// Run commands & scripts
aria2release-1.37.0
aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility operated in command-line. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink.
Open source Maintained For agents
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aria2 is aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility operated in command-line. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink.
Good for: Developers who want their agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…) to run commands & scripts.
01How to start
- 1Read the official README for requirements and permissions.
- 2Install it as the official guide describes.
- 3Tell your agent the command exists (e.g. in AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md) so it knows when to call it.
02Alternatives & comparison
Compare side by side → curl A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, MQTTS, POP3, POP3S, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features ★ 43k caddy Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS ★ 78k nginx The official NGINX Open Source repository. ★ 32k postgrest REST API for any Postgres database ★ 28k node Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨ ★ 122k
03Related
- ›Hugging Face AI Agents Course · Hugging FaceMultilingual (incl. EN/ZH)
- ›huggingface/agents-course · Hugging FaceEnglish
- ›AI Agents for Beginners · MicrosoftMultilingual (incl. EN/ZH)
- ›Building effective agents · AnthropicEnglish
- ›OpenAI: A practical guide to building agents · OpenAIEnglish
- All tutorials →
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
Recent releases
- release-1.37.0 2023-11-15
- release-1.36.0 2021-08-21
- release-1.35.0 2019-10-06
- release-1.34.0 2018-05-15
- release-1.33.1 2017-11-08
For AI agents
- Interfaces：CLI
- Machine-readable record：/api/v1/software/aria2.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-04