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I download a lot — torrents, media, random files off the web — and got fed up with the download managers out there for Mac. Most are Electron-based, chew through battery, run rough on Apple Silicon, and don't even have a proper Safari extension. So I spent the last 4 months building my own thing instead of just complaining about it. Product Demo: https://vimeo.com/1204841013 It's called Grabbit : https://grabbit.fyi/ Under the hood it's a Rust engine doing the actual downloading, paired with a native Swift UI — no Electron/Chromium overhead at all. Rather than just claim "native = faster," I benchmarked it against FDM and Motrix on the same Mac (Apple Silicon, macOS 14+, measured via Activity Monitor during a 250MB download): - RAM usage (idle → active): Grabbit 47→57 MB vs. FDM ~180 MB+ vs. Motrix 305→394 MB There's also a companion browser extension called Claws that grabs URLs, media, straight from your browser: - Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/claws/ - Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ghlpaknoijlmcdibdfgmmedmegcibbic What's New & Key Features Plugin System (Talons): Recently added plugin support! The first plugin, Talons , uses yt-dlp to extract high-quality video/audio from almost any media site. Protocol Powerhouse: Full native BitTorrent integration, FTP/SFTP, and Metalink support. Real-Time Format Conversion: Automatically transcodes video, audio, and images locally upon completion. Instant Safe Restarts & Chronological Queuing: Seamless recovery for unresumable links and strict FIFO queuing. How it's different from what's out there FDM — no Safari extension, isn't compiled natively for Apple Silicon, and isn't really a native macOS app. Motrix — also no native browser extensions, and it's Electron-based, so you're right back to the battery drain I was trying to get away from. Open-Source Core: The high-performance Rust download engine powering Grabbit ( Pincer ) is completely open-source (GPLv3). Downloads are also multi-threaded if you want to push them, but the resource numbers above are what actually matter day-to-day. Pricing: Free tier gives you full unlimited access for 3 days, then drops to 3 downloads a day after that. If you want it unlimited long-term, it's a one-time $9.99 license — no subscription. This is my first proper macOS launch so I'm sure there are rough edges I haven't caught yet. Would genuinely appreciate feedback on download speeds, how the UI feels day-to-day, or any bugs you run into. Thanks for taking a look. Developer: Syed Mohd Adnan — hi-adnan.pages.dev | github.com/im-adnan Privacy & Data Collection: Trust is huge. Grabbit operates entirely locally on your machine. We do not collect, store, transmit, or sell any of your download history, URLs, or personal data. The app only connects to the internet to download your requested files. You can find our full Privacy Policy and Terms of Service h

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  • 发布时间：2026/9/19 23:53:55