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A fast, resilient, multi-source file retriever and download engine

Is ja7ad/hydra beginner-friendly?

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Forks
77
Open beginner issues
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Indexed issues
90
Avg merge
2h 3m
Merged PRs (30d)
62
Dominant language
Rust
License
GPL-3.0
Last GitHub push
Oct 25, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 18, 2026
Contributing guide
No code of conduct
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  • feat: add option to show current download speed in title bar
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

    ja7ad/hydra#405 ·

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  • feat: add a status bar
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    ja7ad/hydra#404 ·

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  • feat: add checkboxes in the list of downloads
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 57/100

    ja7ad/hydra#403 ·

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  • feat: allow the font size to be changed.
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    ja7ad/hydra#402 ·

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  • feat: remove download dialog window when download has started
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    ja7ad/hydra#401 ·

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  • feat: move location of "show warning before stopping downloads"
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

    ja7ad/hydra#400 ·

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  • bug: file won't download, "server answered 403 forbidden"
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 57/100

    ja7ad/hydra#398 ·

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  • feat: اضافه کردن انتخاب صف یا صف جدید در پیش نمایش دانلود
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    ja7ad/hydra#397 ·

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  • bug: unexpected behavior when resuming the queue in hydra tui
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 67/100

    ja7ad/hydra#396 ·

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  • feat: Add on/off "Measure and adapt connections count" option per site in Connections - Exclusions list tab
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 49/100

    ja7ad/hydra#395 · 1 reaction ·

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  • feat: add "minimise to tray icon"
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    ja7ad/hydra#394 ·

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  • feat: add "open file after download complete" option.
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

    ja7ad/hydra#393 ·

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  • feat: allow downloading youtube videos before waiting to find the file
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    ja7ad/hydra#392 ·

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  • feat: create plugin to download from facebook
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ja7ad/hydra#391 ·

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  • feat: create plugin to download from Tiktok
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ja7ad/hydra#390 ·

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  • feat: create plugin to download from X/Twitter
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    ja7ad/hydra#389 ·

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  • feat: create plugin to download from instagram
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ja7ad/hydra#388 ·

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  • feat: Add right click "paste link" option
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

    ja7ad/hydra#387 ·

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  • feat: add "copy link" to right click menu
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 64/100

    ja7ad/hydra#386 ·

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  • feat: Youtube quality settings
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

    ja7ad/hydra#385 ·

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  • feat: Allow re-evaluating adaptive concurrency during an ongoing download
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ja7ad/hydra#382 ·

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  • bug: doesnt detect browser proxy
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    ja7ad/hydra#381 ·

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  • Conflict with ImageAssistant batch‑image‑downloader extension: cannot rename & save images to custom folder
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    ja7ad/hydra#380 ·

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  • feat: Download Queue Notification Behavior
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    ja7ad/hydra#378 ·

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  • bug: Installer fails to overwrite the old DisplayVersion registry key
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 57/100

    ja7ad/hydra#377 ·

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  • feat: Your homepage
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    ja7ad/hydra#375 ·

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  • feat: Download folder for portable version
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    ja7ad/hydra#372 ·

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  • feat: Browser extensions
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ja7ad/hydra#371 ·

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  • feat: Add Android app
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ja7ad/hydra#355 ·

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  • feat: ask whether to open or save a .torrent link
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    ja7ad/hydra#351 · 1 comment ·

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  • Add program icon preview and show icon in completed list
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ja7ad/hydra#348 · 1 comment ·

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  • feat:
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ja7ad/hydra#346 · 1 comment ·

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  • feat: drag completed downloads out of Hydra into other apps
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ja7ad/hydra#341 · 4 comments · 1 reaction ·

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  • feat: Download Scheduler
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    ja7ad/hydra#338 ·

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  • feat: display stats and info when adding a URL
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    ja7ad/hydra#337 ·

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  • feat(extension): detect and offer subtitle files (.vtt, .srt) in the toolbar and over-video menus
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    ja7ad/hydra#332 · 2 comments ·

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  • bug:YouTube Downloads Report "Resume Capability: No" While Regular Downloads Support Resuming
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ja7ad/hydra#328 · 1 comment ·

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  • Unable to download.
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    ja7ad/hydra#319 · 1 comment ·

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  • feat: hydra add scoop bucket
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    ja7ad/hydra#299 · 1 comment ·

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  • feat: video in frames, saved FileName, Download button appearance, qualities list
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ja7ad/hydra#276 ·

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  • 下载GitHub的东西就会提示这个，该怎么解决？Downloading GitHub content always prompts this. How can I fix this?
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ja7ad/hydra#275 · 3 comments ·

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  • feat: Keep download options open until confirmation when background download finishes
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    ja7ad/hydra#272 · 1 comment ·

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  • [feature REQuest] : toolbar, simultaneous downloads, speed limit, reorder
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ja7ad/hydra#264 · 1 comment ·

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  • feat: keep a queue running when it empties instead of stopping it
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    ja7ad/hydra#241 ·

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  • feat(tui): filtering, detail pane, per-item controls and mouse support
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

    ja7ad/hydra#232 ·

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  • feat(gui): search box, faceted filters and saved views in the download table
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 38/100

    ja7ad/hydra#231 ·

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  • feat: signature verification for downloads and Metalink documents
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

    ja7ad/hydra#230 ·

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  • feat: run an action when a download finishes (extract, move, verify, exec)
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ja7ad/hydra#229 ·

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  • feat: hand downloads from the CLI to a running Hydra GUI instance
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ja7ad/hydra#228 ·

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  • feat: Add named proxy profiles + picker dropdown in new-download dialog (Related to #165 )
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ja7ad/hydra#185 · 2 comments ·

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