Surge is a blazing fast, open-source terminal (TUI) download manager built in Go. Designed for power users who prefer a keyboard-driven workflow and want full control over their downloads.

brew install surge-downloader/tap/surge 

go install github.com/surge-downloader/surge@latest

git clone https://github.com/surge-downloader/surge.git cd surge go build -o surge .

• High-speed Downloads with multi-connection support
• Beautiful TUI built with Bubble Tea & Lipgloss
• Pause/Resume downloads seamlessly
• Real-time Progress with speed graphs and ETA
• Auto-retry on connection failures
• Batch Downloads
• Browser Extension integration

# Start TUI mode surge # Headless download (CLI only, no TUI) surge get <URL> # Headless download with custom output directory surge get <URL> -o ~/Downloads # Send download via CLI to already running TUI instance surge get <URL> --port <PORT> # Batch download from a file (one URL per line) surge get --batch urls.txt

Intercept downloads from your browser and send them directly to Surge.

1. Navigate to chrome://extensions
2. Enable Developer mode
3. Click Load unpacked and select the extension folder
4. Ensure Surge is running before downloading

1. Navigate to about:debugging
2. Click This Firefox in the sidebar
3. Click Load Temporary Add-on...
4. Select manifest.json from the extension-firefox folder

Note: Temporary add-ons are removed when Firefox closes. For permanent installation, the extension must be signed via addons.mozilla.org.

The extension will automatically intercept downloads and send them to a running instance of Surge.

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to fork, make changes, and submit a pull request.

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This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.