PSDownloader

1.1.1

A PowerShell module for downloading files with multi-threaded support. Features include progress reporting, hash verification, automatic retries, pipeline support, and multiple user agent options.

Minimum PowerShell version

5.1

Installation Options

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using PowerShellGet More Info

Install-Module -Name PSDownloader -RequiredVersion 1.1.1

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet More Info

Install-PSResource -Name PSDownloader -Version 1.1.1

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Owners

Copyright

(c) 2025 LordBubbles. All rights reserved.

Package Details

Author(s)

  • LordBubbles

Tags

download multithread http file-transfer downloader multi-thread hash-verification powershell

Functions

Start-Download

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

1.1.1 - Fixed issue with Win32Api not being available on systems without .NET 4.5 or later.
1.1.0 - Added documentation for the module.
1.0.9 - Fixed timeout setting not properly applied to simple download operations. Changed to unthreaded download by default.
1.0.8 - More consistent progress report layout on the unthreaded download operation (can be called directly with '-Threads 0').
1.0.7 - Improved simple download operations (unthreaded), and added total downloaded bytes to progress reporting.
1.0.6 - Fixed issue with downloading files from servers that don't support range requests or do not provide a content length.
1.0.5 - Added a workflow to automatically publish the module to the PowerShell Gallery.
1.0.4 - Truly exclude .git folder from the module this time.
1.0.3 - Failed attempt at excluding .git folder from the module.
1.0.2 - Added support for CRC32 file integrity checks.
1.0.1 - Reupload of initial release with documentation.
1.0.0 - Initial release.

FileList

Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
1.1.2 15 1/16/2025
1.1.1 (current version) 4 1/16/2025
1.1.0 4 1/16/2025
1.0.9 3 1/16/2025
1.0.8 5 1/16/2025
1.0.7 5 1/16/2025
1.0.6 4 1/16/2025
1.0.5 4 1/16/2025
1.0.4 5 1/16/2025
1.0.3 7 1/16/2025
1.0.2 7 1/16/2025
1.0.1 6 1/15/2025
1.0.0 5 1/15/2025
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