Record live streams as they air
M3U8 live streams, decrypted in real time. Works on desktop and Android.
The only downloader you need.
Every protocol runs on the engine built for it.
Fast where it matters.
Every downloader is fast on a good connection. The real test is a bad one. Smart chunking, no merge step. Real-browser TLS fingerprints, so anti-bot checks let it through.
- faster at best, on a throttled server or link
- 2.9×faster at best, on a throttled server or link
- test downloads completed
- 6/6test downloads completed
- tests where it was fastest
- 5/6tests where it was fastest
Every downloader ran with the same connection count. Read the test log
See it. Sniff it. Download it.
The extension watches the page, finds the stream behind the player, hands it to the desktop app, and gets out of the way.
A button where you are already looking
A download button sits on the video itself. No quality cap, no 720p ceiling.
Everything on the page, listed
Video, audio, images, HLS and DASH streams. Open the popup and take what you want.
Straight into the desktop app
No copying links. Your cookies and headers come along, so logged-in downloads just work.
One app instead of five.
Most people juggle a download manager, a torrent client, an eD2k client, a stream recorder, and a video parser. Ghost Downloader replaces all five.
- HTTPSmart chunking, no merge step
- BitTorrentMagnet links and .torrent files
- FTPPlain and over TLS
- M3U8On demand and live
- MPEG-DASHAdaptive streams
- eD2kThe old network, still served
Purpose-built parsers
YouTube and Bilibili with clip selection, any quality (4K HDR included), subtitles, playlists and multi-part episodes. GitHub and HuggingFace with mirror acceleration.
Same engine on your phone
Live M3U8 recording and background downloads, just like on the desktop.
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The last downloader you'll install.
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Browser extension