Installation Guide

You can install Ghost Downloader in the following ways, depending on your operating system and preference:

Windows

1. Installer (Recommended)

• Visit the website homepage, click the "Go to Download" button, and select "Windows Installer" in the pop-up dialog.
• Alternatively, go directly to the GitHub Releases page to download the latest Ghost-Downloader-vX.Y.Z-Windows-Setup.exe file.
• After downloading, double-click the .exe file and follow the installation wizard to complete the installation. The installer is created with Inno Setup.

2. Portable Package

• Visit the website homepage, click the "Go to Download" button, and select "Windows Portable Package" in the pop-up dialog.
• Alternatively, go directly to the GitHub Releases page to download the latest Ghost-Downloader-vX.Y.Z-Windows-Portable.zip (or similar name) file.
• After downloading, extract the .zip file to any location.
• Run Ghost-Downloader-3.exe inside the extracted folder to start the program.

macOS

• Visit the website homepage, click the "Go to Download" button, and select "macOS" in the pop-up dialog.
• Alternatively, go directly to the GitHub Releases page to download the latest .dmg file.
• After downloading, double-click the .dmg file and drag the Ghost Downloader icon into the "Applications" folder.

Linux

1. Distribution Archive

• Visit the website homepage, click the "Go to Download" button, and select "Linux" in the pop-up dialog.
• Alternatively, go directly to the GitHub Releases page to download the latest Linux archive (usually a .tar.gz or .zip file).
• After downloading, extract the file to any location. For example:

  # If it's a .tar.gz file
  tar -xzf Ghost-Downloader-*.tar.gz
  # If it's a .zip file
  # unzip Ghost-Downloader-*.zip

• Navigate into the extracted directory and give the main program execution permission:

  cd Ghost-Downloader-*/  # Enter the extracted directory
  chmod +x Ghost-Downloader-3.bin

• Run the file directly to start the program:

  ./Ghost-Downloader-3.bin

2. Arch Linux (AUR)

If you are an Arch Linux user, you can conveniently install via the AUR (Arch User Repository):

• Pre-compiled: yay -S ghost-downloader-bin (or other AUR helper)
• Source build: yay -S ghost-downloader-git (or other AUR helper)

These packages are maintained by the community maintainer @zxp19821005.

Run/Build from Source

If you wish to run from source code or build it yourself, please refer to the Building from Source page.