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Description
Aria2-Explorer captures browser's download task and exports it to Aria2 via JSON-RPC interfaces to complete download task.
Aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & open-source command-line download utility. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink.
Usage Procedures:
1. For Windows, please install Aria2 Manager: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p5wq68q20wv?cid=cws
Other platform, please download Aria2 utility: https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases/latest.
2. For Windows, please run Aria2 Manager . Other platform, please run Aria2 in the Terminal with typing aria2c --enable-rpc.
3. Install this Chrome extension.
4. Enable auto-capture on the extension options page and configure others as you need.
(For Motrix user, please use http://localhost:16800/jsonrpc as the RPC URL)
After these steps, you could enjoy the multi-threads and BT download experience inside the Chrome.
Warning: Please turn off auto-capture function, when you are using other extension to download network resources. Otherwise, there will be conflict and exception arisen.
Features: [ ZERO collection of user data and privacy ]
1. Auto capture browser download tasks
- Capture notification
- Support magnet links
- Toggle auto-capture by shortcut (Default: Alt + A)
- Set all Aria2 options manually before download
- Filter task by the domain, file extensions or file sizes
Filter priority: domain > file-ext > file-size, white-list > black-list
2. Auto-select Aria2 RPC server by matching the preset download URL pattern
3. Built-in Aria2 front-end: AriaNG enhanced, multiple present styles: popup, new tab, new window
4. Synchronize and store all settings on the cloud
5. Support for zh-CN/zh-TW/en/fr/it/ja/ko/ru/uk languages
6. Monitor Aria2 download status via icon badge
7. Batch export web (Image · Audio · Video · Magnet) links from context menu
8. Receive download requests from other extensions
9. Support shortcuts in the options page (Save: Alt + S Reset: Alt + R Download: Alt + J Upload: Alt + U)
10. Download via browser if Aria2 is not connected
Update log:
https://github.com/alexhua/Aria2-Explorer/releases
Contribution is welcome.
GitHub: https://github.com/alexhua/Aria2-Explorer
Reviews (2 cached)
★☆☆☆☆2019-12-25
小鳥遊王顕
Seems like this extension has problem connecting to my localhost aria2c. It shows "Could not connect to the aria2 rpc server, task export failed" But AriaNg seems to be able to connect. Is there anywhere I have to config the secrets beside AriaNg?
★★☆☆☆2019-02-24
Martin Perez
It is not possible add RPC secret
Permissions (9)
Permissions
contextMenusℹ Can add items to the right-click menu cookiesℹ Can read and modify browser cookies downloadsℹ Can manage and monitor downloads notificationsℹ Can show desktop notifications power scriptingℹ Can inject scripts into web pages sidePanel storageℹ Can store data locally in your browser tabsℹ Can see your open tabs and their URLs
Details
| Version | 2.8.0 |
| Updated | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Size | 1.46MiB |
| First Seen | Mar 26, 2026 |
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