01
Persistent recovery
Pause, resume, cancel, retry, and recover transfers across daemon restarts. Validators and partial state protect file integrity.
Control
the flow.
A persistent download manager that understands the network around it. Schedule transfers, recover safely, and govern traffic from the terminal.
Control plane
daemonpersistent
networkaware
policyselectable
controlterminal first
01 / Terminal first
The interface leaves.
The transfer stays.
argod owns persistent work. Use the focused CLI for scripts, open the TUI when you need a dashboard, or close both and let the daemon continue.
$ argo add https://example.org/linux.iso
Added a92f4c8e linux.iso (queued)
$ argo list
ID STATUS PROGRESS FILENAME
a92f4c8e downloading 72% linux.iso
$ argo status
Daemon: running
Network: connected
Interface: wlan0
Traffic policy: balanced
QoS shaping: active daemon running31.4 MB/s
02 / Built for the route
Reliable transfer.
Deliberate traffic.
02
Intentional scheduling
Bounded concurrency and stable high, normal, and low queue priorities keep parallel work predictable.
03
Network awareness
NetworkManager state, metered-link behavior, and profiles adapt download decisions to the active connection.
04
Linux traffic governance
An optional capability-limited helper coordinates cgroups, conntrack, nftables, IFB, and tc without making the downloader daemon root.
offfocusbalancedthroughputlatency
03 / Architecture
The interface is temporary.
State is not.
Argo keeps ordinary download work unprivileged. Only explicit Linux traffic operations cross a narrow, authenticated boundary to the capability-limited helper.
Explore the architectureInterfaceargo CLI / TUI
protected Unix IPC
User daemonargod
Transferdownloader
Admissionscheduler
PersistenceSQLite
AwarenessNetworkManager
Internal stateXDG parts
User filesDownloads
authenticated privileged boundary
CAP_NET_ADMINargo-qosd
Classifynftables
Shape RXtc / IFB
04 / Current position
Functional.
Still evolving.
Argo is working pre-1.0 software. Its daemon, download lifecycle, persistence, terminal interfaces, and optional Linux RX QoS path are implemented; compatibility is not yet declared stable.
- Current release
- v0.8.1
- Stage
- Pre-1.0
- Platform
- Linux-first
- License
- GPL-3.0-or-later
Ready to chart the route?