Ghost Downloader 3 v3.8.1 [Update]

Ghost Downloader 3 is a high-performance download manager for Windows, featuring AI-enhanced acceleration, intelligent multi-threading, and smart file segmentation. It supports download resumption via .ghd files, global speed limits, and clipboard monitoring for quick link capture. The interface is built with Fluent Design, offering a modern and smooth user experience.

Users benefit from advanced features like sparse file support, system tray integration, proxy configuration, secure SSL options, and automatic filename recognition. Ghost Downloader 3 is ideal for users seeking speed, efficiency, and customization.

Core Download Features

• AI-Powered Acceleration: Experimental feature that dynamically increases thread count (up to 253) to maximize bandwidth usage.
• Intelligent Segmentation: Divides downloads into multiple parts for parallel processing, supporting breakpoint resume via .ghd files.
• Dynamic Thread Allocation: Automatically splits faster segments to create new threads, enhancing download speeds.

Network & Proxy Support

• Global Speed Limiting: Allows setting a maximum download speed to manage bandwidth usage.
• Proxy Support: Compatible with SOCKS5, HTTP, and HTTPS proxies, including auto-detection features.
• SSL Certificate Verification: Optional SSL verification for secure downloads.
• System Proxy Detection: Automatically detects system proxy settings across Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Windows-Specific Features

• Fluent Design UI: Modern interface with support for Mica, Acrylic, and Aero background effects.
• Toast Notifications: Supports Windows 10 (1709+) native notifications.
• Window Border Accent Colors: Enhanced visual integration with Windows 11.

Application Features

• Smart Filename Recognition: Automatically identifies and decodes filenames from HTTP headers, URL parameters, or paths.
• Sparse File Support: Utilizes sparse file technology on supported file systems (e.g., NTFS) for efficient disk space allocation.
• Clipboard Monitoring: Optionally monitors clipboard for download links to facilitate quick task additions.
• Drag-and-Drop and Paste-to-Add: Supports intuitive methods for adding download tasks.
• Task Management: Features batch addition, per-task thread customization, pause/resume/cancel options, and hash verification (MD5, SHA1, SHA256).

System Integration

• System Tray Support: Minimizes to system tray with background download capabilities.
• Automatic Startup and Task Resumption: Configurable to launch on system startup and resume unfinished downloads.
• Single Instance Enforcement: Prevents multiple instances from running simultaneously.
• Automatic Update Checks: Optionally checks for new versions on startup.

Ghost Downloader 3 v3.8 changelog:

New Features

• New browser extension plugin Ghost Downloader for Browser (GD4B) released, supporting unified management of all Ghost Downloader tasks within the browser extension By @XiaoYouChR
• Added resource sniffing capability, enabling direct capture and download of media resources from the browser By @XiaoYouChR
• Added ability to invoke Ghost Downloader's built-in FFmpeg from the browser side, supporting audio and video merging By @XiaoYouChR
• Added advanced media control features (#100 #194 #254 #294) By @XiaoYouChR
• Support for graceful program exit via KeyboardInterrupt (#375) By @XiaoYouChR

Enhancements

• Optimized system proxy retrieval logic, now supports reading HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, FTP_PROXY, and NO_PROXY environment variables separately By @XiaoYouChR
• Optimized interaction logic for SpinBoxSettingCard, reducing the probability of unintended configuration changes caused by accidental mouse wheel scrolling By @XiaoYouChR
• Added option to hide the Dock and app switcher menu on macOS (#157) By @XiaoYouChR
• Synced community translations from Crowdin, improved multilingual support By @XiaoYouChR

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where re-downloading a file using the task card would fail if the file size at the source URL had changed (#377) By @XiaoYouChR
• Fixed an issue where the acrylic background displayed incorrectly on Windows 10 By @XiaoYouChR
• Fixed an issue where cookies containing Latin-1 characters were not supported By @XiaoYouChR
• Fixed an issue that could cause a black screen when closing a full-screen application on macOS (#379) By @XiaoYouChR

Security Fixes

• Fixed a path traversal vulnerability in http_pack (GHSA-w2gq-368f-g39f) By @XiaoYouChR
• Fixed an unauthenticated WebSocket cleartext data transmission security vulnerability in the browser extension service (GHSA-r6pj-mhff-75jp) By @XiaoYouChR

Ghost Downloader 3 v3.8.1 changes:

Optimizations

• Enhanced the browser extension's logic for determining whether an HTTP file supports range requests By @XiaoYouChR
• Updated i18n language files By @crowdin-bot
• Pinned Qt version to ~=6.10.2 By @XiaoYouChR

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the browser extension could not send M3U8 links By @XiaoYouChR

If you want to use Ghost-Downloader-3 on Windows 7, please download the version v3.5.8-Portable.

Download: Ghost Downloader 64-bit | Portable 64-bit | ~50.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: Ghost Downloader ARM64 | Portable ARM64
Links: Ghost Downloader Home Page | MacOS / Linux | Screenshot

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