MacGet — macOS app
Free · open sourceA download manager the Mac never shipped
MacGet is a native SwiftUI download manager for macOS. It splits files into parallel chunks, catches downloads straight from your browser, resumes what gets interrupted, and handles torrents and video too.
Fig. 01 — What it does
MacGet, in four lines
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Parallel chunked downloads
An actor-based engine splits each file into chunks and tunes concurrency on the fly.
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Browser capture
A browser extension hands downloads to MacGet instead of the browser's own downloader.
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Video and torrents
YouTube and HLS video through bundled yt-dlp, plus BitTorrent support.
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Install in one line
Available through Homebrew, with docs for every feature on the MacGet site.
Fig. 02 — Also by Suryansh