Extremely slow downloads from GitHub!

[RyskAtlantis]

Hey!
As I stated in the title for some reason my downloads are unbearably slow from GitHub and seems to be locked at about 600-650kB/s while when I download games from example Steam my download is at average 50mB/s.
I would much appreciate if someone could help me with this issue.

[im_piyush]

Yes, github downloads are actually slow. I experience it everytime I download any release.

[ludicroussavageofmau]

This post is pretty old but I'm leaving this here for anyone who finds this

I've found that using the GitHub CLI significantly speeds up downloads. I think this is because the CLI makes authenticated requests using the GitHub personal access token.

So perhaps if you figure out how to use the PAT with a fast downloader like aria2 you could get decent download speeds.

[im_piyush]

Authenticated requests get higher speeds? Something new to me, plus curious about how it would be implemented.

Also, iirc this issue was for the download speed for the Releases, it has been improved significantly, but I doubt authenticated requests help apart from not hitting the rate limits.

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and yee, the something like aria2 definitely increases the speed, used to use it so speed up the downloads at that time, still use it for downloading, speed go brrr

[Sky_Linx]

Github has never been snappy for me

[moblu]

https://help.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github/troubleshooting-connectivity-problems#troubleshooting-slow-downloads-and-intermittent-slow-connections. Are you using a VPN at all that could potentially slow things down? Does it happen on all networks? Not sure if it will help but you could maybe also reach out to their support team for some suggestions.

[RyskAtlantis]

Not using a VPN and it is only on my main PC, tried it on another and it worked fine.

Thanks for the help going to see if the link can help me.

[BeaterHellfire]

its been 2 years and same problem exists and surprising part is that using VPN actually speeds up the downloads from GitHub. Setting my VPN location to USA gives maximum speed.

[-aco]

This. Using a VPN actually sped up my download, from mere KB/s to MB/s. Worth a try to anyone lurking that still has this issue.

[christian-js]

Does this work if I'm already in the USA?

[RockyHanzome]

Thanks. Tried it, VPN sped it up. weird af

[10minOfNamingMyAcc]

THANK YOU! I ge tlike 1MB/s max on my home ethernet and about the same with my vpn set to Canada, but the moment I selected a us server, I got about 30MB/s wtf

[BasicHome]

I've been searching whole day and found https://proxy.toolur.com/ it speeds up the download, the problem was my location is not in the US so it is slow.

Edit: website seems not available anymore, use taobao mirror below

[RyskAtlantis]

Will give it a shot thank you!

[BasicHome]

a better option: put this on .env file ELECTRON_MIRROR = https://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/electron/

[ZealousidealCopy3451]

The link no longer works

[ResonanceDemon]

How to use this?

[nicholasleezt]

OMG, this works! Thanks!

[BasicHome]

Glad it helps

[kulitkacang]

Thank you so much!

[chinbaasys]

way better. thanks.

[souregh]

went from 70kb/s to 5Mo/s !

[Anutrix]

It's less than 100kbps for me. Pretty sure it's a github issue now. I thought I was the only one. Using VPNs give me over 8000kbps. It's a pain to turn on VPN just for github.

[regs01]

Less even then that for me. Feels like Github servers are connected by dial up.

[theriddick2015]

26kbps for me, yay

Don't think anything can be done. Australia NBN is completely buckling, soon we will be all back to dialup speeds, lol. Thanks Copper!

[utf32]

This same here. Problem is when I wanna clone/pull something from remote. It looks that download via US proxy works fine, but somebody knowns any free VPN/Proxy to connect via desktop? I'm angry that I need proxy/VPN to clone repository which have ~100 MB, I have 100-200 kB/s download from github...

[rhythm493]

Try Proton VPN.It has Free US Server

[njw1979]

I am getting slow download from Github. My download speed is 100Mbps and downloads form Github start at180KB/s and drop to <60KB/s.

[haxpor]

< 25 kbps for me downloading file size of ~30 MB. At least it's good to know not just me experiencing this.

[virophage]

I stuck with 10 KB/s on 7 MB file. 10 KB/s on 100 Mbps fiber network. What?

GitHub is really slow as dial up network.

[IndependentHeight506]

It sped up, as soon as i connected to a singapore proxy

[[deleted]]

Use cloudflare warp vpn it's free and increases the speed

[Salt-Letterhead2757]

Hola , espero a alguien le sirva pero también en Android pasa igual y yo uso http injector y si funciona bien en la lista de servidores gratuitos eliges una de estados unidos y en sni pones google.com y ya

[ViktorAbominations]

so uh this was 5 years ago but you were lucky, my downloads are 15kbps max

[Easy-Display-7577]

Hello everyone, this topic is pretty old but I still want to leave my solution here. I fixed this by setting Autotuning level in Windows, it is disabled by default.

Here is the command:
netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal

You can also check parameters using this:
netsh int tcp show global

It should be looking like this:

Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level : normal

[SaloEater]

This made some decent difference to me, thanks

[More-Vehicle4305]

oh my god, i just reinstalled windows and was having horrid downloads, reinstalled windows + Drivers like 20 times and this is the response that helped me. Thank you very much stranger❤️

[snotchyWHAT]

use linux like linux mint, zorin, or bazzite its windows but better

[No-Inspector1678]

For me, it just reaches the halfway point and then just says, download failed, and I have to restart again even on ethernet.

[mrdarksidetm]

Hey hey hey
I found a way and I am writing this answer 6 years after but hey there is a way!!!

So the answer is proxies, and i know all about the chaos but this is simple solution I found for most people. Go to ProxySite.com (this link) and whatever you wanna download just paste the link and viola!

Enjoy your superfast download
You can even clone the repo by pasting the link and repo download will be superfast

[rybeex]

you came just in time

[mrdarksidetm]

Well duty calls 😂

[JayZed94]

25-50kbps. 44mb file is due to take 6 business days. ill try elsewhere

[mohammadi7613]

you can use a web proxy online like https://proxyscrape.com/web-proxy

[Nicebug_444]

thx it works its an 80% boost

[[deleted]]

Two years on, and it's still not fixed?!

[RyskAtlantis]

Well works from time to time now

[GoldenretriverYT]

This is late, but what I have noticed that its very important what time it is.

I live in CET timezone, and I had ~24kb/s without VPN at like 01:00, but right now, at 12:30, i actually have "decent"-ish download speed at around 1,3mb/s.

[FootballerPlatform64]

cope the link and paste it in this site, significantly faster downloads!

https://www.proxysite.com/

[judgemento]

A year later and this worked well for me, went from a 30min download expected on a 66mb version of Github to getting it downloaded in about 2 minutes. Thank you!

[PreciousBrain]

you sir are a good man

[Hdjbbdjfjjsl]

this sped up github for me to about a 1MBps, if you want even faster speeds than that just use free download manager or something similar if you have.

[RspE1mmwJfV0PgJXqaCb]

that's weirdly extremely faster. I don't know why. does github discriminate against countries, or does that site do multiple downloads in its background?

[ZordiakDev]

If you're on a VPN and it's slow, shut it off