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Hand it a link. Your NAS does the rest.

Download Center is a free download manager for QNAP NAS. Web and FTP links, SFTP and SCP, torrents and magnet links all go into one list, and you can follow them from your desk or your phone.

Download View on GitHub

Free and open source under the MIT License. For QTS on Intel, AMD and ARM. Light and dark, in 13 languages.

The Download Center task list with eight downloads: an Ubuntu ISO at 61 percent, Big Buck Bunny from a magnet link, a zip file over SFTP, a queued LibreOffice archive, a paused Node.js archive, Sintel seeding, a finished Debian ISO and one failed link.

More ways to download

Download Center understands more kinds of links than Download Station, and puts them all in the same list. Paste one link or a whole block of text; it finds the links and asks only what it needs to know.

  • https://http://

    Web downloadsHTTP/2, and up to four connections per file when the server allows it.

  • ftp://ftps://

    FTP serversPlain or encrypted, with your saved account for the site.

  • sftp://

    Any SSH serverThe server's key is remembered on first contact and checked after that.

  • scp://

    SCPFor servers that only offer SCP.

  • magnet:?

    Magnet linksThe file list appears before you start, so you can pick what to download.

  • .torrent

    Torrent filesDrop them on the window, or choose them on your phone.

  • Picks up where it stopped

    HTTP, FTP and SFTP downloads resume after a pause, a lost connection or a restart of the NAS.

  • Proxies for links and torrents

    HTTP and SOCKS5, chosen per download or per site, with name lookups through the proxy. When a proxy is set, nothing falls back to a direct connection.

  • Thunder, FlashGet and QQ links

    They are decoded into the address they carry, wherever you paste them.
The Add download window with five links pasted at once: an HTTPS link to an Ubuntu ISO, a zip file over SFTP, an archive over FTPS, a file over SCP and a magnet link, each with a checkbox, plus the temporary location and when-finished options.
Five links, five protocols, one window.

Compared with Download Station

The Download Station column describes version 5.10.4, the last one we examined.
Downloads fromDownload CenterDownload Station
HTTP and HTTPSYesYes
HTTP/2YesNo
FTPYesYes
SFTPYesNo
SCPYesNo
Torrent filesYesYes
Magnet linksYesYes

Made for your phone, too

Open https://<your NAS>/DownloadCenter/ in any browser. No QTS desktop in between: on a phone, Download Center becomes an app you can use with one hand.

The task list on a phone, with filters at the top and a tab bar and add button at the bottom.
Progress at a glance, pause with your thumb
The Add download sheet on a phone, listing the supported link types: HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, magnet links and torrent files.
Paste a link from any app
The settings list on a phone: downloads, schedule, users, site accounts, access tokens, notifications and integrations.
Settings laid out like your phone's own

  • Within reach of your thumb

    Tabs and the add button sit at the bottom of the screen. Windows rise from below and close with a swipe down.

  • On your home screen

    Add it to your home screen and it opens full screen, like an app.

  • Your NAS account

    Sign in with the same account and the same rules as QTS, including 2-step verification.

  • Inside the QTS desktop as well

    It also opens as a window on the QTS desktop, and adapts when you make that window narrow.

Hear about it, and answer back

Get a message the moment a download finishes, fails or the disk runs low. In Telegram, and in LINE when your NAS is reachable over HTTPS, you can also reply with a command to check, add, pause and resume downloads.

Today

/add https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-13.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso

Added: debian-13.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso (waiting, #2)

/list

  1. ubuntu-24.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso61% 9.2 MB/s, 4 min left
  2. Big Buck Bunny38% 3.1 MB/s, 56 s left
  3. debian-13.1.0-amd64-netinst.isoWaiting

/pause 1

Paused: ubuntu-24.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso

Download finished: debian-13.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso

Commands include /list, /add <url>, /pause, /resume, /speed and /help. Each chat account is linked to its NAS account with a one-time code, and can do only what that account can.

The Add channel window listing Telegram, Discord, LINE, Slack, ntfy, Gotify, Bark, QTS Notification Center and Webhook.
  • TelegramNotifications and commands, without opening your NAS to the internet
  • LINENotifications; commands when the NAS is reachable over HTTPS
  • Discord, SlackNotifications in a channel
  • ntfy, Gotify, BarkPush notifications to your phone
  • QTS notification centerEmail, SMS or push, by your QTS rules
  • WebhooksSigned with HMAC-SHA256, for your own services

For your own scripts and apps

A REST API with personal access tokens that can do only what you allow, an event stream, chat commands over HTTP and signed webhooks. New notification services can be added with a small JSON description.

Read the integration guide

What else it does

Click any download to see where it is saved, its files, a preview and, for torrents, who you are connected to.

The details panel for Big Buck Bunny next to the task list, showing status, progress, speed, share ratio, connections, location, the magnet source and the engine.

  • One list for everything

    Paste one link or many, a block of text or a web page address. Duplicates are spotted before they are added.

  • Choose before you start

    Magnet links and torrents show their files first. Keep the ones you want, or only the videos.

  • Limits and a weekly schedule

    Separate limits for links and torrents, a weekly plan of full-speed, limited and paused hours, timed pause, and seeding by ratio or time.

  • Files where you want them

    A temporary location while downloading, and a folder to move finished downloads to.

  • Users and roles

    Administrators see everything. Regular users see only their own downloads, which are saved to their home folder and owned by them.

  • File-hosting accounts

    1fichier, Rapidgator, Real-Debrid and AllDebrid through their official APIs with your own account, or cookies for other sites.

  • Preview while downloading

    Watch or listen to the part that has already arrived, look inside archives, and switch a torrent to download in order.

  • Your apps keep working

    Qget, Qfile and browser extensions connect as before, once Download Station is removed or turned off.

  • Bring your Download Station setup

    Import settings, unfinished downloads, history and site accounts. The import only reads Download Station's data and can be run again.

Runs on your NAS

No account, no cloud

Download Center runs entirely on your NAS. You sign in with your NAS account, and the sign-in itself goes to QTS.

Open source

Every line is on GitHub under the MIT License, so you can see exactly what it does.

Get started

  1. Download the package for your NAS

    Pick the file that matches your NAS's processor. In QTS, Control Panel, System Status shows which processor it has.

  2. Install it in App Center

    Open App Center, choose Install manually, and select the file. The package has no QNAP digital signature, so App Center warns about it. Allow it when asked, or turn on the App Center setting that allows apps without a valid digital signature.

  3. Open Download Center

    From the QTS desktop, or at https://<your NAS>/DownloadCenter/. The first QTS administrator to sign in becomes its first administrator.

Moving from Download Station? Settings, downloads and site accounts can be imported in Settings once Download Center is installed. Download Station's own files are left as they are.

Coming soon

The first release is being prepared. It will appear here and on the Releases page on GitHub.

Which package? x86_64 is for Intel and AMD processors, arm_64 for 64-bit ARM. arm-x41 and arm-x31 contain the same ARMv7 software, packaged under the two names QNAP uses for its ARMv7 models.

Use it lawfully

  • Download Center downloads only the links, torrent files and magnet links you give it. It doesn't provide, search for or recommend any content.
  • Only download what you have the right to obtain.
  • BitTorrent shares the pieces you have with other people while you download, and they can see your IP address.

An independent project

Download Center is made independently of QNAP. It takes the place of Download Station on your NAS, and imports its settings and downloads without changing them.

You are responsible for what you download. As the license says, the software comes without warranty.

Keep Download Center free

Download Center has no ads and no paid version. If it saves you time, a boba or a small tip helps me keep it working through QTS updates, and build what comes next.

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