Aria Downloader GUI v1.1.0 — Resume Downloader for HuggingFace & Civitai Assets

🚀 What is this?

This is a simple but powerful GUI tool based on aria2c, designed for stable downloading of large AI files.

Perfect for downloading:

• Stable Diffusion models

• LoRAs

• Checkpoints

• ComfyUI workflows

• HuggingFace assets

• Civitai models (direct download support)

If your downloads often fail or restart from 0% — this tool fixes that.

🔥 Why this is useful (for AI users)

If you download models from:

• HuggingFace

• GitHub

• Civitai

You probably experienced:

❌ Downloads breaking at 70–90%
❌ Browser restarting from zero
❌ Slow or unstable connection
❌ Large files (5–10GB+) failing

👉 This tool solves all of that using a stable downloader engine.

🎯 Civitai Support

You can download models directly from Civitai without relying on browser downloads.

• Supports direct download links

• Works with large model files

• Stable resume via aria2

Perfect for:

• LoRAs

• Checkpoints

• SDXL models

• ControlNet assets

✨ Features

• ✅ Resume downloads after connection loss

• 📊 Real-time progress bar

• ⚡ Speed display

• ⏱ ETA (time remaining)

• 📁 Choose download folder

• 📝 Custom file name

• 🔄 Continue button after failure

• 🧠 Auto-detect file name from URL

• 🪟 Clean GUI (no console window)

• 📦 Portable .exe (no Python required)

🧠 How it works

This app uses:

👉 aria2c — a powerful multi-connection downloader

Instead of relying on your browser, it:

• splits downloads into chunks

• handles reconnects

• resumes broken downloads

🧑‍💻 How to use

1. Paste or drag a direct download link

2. Select download folder

3. (Optional) Set file name

4. Click Start

5. If download fails — click Continue

⚠️ Important

✔ Works with:

• HuggingFace (resolve/... links)

• GitHub Releases

• Civitai (direct download links)

• Direct file links (HTTP/HTTPS)

❌ Does NOT work with:

• Google Drive

• Mega

• Yandex Disk

• Protected/token-based downloads

💡 Tips for HuggingFace

Always use:

https://huggingface.co/.../resolve/main/file

❌ NOT:

.../blob/...

🖱 Controls

• Ctrl+V — paste link (use English layout)

• Shift+Insert — alternative paste

• Continue — resume broken download

📦 Installation

1. Download .zip from GitHub Releases

2. Extract

3. Run:

Aria Downloader.exe

🎯 Who is this for?

• Stable Diffusion users

• ComfyUI users

• Model collectors

• Anyone downloading large AI files

❤️ Why I made this

I got tired of downloads failing at 90% when downloading models.

So I made a tool that:

• just works

• doesn’t require setup

• saves time and frustration

⭐ If you like it

• Star the GitHub repo

• Share with other AI users

🔗 Links

GitHub:
https://github.com/xelavi9966-cell/Aria-Downloader

Releases:
https://github.com/xelavi9966-cell/Aria-Downloader/releases