQ

📥 Installation

---

Aria2 Manager

Aria2 Manager Enhanced version has been delivered to Microsoft Store

⭐ Enhanced features

• 🛠️ Some Aria2 bug fixes
• 🔄️ Auto-startup on boot
• 🪟 Built-in task management UI
• 🩺 Display status on tray icon tip
• 🔀 UPnP port mapping for BT and DHT
• 👆 One-click installation and automatic update
• 🔔 Notify task status via system notification
• 🔕 Suppress task finished notification on Aria2 startup
• 📄 Associate Torrent file and set as default open program
• ⚡ Click on the task name to open the downloaded file directly
• 🧹 Support for removing .aria2 control file and downloaded file(s) ( Shift + Remove Task )

The enhanced version will always keep the Aria2 binary latest and update BT tracker list opportunistically. Also, there will be more features in the future.

📥 Installation

💡 Tips & FAQs

https://github.com/alexhua/aria2-manager/issues?q=label:FAQ

---

🔒 Privacy Policy

The Aria2 Explorer and Aria2 Manager are a suite designed to help users manage downloads via Aria2. We take privacy seriously and strive to ensure that your personal information is protected. This policy outlines what data we collect and how it’s handled.

Aria2 Configuration Data

The Aria2 Explorer and Aria2 Manager do not collect, transmit or store any personal data and network activities. All Aria2 configurations are stored locally or can be optionally uploaded to the user’s logged-in browser cloud storage. We will never collect nor share any such data with 3rd parties.

The Embedded Web Page

Aria2 Explorer and Aria2 Manager embed an Alex Recommends channel that feature a managed cloud-hosted comment system (Waline).

• Comments and related user data (such as nickname, email address, and IP address) are stored directly by the comment system.

• Aria2 Explorer and Aria2 Manager does not process or access any of this data.

• The IP address is used for comments system’s anti-spam. The email address is used only for sending notifications and is not shared with third parties.

These suite themselves does not collect, store, or process any user information.

update at 2025-8-8

📜 License

Aria2 Explorer is licensed under BSD 3-Clause License.