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Aria2 Interceptor

by gbcox@bzb.us · Tools
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 18 Oct 2026

Intercepts Chrome downloads and sends them to Aria2 with a rename dialog and dashboard.

Users
126
+11 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#77K
#65K among extensions
Version
1.2.1
updated 14 Jul 2026

Users

monthly, 10 months
086172Dec 2025Jun 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 126 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 10 months
001Dec 2025Jun 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Aria2 Interceptor

Aria2 Interceptor replaces Chrome’s built-in download manager with a direct handoff to your configured Aria2 instance. If Chrome can download it, this extension intercepts it and sends it to Aria2 instead — no exclude lists, no heuristics, no guesswork. Features • Intercepts downloads before Chrome processes them • Rename dialog: choose a filename before sending to Aria2 • Dashboard for active and queued downloads • No telemetry, no analytics, no tracking How it works When you start a download in Chrome, Aria2 Interceptor captures the request and forwards it to your configured Aria2 JSON-RPC endpoint. You can optionally rename the file before it’s sent. The dashboard page lets you see what has been dispatched to Aria2. The goal is to behave like a drop-in replacement for Chrome’s own downloader: if Chrome can download it, this extension should be able to hand it off to Aria2. Permissions • downloads: used to intercept download requests and read metadata before Chrome handles them • storage: used to save your Aria2 server configuration locally in the browser • http://*/* and https://*/*: used only to read the original download URL so it can be forwarded to your Aria2 server • cookies: used only to read session cookies required for authenticated downloads, so the extension can forward the request correctly to your Aria2 server. Cookies are not stored, transmitted, or used for tracking. No personal data is collected, stored, or transmitted by this extension. The only external communication is to the Aria2 server(s) you configure yourself. See the privacy policy for details. For full documentation and detailed usage instructions, see the project Wiki: https://codeberg.org/gbcox/aria2-interceptor/wiki

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+3+2.4%00.00
30 days+11+9.6%00.00
6 months−83−39.7%00.00

Version history

3 versions recorded
1.2.11 Jan 2026
1.1.010 Dec 2025
1.0.08 Dec 2025

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
8 Dec 2025
Size
66 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
codeberg.org
Support
codeberg.org
Extension ID
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Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 2, likelihood 1
Permissions
downloadsstoragecookies
Site access
http://*/*https://*/*
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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