cmd/meta4ra/check.go    |  7 +++++++
 cmd/meta4ra/progress.go | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 go.mod                  |  1 +
 go.sum                  |  2 ++
 internal/common.go      |  2 +-

diff --git a/cmd/meta4ra/check.go b/cmd/meta4ra/check.go
index 6d1b11b2d62d31e9cce4fcf3098d615fa79c426b899b8152507f8f24d44b3c08..c2959e39553c4001ff81bf24c30222f1b229f2de9e8219c8ea6764afd4fda895 100644
--- a/cmd/meta4ra/check.go
+++ b/cmd/meta4ra/check.go
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	meta4ra "go.stargrave.org/meta4ra/internal"
 )
 
 func runCheck() {
 	pipe := flag.Bool("pipe", false, "Verify file data from stdin, copy to stdout")
+	progress := flag.Bool("progress", false, "Show progress of piping/downloading")
 	allHashes := flag.Bool("all-hashes", false, "Check all hashes, not the first common one")
 	hashes := flag.String("hashes", meta4ra.HashesDefault,
 		"hash-name:commandline[,...]")
@@ -207,6 +209,11 @@ 		if *pipe {
 			w = io.MultiWriter(os.Stdout, hasher)
 		} else {
 			w = hasher
+		}
+		if *progress {
+			bar := Progress{w: w, now: time.Now(), total: f.Size}
+			bar.next = bar.now.Add(ProgressPeriod)
+			w = &bar
 		}
 		_, err = io.Copy(w, bufio.NewReaderSize(src, meta4ra.BufLen))
 		if !*pipe || *dl != -1 {
diff --git a/cmd/meta4ra/progress.go b/cmd/meta4ra/progress.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..58a2265d6e0ee3809732f6c62ea0ab04897f2d2326407900286981c429118da6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/meta4ra/progress.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// meta4ra -- Metalink 4.0 utilities
+// Copyright (C) 2021-2024 Sergey Matveev <stargrave@stargrave.org>
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
+)
+
+var ProgressPeriod = time.Second
+
+type Progress struct {
+	now, next    time.Time
+	wrote, total uint64
+	w            io.Writer
+}
+
+func (p *Progress) Write(data []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	n, err = p.w.Write(data)
+	p.wrote += uint64(len(data))
+	p.now = time.Now()
+	if p.now.After(p.next) {
+		p.next = p.now.Add(ProgressPeriod)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%d%% | %s / %s\n",
+			int(100*p.wrote/p.total),
+			humanize.IBytes(p.wrote),
+			humanize.IBytes(p.total))
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 11397aa620c927fab4874ca59fbc0e6ea184c05a1331ad4a4fbe622dc287caab..505b89440bef50d2c745deb3c7ff9a001ae474ee7a4898f949d74207e08d47f8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ 	lukechampine.com/blake3 v1.3.0
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.8 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4f1a551dabaf10bb5d46caf1da7fd6031d6d82b8d019a533256cab5bc3590acd..e77482571a7b88628e3e8bdc0f1a3e3c49a71d939576e67b43d142f759ea875c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/dchest/skein v0.0.0-20171112102903-d7f1022db390 h1:oNcAGoFeaPCgOnlARnJMQqgoq1UMlGwW7PFJddtTF2c=
 github.com/dchest/skein v0.0.0-20171112102903-d7f1022db390/go.mod h1:sh8l6PI4IHMaBmo2rlnHxnJDjXY7rxmDeaGSyupxMVM=
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 h1:GzkhY7T5VNhEkwH0PVJgjz+fX1rhBrR7pRT3mDkpeCY=
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Mu1zIs6XwVuF/gI1OepvI0qD18qycQx+mFykh5fBlto=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.8 h1:+StwCXwm9PdpiEkPyzBXIy+M9KUb4ODm0Zarf1kS5BM=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:Lcz8mBdAVJIBVzewtcLocK12l3Y+JytZYpaMropDUws=
 github.com/zeebo/assert v1.3.0 h1:g7C04CbJuIDKNPFHmsk4hwZDO5O+kntRxzaUoNXj+IQ=
diff --git a/internal/common.go b/internal/common.go
index 3d00f2c16f91c863c98c5a86908a585d55441a780bfaaf3f0cd31ce5be1f0cc1..d60e52d8b74a69b4f77bdb56979b7eeef441fc3e870082613704a1c9348ac539 100644
--- a/internal/common.go
+++ b/internal/common.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ 	"runtime"
 )
 
 const (
-	Generator       = "meta4ra/0.9.1"
+	Generator       = "meta4ra/0.10.0"
 	SigMediaTypePGP = "application/pgp-signature"
 	SigMediaTypeSSH = "application/ssh-signature"
 	BufLen          = 1 << 20