Motrix

Name: Motrix
Author: AGALWOOD

by AGALWOOD · MIT

Motrix is a full-featured download manager that supports downloading HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, Magnet, etc.

Record

These URLs are the ones AGALWOOD declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

nullsoftuser scopegithub.com · known platform

nullsoftmachine scopegithub.com · known platform

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what AGALWOOD published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "Motrix-Setup-1.8.19.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "Motrix-Setup-1.8.19.exe"

Expected output

eb8afbda006962da47bf99f5ecc2d73ae2d51f293965ae4ad637acbf55108645

Version on Homebrew: 1.8.19
Download URL: https://github.com/agalwood/Motrix/releases/download/v1.8.19/Motrix-1.8.19-arm64.dmg
SHA-256: d73f4d69f3597ad8f98b821aa0fb58ba964bf85061b4a13f00edcb3618001c0e
Install with Homebrew: brew install --cask motrix

Signal	Finding	Points
SHA-256 hash published	2 of 2 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.	30 / 30
Binary provenance	2 on a recognised distribution platformThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.	29.8 / 35
Served over HTTPS	2 of 2 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.	15 / 15
Release recency	last release about 39 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.	3 / 15
Licence declared	MITA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.	5 / 5

Extensions Motrix registers itself to handle.

Every version with a published manifest, newest first. Useful when you need an older build for compatibility.

Windows manifest: github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/a/agalwood/Motrix/1.8.19
macOS cask: formulae.brew.sh/cask/motrix