Hydra Download Manager download

HYDRA is a high-performance network file retriever designed for speed, resilience, and adaptability. It dynamically partitions downloads across multiple connections and independent mirror sources, continuously rebalancing work to maximize throughput without stalling on slow peers. It ships as both a wget/curl-compatible CLI and a cross-platform desktop download manager with browser integration.

Features

Adaptive Concurrency — splits files across connections and mirrors, rebalancing live
Range Stealing — reassigns work from slow peers to fast ones automatically
Stall Detection — statistical estimators catch degraded connections early
Broad Protocol Support — HTTP(S), FTP, CONNECT tunneling, SOCKS4/4a/5
Integrity Checks — checksum manifests plus Reed–Solomon bitrot protection
Flat Memory Use — direct positioned writes keep RAM usage constant
wget / curl Compatible — drop-in flag and dialect support
Interactive TUI — manage, pause, resume, and monitor queued downloads
Smart File Sorting — content-based type detection and auto-sort
Remote Checksum Lookup — verify server-advertised digests before or after download
Cross-Platform App — Windows, macOS, and Linux with categories and progress detail
Browser Integration — Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari extensions hand off downloads
Queue & Scheduler — scheduled start/stop times with retry tracking

Project Samples

Project Activity

See All Activity >

License

Apache License V2.0, GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3), MIT License

Follow Hydra Download Manager

Hydra Download Manager Web Site

Other Useful Business Software

Paessler - Monitor Your Whole Network in Minutes

Auto-discovery finds your devices and deploys pre-configured sensors instantly. No project plan required, just visibility from day one.

Waiting weeks for a monitoring rollout isn't an option when infrastructure doesn't stop running. PRTG's auto-discovery scans your network and suggests from over 200 pre-configured sensor types, so you're watching servers, applications and devices within minutes, not after a multi-week deployment. Enterprise-strength monitoring, without the enterprise complexity. Start your free trial today.

Start Free 30-Day Trial

Rate This Project

User Ratings

4.0 out of 5 stars

★★★★★

★★★★

★★★

★★

★

ease 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 / 5

features 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 5 / 5

design 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 5 / 5

support 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 / 5

User Reviews

Filter Reviews:

All

quartzdoll Posted 2026-08-25

you copied idm features to hydra and made it free which is good. but i found a bug in hydra. i chose single folder for all downloads like exe, zip, mp4 etc. then if i try to download any file, hydra says file already exists even though do not exist in my download folder. correct this bug.

Reply from Hydra Download Manager

Posted 2026-08-25

Thank you for the review. It's possible you can make a bug report issue on GitHub for tracking and fixing. https://github.com/ja7ad/hydra/issues