# Install aria2 with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Download with resuming and segmented downloading. Version 1.37.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:aria2 ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install aria2 ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install aria2 ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/aria2/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add aria2 ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: aria2 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install aria2 ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: aria2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install aria2 ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: aria2 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#aria2 ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ar/aria2/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S aria2 ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: aria2 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install aria2 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: aria2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install aria2 ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: aria2 from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','ansicon' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/aria2 ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/aria2.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id aria2.aria2 -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: aria2.aria2 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:aria2 - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.37.0 - **Source summary:** Download with resuming and segmented downloading - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-04-19T14:09:07Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - aria2c (cli) - aria2c (alias) ## Dependencies - c-ares - gettext - libssh2 - openssl@3 - sqlite ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - libxml2 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.37.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-04-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/aria2/aria2 - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage aria2 is a command-line download utility whose upstream documentation emphasizes protocol breadth: HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink, with segmented transfers and multi-source downloads. In package-manager culture it sits in the same mental drawer as wget, curl, transmission-cli, and rsync-adjacent fetch tooling, but its distinctive appeal is being a single small CLI that can resume, split, verify, and remote-control downloads. ### Project history The project is maintained at github.com/aria2/aria2 and presents itself as an ultra-fast download utility. Its README and manual describe a mature 1.x project with a long-running monthly-minor release policy: minor releases are planned for the 15th of each month when there are changes, patch releases are reserved for security fixes, and the major version is intended to remain 1 for the time being. aria2 grew around features that mattered to Unix download automation before every platform had polished GUI download managers: segmented HTTP/FTP transfers, BitTorrent support, Metalink checksums, proxy support, cookies, IPv6, daemon mode, and JSON-RPC/XML-RPC control. The manual also documents configuration-file and netrc support, making it practical as both an interactive downloader and a scripted service. ### Adoption history The supplied package facts show aria2 packaged across many ecosystems, including Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, Nix, MacPorts, Chocolatey, Scoop, Winget, and zypper. That breadth matches the tool's niche: it is portable enough for developer laptops, CI machines, servers, and Windows package collections. aria2 is widely useful to package nerds because it can be a download backend rather than only a user-facing command. Its support for parallel sources, resume files, proxies, checksum-oriented Metalink workflows, and RPC control made it attractive wherever a package script or download manager wants more than a simple one-shot HTTP fetch. ### How it is used The executable is aria2c. Typical use is direct CLI fetching, batch input files, BitTorrent/Metalink downloads, or running aria2 as a daemon controlled through RPC. The official manual documents ~/.aria2/aria2.conf and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aria2/aria2.conf as configuration paths, and ~/.netrc as the default netrc credential file. Common package-manager usage is to install aria2 as a smarter downloader for large assets, flaky mirrors, torrents, or Metalink-enabled distributions. Because options can be placed in a config file, users can set split counts, proxy behavior, download directories, RPC settings, and authentication defaults without rewriting every command line. ### Why package nerds care aria2 matters because it compresses several downloader roles into one packageable CLI. It is small enough to be a dependency, scriptable enough for automation, and featureful enough to replace ad hoc combinations of curl, wget, torrent clients, and checksum wrappers in many workflows. Its Metalink and segmented-transfer support are especially package-nerdy: mirrors, chunk checksums, resume state, and bandwidth utilization are the kinds of concerns that appear when downloading operating-system images, language toolchains, release archives, and large binary artifacts. ### Timeline - 2015: Official GitHub release entries show active 1.x releases such as release-1.19.x. - 2016-2017: Official release entries show a regular 1.x cadence through releases such as 1.20.0 through 1.33.1. - 2026: The current README still documents the 1.x versioning policy and the official manual remains the primary user documentation. ### Related projects - Related tools include curl and wget for HTTP-style fetching, BitTorrent clients for swarm downloads, Metalink-aware distribution download workflows, and RPC-controlled download managers. - aria2 also overlaps with package-manager fetch backends because it can resume, split, proxy, authenticate, and validate downloads from one CLI. ### Sources - - - - input.source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.aria2/aria2.conf, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aria2/aria2.conf ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.netrc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** aria2 - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 2 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - aria2 - 1.37.0+debian-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: aria2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | High speed download utility | https://aria2.github.io/ - Debian apt - libaria2-0 - 1.37.0+debian-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libaria2-0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C++ library interface to aria2 | https://aria2.github.io/ - Debian apt - libaria2-0-dev - 1.37.0+debian-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libaria2-0-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | High speed download utility (Development files) | https://aria2.github.io/ - Nix - aria2: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ar/aria2/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - aria2 - 1.37.0+debian-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: aria2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | High speed download utility | https://aria2.github.io/ - Ubuntu apt - libaria2-0 - 1.37.0+debian-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libaria2-0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C++ library interface to aria2 | https://aria2.github.io/ - Ubuntu apt - libaria2-0-dev - 1.37.0+debian-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libaria2-0-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | High speed download utility (Development files) | https://aria2.github.io/ - apk - aria2 - 1.37.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: aria2 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Download utility for HTTP(S), (S)FTP, Bittorrent, and Metalink | https://aria2.github.io/ - apk - aria2-bash-completion - 1.37.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: aria2-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for aria2 | https://aria2.github.io/ - apk - aria2-daemon - 1.37.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: aria2-daemon from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Support for running Aria2 as a daemon using OpenRC | https://aria2.github.io/ - apk - aria2-dbg - 1.37.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: aria2-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Download utility for HTTP(S), (S)FTP, Bittorrent, and Metalink (debug symbols) | https://aria2.github.io/ - apk - aria2-doc - 1.37.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: aria2-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Download utility for HTTP(S), (S)FTP, Bittorrent, and Metalink (documentation) | https://aria2.github.io/ - dnf - aria2 - 1.37.0-9.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: aria2 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | High speed download utility with resuming and segmented downloading | http://aria2.github.io/ - pacman - aria2 - 1.37.0-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: aria2 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Download utility that supports HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink | https://aria2.github.io - zypper - aria2 - 1.37.0-1.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: aria2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Parallelizing Multi-Protocol Utility for Downloading Files | https://aria2.github.io - zypper - aria2-devel - 1.37.0-1.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: aria2-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Development files for aria2 | https://aria2.github.io ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [c-ares](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/c-ares/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [sqlite](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sqlite/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [axel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/axel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, download, http, networking. - [wget](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wget/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, download, http, networking. - [wget2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wget2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, download, http, networking. - [apkeep](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apkeep/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, download, networking. - [ares](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ares/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, download, networking. - [bombardier](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bombardier/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, http, networking. - [bozohttpd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bozohttpd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, http, networking. - [btpd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/btpd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bittorrent, cli, networking. - [proxygen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/proxygen/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: ares, c-ares, cli, http, networking. - [nghttp2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nghttp2/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: ares, c-ares, cli, http, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/aria2.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/aria2.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph