glab(1)

💅 glab-packages-download — the page for glab(1), bestie edition

okay so you opened the glab(1) manual and landed on this one — welcome, this is the page about pulling a single file out of a project's package registry, and honestly it's giving "I just need my zip file" main character energy. let's go ✨

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🌸 NAME

glab-packages-download — download a file from a project's package registry. that's it, that's the vibe 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS

glab packages download --name  --version  --filename  [flags]

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✨ DESCRIPTION

so you wanna download a generic package file. you find it by its package name, its version, and its file name — those three are the whole personality of the thing. periodt.

now, where does it land? that's --path's job, and it's lowkey the most interesting part:

• if --path names a directory (it ends with a separator, or it already exists as one), the file gets saved in there under its original name — no rebranding, she keeps her identity 💖
• otherwise it's saved as that exact path, which means you can totally rename the file. slay.
• and if you don't pass --path at all? default is the current directory, original name. iconic, no notes.

by default the downloaded file gets verified against the checksum stored in the registry. heads up though — this costs extra API calls to look up the file's metadata. so if you're in a rush, --no-verify skips it. but bestie... that can let corrupted or tampered files through. use with caution, fr fr 😭

also! if the target file already exists, the download just fails. no silent overwriting, she's not like that. use --force if you actually want to overwrite it.

and if you're not downloading from your current project — use --repo to target another one. easy 🫶

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🌈 OPTIONS

• --filename="" — the name of the file inside the package that you wanna download. like, the actual thing you're grabbing 👑
• --force[=false] — overwrite the target file if it's already chillin' there. without this, existing file = download fails.
• -n, --name="" — the name of the package. yes, -n is the short one, you're welcome 💅
• --no-verify[=false] — nope out of the checksum verification entirely. ⚠️ warning: when enabled, this allows the download of files that are corrupt or tampered with. like, actually think about this one before you flip it.
• -p, --path="" — directory to save the file in (keeps its original name) or a full file path to rename it. defaults to the original name in the current directory. she's flexible like that 🦋
• --version="" — the version of the package. not optional vibes, you need it.

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🧚 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

these come from the parent command, they're not this command's own but you get them anyway:

• -h, --help[=false] — show help for this command. the classic.
• -R, --repo="" — select another repository. you can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. the full URL or Git URL is also accepted — so many options, all valid 💜

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🔥 EXAMPLE

okay these are the actual moves, copy-paste away:

# Download a package file to the current directory
glab packages download --name my-package --version 1.0.0 --filename app.zip

# Download into a directory, keeping the original file name
glab packages download -n my-package --version 1.0.0 --filename app.zip --path ./downloads/

# Download to an exact path, renaming the file
glab packages download -n my-package --version 1.0.0 --filename app.zip --path ./downloads/renamed.zip

# Download to an absolute path
glab packages download -n my-package --version 1.0.0 --filename app.zip --path /tmp/downloads/app.zip

# Download without verifying the checksum
glab packages download -n my-package --version 1.0.0 --filename app.zip --no-verify

# Overwrite an existing file
glab packages download -n my-package --version 1.0.0 --filename app.zip --force

# Use the 'dl' alias and target another project
glab packages dl -n my-package --version 1.0.0 --filename app.zip -R owner/repo

see that last one? glab packages dl — yeah there's an alias, it's short, it's cute, it ate 💅

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🍓 SEE ALSO

• glab-packages(1) — the parent page, go say hi to the rest of the packages crew 💖

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that's the whole page bestie, go forth and download responsibly 🌟

auto generated by spf13/cobra — yeah, a robot wrote the original, but I rewrote it with ✨flavor✨.

version/date check: Nov 2026, and the footer says glab(1) — so this page is from the glab manual, section 1. mwah 💋