Most downloaders open one connection and wait. HyperFetch splits the file into segments, fetches them in parallel, and writes them straight into place. Torrents, HLS streams and video pages go through the same queue.
Illustration of segmented downloading — not a benchmark.
Windows 10/11 64-bit · installer or portable · free and open source
What it handles
Paste a link, or let the browser extension hand it over. HyperFetch works out what it is and picks the right engine — you get the same list, the same pause and resume, whatever the source.
Many connections per file, resumed from disk if you pause or the connection drops. Sends the browser's cookies, so downloads behind a login work.
A full BitTorrent engine is built in — no separate client to install, no second app to keep running. Seeds when it's done.
Fetches every segment of a stream and joins them. Pick the quality you want when a page offers several.
Right-click a page and take the video. yt-dlp does the extraction; ffmpeg is bundled, so merged audio and video needs nothing extra.
Browser access
Turn it on and your PC serves a page to your own network. Open it on a phone or tablet to add a torrent, watch progress, and pull the finished file down to the device — useful when the thing you want has no app worth installing.
Getting it
Installer or a portable zip — both on the releases page. aria2c and ffmpeg come bundled, so there is nothing else to install.
Adds a right-click item, a badge on videos, and optional capture of downloads the browser starts. The app works fine without it.