Qt Aria2 GUI With Background

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Hi Qt community, just joined as a noob. Got C++ experience but mostly console and school.

I mainly use Windows but am passionate about open source and cross-platform. I've been using Aria2 as my main download for a long time, with a VBScript to start it in background and a web UI. Although it works fine for me, I'd like to introduce the tool to more friends who are not as technical.

I've found a really simple version. But for me I'd like a more complete GUI, more similar to other download managers under Windows, namely:

Systray icon managing the aria2 background process
Download list
Add download window
Preference window

Probably will work on this in that order, too.

Just starting, so any suggestion and advice is welcome. Will update repo URL here, too.

mrjj

Hi and welcome
You should look at
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qsystemtrayicon.html#details
maybe also
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html
For starting/controlling it.
Maybe use
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qnetworkaccessmanager.html
to talk to Aria2 RPC interface