gopeed mit Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Repository

Befehle und Aliase

• gopeed

Projektgeschichte

The project repository was created in 2019 under GopeedLab and presents the name as short for Go Speed. Its official documentation frames the project as a high-speed downloader built with Golang and Flutter, supporting HTTP, BitTorrent, magnet, and ED2K downloads.

Gopeed grew from a desktop-style download manager into a broader download platform with a REST API and a JavaScript extension system. That extension model lets users add download integrations without changing the core downloader.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Distribution expanded beyond source installs into Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, Winget, Flatpak, Snap, DEB, AppImage, Docker, QNAP, and mobile packages. That packaging spread is the main evidence of adoption for a tool that is primarily consumed as an application rather than a Go library.

Browser-extension integration also helped position Gopeed as a replacement for built-in browser download handling, while the web build and API support made it usable as a remote download service.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users install Gopeed as an app or as the `gopeed` command and use it to manage HTTP(S), BitTorrent, magnet, and ED2K downloads. The documented command install path uses the Go module path `github.com/GopeedLab/gopeed/cmd/gopeed`.

The official docs emphasize platform installers for ordinary users and API or extension development for automation-heavy users.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package maintainers, Gopeed is interesting because it packages a Flutter UI, a Go backend, browser integration, and many platform-specific release artifacts under one project name. It is a practical example of a Go command-line package that is also a full graphical application.

Its Homebrew formula represents only one distribution lane; the project documentation treats package managers and direct release artifacts as parallel official install paths.

Zeitleiste

• 2019: GopeedLab/gopeed repository created.
• 2020s: Project documents Go plus Flutter architecture and multi-protocol downloads.
• 2020s: Official install documentation lists package-manager, mobile, web, Docker, and NAS-oriented distribution channels.
• 2020s: Extension and REST API documentation positions Gopeed as an extensible download platform.

Related projects

• Gopeed browser-extension integrates browsers with the Gopeed app.
• Flutter supplies the cross-platform UI layer.
• Go supplies the backend and command-line build path.

Quellen

• https://github.com/GopeedLab/gopeed
• https://gopeed.com/
• https://gopeed.com/docs/dev-extension
• https://gopeed.com/docs/install