Baidu actively shuts down third-party downloaders. Official forums ban mentions of them. GitHub provides a decentralized platform where:
However, note that in 2023-2025, Baidu has intensified its anti-hotlinking measures. Many older GitHub projects are dead. Below, we focus on active, maintained solutions.
"Baidu Downloader" generally refers to third-party tools designed to bypass the severe download speed limits and login requirements of Baidu Wangpan (Baidu Cloud / Pan.baidu.com). Official clients throttle non-VIP users to ~100 KB/s. These tools are unauthorized and often violate Baidu's Terms of Service. baidu downloader github
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Language: Node.js + Vue
This tool sets up a local web server that acts as a proxy for Baidu. You open localhost:8000, log in via Baidu’s official OAuth, and then download any file. The server bypasses throttling by using range requests—downloading different byte segments of a file in parallel.
Setup (for advanced users):
git clone https://github.com/Proxy-Baidu/Proxy-Baidu.git
npm install
npm start
Unique feature: It can resume broken downloads even if Baidu’s session expires.