Http Drogue is a tiny service that downloads files over HTTP from links you provide. It can restart and resume interrupted downloads.

Http Drogue is a lightweight service which is meant to run locally, like a laptop or a home server located where you are. It's best co-located with a service like Samba SMB server, NextCloud, or Bulgur Cloud so you can access downloaded files.

Use with Docker is the recommended usage method.

You'll need 3 things to run the container:

• A folder to store your downloads. This must be mounted at /downloads in the container.
• A folder to store partial download data. This must be mounted at /data in the container.
• The environment variable HTTP_DROGUE_PASSWORD. You'll use any username with this password to log in.

For example:

docker run \
  -v $HOME/Downloads:/downloads \
  -v $HOME/.local/share/http-drogue:/data \
  -e HTTP_DROGUE_PASSWORD=correct-horse-battery-staple \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  seriousbug/http-drogue

This will store the downloads in ~/Downloads, and the app data in ~/.local/share, and use correct-horse-battery-staple as the login password. Again, enter any username to log in. The page will be at http://localhost:8080.

Here is a compose file example as well:

version: '3'

services:
  http-drogue:
    image: seriousbug/http-drogue
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - /path/to/host/downloads:/downloads
      - http-drogue-data:/data
    environment:
      - HTTP_DROGUE_PASSWORD=correct-horse-battery-staple

volumes:
  - http-drogue-data

Go to http://localhost:8080. Enter any username, and the password you picked in the environment variable. You should see the Http Drogue page.

Paste a URL into the box and hit the button to start download. The file list below will not update automatically, hit the "Refresh List" button or refresh the page to update it.

If a download is interrupted, Http Drogue will automatically retry the download. It can resume the download if the source you are downloading from supports that as well.

If a download is interrupted over 24 times, Http Drogue will fail the download. Make sure the URL is correct (you can see the URL by hovering over a file name), then click the restart button to restart that download.