Documentation
Everything about Rapidly in plain words. New here? Start with Getting started.
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Using Rapidly
- Pause, resume and crashesWhy progress is safe, what happens on a power cut, and when a download refuses to resume.
- Speed and bottlenecksHow Rapidly chooses the number of connections, and what each bottleneck message means in plain words.
- Speed LabMeasure Rapidly against a single connection on your own internet connection, and read the result honestly.
- Queue, schedules and limitsHow many downloads run at once, priorities, schedules, bandwidth windows and the when-done actions.
- Browser extensionSend downloads from Chrome or Edge to Rapidly, what the extension sends, and how to remove it.
- Post-download rulesMove, sort, extract or notify when a download finishes, and why a program is never run without your say.
Safety and privacy
- Verify and integrityHow Rapidly proves a file is complete, checksums, integrity proofs and portable bundles.
- Notifications and updatesThe Notification Center, how updates are checked and verified, and how to turn each off.
- PrivacyExactly what Rapidly sends, what it stores on your computer, and how to remove it all.
Help
- TroubleshootingWhat to do when a download is slow, stuck, refused or blocked, and how to make a diagnostics bundle.
- Verify your downloadCheck that the Rapidly installer you downloaded is exactly the one we published.
- Frequently asked questionsShort answers about price, privacy, supported systems, browsers and uninstalling.