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debont80 67133f13b5 Add Phase B: cookies, aria2c, proxy/rate-limit, restrict-filenames & archive
Implements the remaining Phase B (Access & networking) items from
ROADMAP.md: cookie sources (browser cookie-store import, or a built-in
sign-in window that exports a Netscape cookie file via a persisted Electron
session partition), the aria2c external downloader, proxy/rate-limit,
restrict-filenames, and a download-archive to skip repeats.

Wires download.ts to the buildArgs() module added in the previous commit
(it wasn't hooked up yet) and renames its options param
NetworkOptions -> AccessOptions to reflect the wider scope now that cookies
and filename/archive flags joined proxy/rate-limit/aria2c.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-22 20:53:18 -04:00

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# Bundled binaries
AeroFetch spawns these from the **main process** and bundles them via
electron-builder `extraResources` (they ship outside the asar archive). They are
**not** committed to git (see `.gitignore`).
Drop the two required Windows executables here before running `npm run dev` or
building; `aria2c.exe` is optional:
```
resources/bin/
├── yt-dlp.exe
├── ffmpeg.exe
└── aria2c.exe (optional)
```
## yt-dlp.exe
- Download: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
- Grab `yt-dlp.exe`.
- Unlicense / public domain.
## ffmpeg.exe
- Use an **LGPL** build to keep licensing simple, e.g.
https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases (pick a `*-lgpl-shared` or
`*-lgpl` win64 build) or https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/.
- Copy `ffmpeg.exe` here. Ship the LGPL license text alongside the installer
before release.
## aria2c.exe (optional)
- Powers the "Use aria2c downloader" toggle in Settings → Network for faster
multi-connection downloads. If it's missing, that toggle silently falls back
to yt-dlp's built-in downloader — nothing breaks.
- Download: https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases (grab the `aria2-*-win-64bit-build1.zip`,
copy `aria2c.exe` from it here).
- GPL-2.0 — ship its license text alongside the installer before release if bundled.
> Branding stays generic: AeroFetch is a "yt-dlp frontend." Keep upstream
> license texts with any distributed build.