Mytget

Mytget is a multi-thread downloader accelerator for GNU/Linux.

It forks from http://myget.sourceforge.net/

Current Features

• Supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP protocols
• Supports HTTP-GET proxy
• Resumes the aborted downloads
• Supports directory download
• Can accelerate downloading through using multi-connections
• Supports large file( > 4G )

Install in Linux/Mac OS

Install the necessary compile dependencies:

Archlinux:

yay -S mytget

CentOS:

sudo yum install -y git cmake gcc-c++ openssl-devel

Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install -y git cmake g++ libssl-dev

macOS:

brew install openssl

Fixed it on macOS when cmake cannot find OpenSSL:

# Intel Mac
cmake -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/opt/openssl -DOPENSSL_LIBRARIES=/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib .

# Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3)
cmake -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl -DOPENSSL_LIBRARIES=/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl/lib .

Make sure your cmake version >= 3.10

git clone https://github.com/lytsing/Mytget.git
cd Mytget/
cmake .
make && sudo make install

The project version is defined in the top-level CMakeLists.txt as project(mytget VERSION 1.13 LANGUAGES C CXX) and is used for the mytget -v output.

Build options (for packagers and distros):

Option	Default	Description
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE	(empty → Release)	Release = optimized, Debug = with debug symbols
HAVE_SSL	ON	Enable HTTPS (requires OpenSSL)
MYTGET_DEBUG_LOG	OFF	Enable compile-time verbose debug log
MYTGET_STATIC	OFF	Link statically (adds -static for packaging)

Examples:

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DMYTGET_STATIC=ON .
cmake -DHAVE_SSL=OFF .

Usage

$ mytget -h
Mytget 1.13: A download accelerator for GNU/Linux
Usage: mytget [options]... [URL]...
Options:
  -A,  --user-agent=UA  Set the user agent [UA]
  -b,  --debug          Show the debug message
  -c,  --count=num      Set the retry count to [num], no limit when "0", the default is "99"
  -d,  --directory=dir  Set the local directory to [dir], the default is "."
  -o,  --output=FILE    Write output to FILE (like curl -o)
  -H,  --host=host      Modify `Host: [host]' header in HTTP request.
  -h,  --help           A brief summary of all the options
  -i,  --interval=num   Set the ftp retry interval to [num] seconds, the default is "5"
  -n,  --number=num     Use [num] connections instead of the default (4)
  -r,  --referer=URL    Include `Referer: [URL]' header in HTTP request.
  -t,  --timeout=num    Set the connection timeout to [num] seconds, the default is "30"
  -v,  --version        Show the version of the mytget and exit
  -x,  --proxy=URL      Set the proxy [URL]

Usage examples

Download a file (default: 4 connections, current directory):

$ mytget https://example.com/file.zip

Save to a specific path (creates parent directories if needed, like curl -o):

$ mytget -o ~/Downloads/file.zip https://example.com/file.zip

Save to a directory (keeps the original filename):

$ mytget -d ~/Downloads https://example.com/file.zip

Single-thread download:

$ mytget -n 1 -o page.html https://www.example.com/

Use a proxy:

$ mytget -x http://proxy.example.com:8080 -o file.bin https://example.com/file.bin

Resume after interruption (re-run the same command; mytget uses a .mg! temp file):

$ mytget -o bigfile.iso https://example.com/bigfile.iso
# ... interrupt with Ctrl+C, then run again:
$ mytget -o bigfile.iso https://example.com/bigfile.iso

Show version and build info:

$ mytget -v