TharukRenuja/zing

zing

Simple, modern, intelligent, cross-platform HTTP downloader with adaptive connection management, server probing, and concurrent segmented downloads.

zing https://example.com/file.zip

Contents

• zing
• Contents
• How it works
• Install
• Install script (Linux/macOS)
• Download pre-built binary

• Build from source
• Update
• Uninstall
• Using uninstall script
• Or manually
• Quick start

• Pipe mode
• Resume
• Standalone resume
• Daemon resume
• Cookies \& Authentication
• Cookie jars (Netscape format)

• .netrc authentication
• Basic auth
• Event hooks
• Logging
• Daemon
• Start / Stop / Restart

• Manage tasks
• Install systemd service (Unix only)
• Scheduled downloads
• Configuration
• Completions
• Features \& Comparison

• Features
• Comparison
• Architecture
• Design

How it works

zing https://example.com/file.zip

→ checks if daemon is running
  running?  proxies to daemon, shows progress, exits
  absent?  downloads directly (like curl)

Install

#### Install script (Linux/macOS)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TharukRenuja/zing/main/install.sh | sh

Optionally sets up zing-daemon as a systemd service. Installs to /usr/local/bin.

#### Download pre-built binary

Grab the latest release from Releases.