The download manager for Windows.

Haul splits each file across up to 32 connections, picks up right where it stopped after a dropped line or a restart, and takes over downloads straight from your browser.

Download for WindowsComing soon for macOS
Haul's main window in the Dark theme: downloads in progress, finished, queued and stopped

The same eight themes as the app, or let Haul follow Windows' light and dark setting.

Built for heavy loads.

Everything a serious download manager needs, in one window that stays out of your way.

Segmented downloads

Up to 32 connections per file. Haul starts with one and keeps adding more while every one of them is receiving.

Resume after anything

Dropped Wi-Fi, a sleeping laptop or a restart. If the file changed on the server, Haul starts fresh instead of splicing it.

Browser capture

Catches downloads by file type in eight browsers, with right-click menus and a Download video button on media pages.

Video, saved properly

HLS and DASH streams, and videos from many sites, saved as a single file in the quality you pick.

Queues and schedules

Run queues on the weekdays you choose, cap them with a quota, then sleep or shut down when they finish.

Site Grabber

Crawl a site and collect every file that matches your rules, saved as a project you can run again.

Your browser starts over. Haul carries on.

Same file, same connection. Haul splits it into parallel streams, and when the line drops it picks up exactly where it stopped.

Haul's progress window finishing ubuntu-24.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso, 5.79 GB, over eight connections; the line drops, every connection reconnects and carries on from the same byte, and Download complete opens.
FeatureYour browser
Connections per file1Up to 32
Picks up after a dropped connection or a restartSometimes
Queues that start and stop on a schedule
Speed limiter
Videos from sites and streaming pages
Every link on a page in one go
Files sorted into categories
Shuts down the PC when it's done

Grab video from sites.

Paste a page's address, or click Download video on the player. Haul lists every quality the site has, then saves picture and sound as one file.

Haul adding a YouTube video: Download File Info shows Big Buck Bunny 60fps 4K at 2160p, about 689 MB; the progress window downloads it over eight connections; Download complete offers to open it.

Recognises YouTube, Vimeo, X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitch, Reddit, Dailymotion, Bilibili, SoundCloud and Streamable.

Video shown: Big Buck Bunny, © Blender Foundation, CC BY 3.0.

Already in your browser.

The first time Haul starts, it connects to every browser it finds. Nothing to configure.

Works with
  • Chrome
  • Edge
  • Brave
  • Vivaldi
  • Opera
  • Arc
  • Helium
  • Firefox
  • Right-click a link, a video, a selection or the whole page
  • Takes over downloads the browser has already started
  • Skips sites you exclude and files under your minimum size

Speaks your language.

Ten languages that follow your system and switch live, from the tray menu to the browser extension.

Englishहिन्दीनेपालीEspañolFrançaisDeutschPortuguêsРусский简体中文日本語

Questions, answered.

Everything people ask before they install Haul.

All questions

Still unsure? Email us and we'll answer.

Which systems does Haul run on?

Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. A macOS version is on the way.

Is Haul safe to install?

Yes. Every release is built automatically from the same source, and Haul checks the signature of each update before installing it. No ads, no toolbars, no bundled offers.

Why does Windows show a SmartScreen warning?

Haul's installer isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen doesn't recognise it. Choose More info, then Run anyway.

Will Haul slow down my PC?

It's built to stay out of the way: the engine is native code and the window only redraws what changes. Set a speed limit if you want browsing and calls to keep the bandwidth.

What if my connection drops or the PC restarts?

Haul picks up where it stopped, as long as the server allows resuming, which most do. If the file changed on the server meanwhile, it starts over instead of mixing two versions.

Which browsers does Haul work with?

Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, Arc, Helium and Firefox.

Can Haul save videos?

Yes. It saves HLS and DASH streams, and videos from many sites through the yt-dlp that comes with it, in the quality you pick.

Can I bring my downloads over from IDM?

Yes. Haul imports IDM's .ef2 export lists, with their referrers and cookies, as well as plain text lists and any file full of links.

How do updates work?

Haul checks shortly after it starts and every six hours, verifies the signed update and restarts. Running downloads carry on in the new version. You can turn this off in Options → General.

Does Haul collect any data?

Only anonymous usage statistics, and you can turn them off. There are no accounts and no tracking. Haul sends its version, the Windows release, build and edition, the processor type and how many downloads finished or failed, never addresses or file names. Statistics are on by default; Haul shows a one-time notice, and Options → General turns them off at any time, which deletes Haul's random install number. The privacy policy has the details.

Try it on your next big download.

An installer or a portable ZIP. All downloads

Download for WindowsComing soon for macOS

Found a bug? Have an idea?

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