brisk

Ultra-fast, modern download manager for desktop

Installation

Installation files for Windows and Linux are available at Github Releases.

If you encountered a "Windows Protected your PC" error, click more info -> run anyway

For Linux, make sure to read the Linux Prerequisites.

Brisk is also available on the Arch AUR

MacOS builds are unfortunately not available. If you're interested in this project and would like to contribute by providing MacOS builds for each release, please open an issue to let me know.

Key Features

• Powerful Download Engine

• Browser Integration

• Download Queues

• Hotkey (ctrl+alt+A) to quickly add a download URL from the clipboard

Brisk's Download Engine

Brisk is powered by a custom-built, high-performance engine that delivers the maximum download speed throughout the entire download process. The engine is built entirely from scratch only using Dart's http, without relying on external libraries or download utilities like aria2.

The key features of the engine include:

• Dynamic Connection Spawn: Downloads starts with a single connection and as they progress, new connections are added on the fly and without interfering with one another. This ensures that a higher number of connections are used only when necessary, significantly improving the download speed of small-to-medium sized files.

• Dynamic Connection Reuse: After a connection completes receiving its designated byte range, it is immediately reassigned to assist another connection. This means that finished connections actively contribute to the overall download process by handling portions of other busy connections' byte ranges. As a result, the engine maintains as many active connections as possible, ensuring that download speeds remain consistently at their peak.

• Automatic connection reset: Hanging connections will be reset automatically.

Browser Integration

Brisk offers a dedicated browser extension with the following features:

• Capturing download requests from the browser and directly adding them to Brisk

• Extracting all download links from a selected text area and adding them to Brisk all at once

Please refer to the brisk-browser-extension repository for installation.

Demo With Browser Integration

demo.mp4  

Linux Prerequisites

• keybinder-3

• Debian/Ubuntu : libkeybinder-3.0-0

• Fedora/RHEL/CentOS : keybinder3

• Arch Linux : libkeybinder3

• appindicator3-0.1

• Debian/Ubuntu : libayatana-appindicator3-dev

• Fedora/RHEL/CentOS : libayatana-appindicator-gtk3

• Arch Linux : libappindicator-gtk3

Build From Source

Download the Flutter SDK v2.22.0 and set the path variable

flutter build macos|windows|linux

Community

Join our discord server for dedicated spaces where both developers and regular users can ask questions, get support, and connect. You'll also be notified of every upcoming update coming to Brisk.

Credits and Contributors

Contributions are welcome and appreciated.

Special thanks to all contributors:

• AliML111

• Zorin FOSS

• Norman Wang