diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 353b4dee..3c134b59 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+- smoother large file download&proxy support (#463)
 
 ### Fixed
 - When queriying GitHub for the list of releases, retrieve more items (#462)
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index db97d2d2..0f92ecab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -323,6 +323,19 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b63caa9aa9397e2d9480a9b13673856c78d8ac123288526c37d7839f2a86990"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console"
+version = "0.15.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e1f83fc076bd6dd27517eacdf25fef6c4dfe5f1d7448bafaaf3a26f13b5e4eb"
+dependencies = [
+ "encode_unicode",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "unicode-width 0.1.14",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "constant_time_eq"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -481,6 +494,12 @@ version = "1.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "60b1af1c220855b6ceac025d3f6ecdd2b7c4894bfe9cd9bda4fbb4bc7c0d4cf0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encode_unicode"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a357d28ed41a50f9c765dbfe56cbc04a64e53e5fc58ba79fbc34c10ef3df831f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
 version = "0.8.35"
@@ -556,12 +575,16 @@ version = "0.13.1-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
  "clap",
  "clap_complete",
  "directories",
  "env_logger",
  "flate2",
  "guess_host_triple",
+ "indicatif",
+ "indicatif-log-bridge",
+ "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "miette",
  "openssl",
@@ -575,6 +598,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.3",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-retry",
+ "tokio-stream",
  "update-informer",
  "winapi",
  "winreg 0.52.0",
@@ -662,6 +686,17 @@ version = "0.3.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9e5c1b78ca4aae1ac06c48a526a655760685149f0d465d21f37abfe57ce075c6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-macro"
+version = "0.3.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "162ee34ebcb7c64a8abebc059ce0fee27c2262618d7b60ed8faf72fef13c3650"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-sink"
 version = "0.3.31"
@@ -682,6 +717,7 @@ checksum = "9fa08315bb612088cc391249efdc3bc77536f16c91f6cf495e6fbe85b20a4a81"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-io",
+ "futures-macro",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-task",
  "memchr",
@@ -1127,6 +1163,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indicatif"
+version = "0.17.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cbf675b85ed934d3c67b5c5469701eec7db22689d0a2139d856e0925fa28b281"
+dependencies = [
+ "console",
+ "number_prefix",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.0",
+ "web-time",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "indicatif-log-bridge"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "63703cf9069b85dbe6fe26e1c5230d013dee99d3559cd3d02ba39e099ef7ab02"
+dependencies = [
+ "indicatif",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "inout"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -1178,6 +1237,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.165"
@@ -1273,7 +1338,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "terminal_size",
  "textwrap",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
- "unicode-width",
+ "unicode-width 0.1.14",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1337,6 +1402,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "number_prefix"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b246a0e5f20af87141b25c173cd1b609bd7779a4617d6ec582abaf90870f3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.36.5"
@@ -1495,6 +1566,12 @@ version = "0.3.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "953ec861398dccce10c670dfeaf3ec4911ca479e9c02154b3a215178c5f566f2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic"
+version = "1.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "280dc24453071f1b63954171985a0b0d30058d287960968b9b2aca264c8d4ee6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "powerfmt"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -1712,10 +1789,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-native-tls",
  "tokio-socks",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "wasm-streams",
  "web-sys",
  "windows-registry",
 ]
@@ -2195,7 +2274,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "23d434d3f8967a09480fb04132ebe0a3e088c173e6d0ee7897abbdf4eab0f8b9"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-linebreak",
- "unicode-width",
+ "unicode-width 0.1.14",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2350,6 +2429,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-stream"
+version = "0.1.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eca58d7bba4a75707817a2c44174253f9236b2d5fbd055602e9d5c07c139a047"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
 version = "0.7.12"
@@ -2418,6 +2508,12 @@ version = "0.1.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7dd6e30e90baa6f72411720665d41d89b9a3d039dc45b8faea1ddd07f617f6af"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fc81956842c57dac11422a97c3b8195a1ff727f06e85c84ed2e8aa277c9a0fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -2588,6 +2684,19 @@ version = "0.2.95"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "65fc09f10666a9f147042251e0dda9c18f166ff7de300607007e96bdebc1068d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-streams"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "15053d8d85c7eccdbefef60f06769760a563c7f0a9d6902a13d35c7800b0ad65"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-util",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
 version = "0.3.72"
@@ -2598,6 +2707,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-time"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a6580f308b1fad9207618087a65c04e7a10bc77e02c8e84e9b00dd4b12fa0bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-roots"
 version = "0.25.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 70f4ebd1..0c70e6bc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,16 +15,20 @@ rust-version = "1.74.1"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1.83"
+bytes = "1.8.0"
 clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 clap_complete = "4.5.38"
 directories = "5.0.1"
 env_logger = "0.11.5"
 flate2 = "1.0.35"
 guess_host_triple = "0.1.4"
+indicatif = "0.17.9"
+indicatif-log-bridge = "0.2.3"
+lazy_static = "1.0"
 log = "0.4.22"
 miette = { version = "7.3.0", features = ["fancy"] }
 regex = "1.11.1"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.9", features = ["blocking", "socks"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.9", features = ["blocking", "socks", "stream"] }
 retry = "2.0.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.133"
 strum = { version = "0.26.3", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ tempfile = "3.14.0"
 thiserror = "2.0.3"
 tokio = { version = "1.41.1", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-retry = "0.3.0"
+tokio-stream = "0.1.17"
 update-informer = "1.1.0"
 xz2 = "0.1.7"
 zip = "2.2.1"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b8b92cc2..a35e72cc 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ pub mod toolchain;
 pub mod logging {
     use env_logger::{Builder, Env, WriteStyle};
 
+    use crate::toolchain::PROCESS_BARS;
+
     /// Initializes the logger
     pub fn initialize_logger(log_level: &str) {
-        Builder::from_env(Env::default().default_filter_or(log_level))
+        let logger = Builder::from_env(Env::default().default_filter_or(log_level))
             .format(|buf, record| {
                 use std::io::Write;
                 writeln!(
@@ -21,7 +23,13 @@ pub mod logging {
                 )
             })
             .write_style(WriteStyle::Always)
-            .init();
+            .build();
+        let level = logger.filter();
+        // make logging and process bar no longer mixed up
+        indicatif_log_bridge::LogWrapper::new(PROCESS_BARS.clone(), logger)
+            .try_init()
+            .unwrap();
+        log::set_max_level(level);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/toolchain/mod.rs b/src/toolchain/mod.rs
index 4b65c651..69652007 100644
--- a/src/toolchain/mod.rs
+++ b/src/toolchain/mod.rs
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ use std::{
     fs::{create_dir_all, remove_file, File},
     io::{copy, Write},
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    sync::atomic::{self, AtomicUsize},
 };
 use tar::Archive;
 use tokio::{fs::remove_dir_all, sync::mpsc};
 use tokio_retry::{strategy::FixedInterval, Retry};
+use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
 use xz2::read::XzDecoder;
 use zip::ZipArchive;
 
@@ -36,6 +38,11 @@ pub mod gcc;
 pub mod llvm;
 pub mod rust;
 
+lazy_static::lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref PROCESS_BARS: indicatif::MultiProgress = indicatif::MultiProgress::new();
+    pub static ref DOWNLOAD_CNT: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+}
+
 pub enum InstallMode {
     Install,
     Update,
@@ -49,6 +56,47 @@ pub trait Installable {
     fn name(&self) -> String;
 }
 
+/// Get https proxy from environment variables(if any)
+///
+/// sadly there is not standard on the environment variable name for the proxy, but it seems
+/// that the most common are:
+///
+/// - https_proxy(or http_proxy for http)
+/// - HTTPS_PROXY(or HTTP_PROXY for http)
+/// - all_proxy
+/// - ALL_PROXY
+///
+/// hence we will check for all of them
+fn https_proxy() -> Option<String> {
+    for proxy in ["https_proxy", "HTTPS_PROXY", "all_proxy", "ALL_PROXY"] {
+        if let Ok(proxy_addr) = std::env::var(proxy) {
+            info!("Get Proxy from env var: {}={}", proxy, proxy_addr);
+            return Some(proxy_addr);
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// Build a reqwest client with proxy if env var is set
+fn build_proxy_blocking_client() -> Result<Client, Error> {
+    let mut builder = reqwest::blocking::Client::builder();
+    if let Some(proxy) = https_proxy() {
+        builder = builder.proxy(reqwest::Proxy::https(&proxy).unwrap());
+    }
+    let client = builder.build()?;
+    Ok(client)
+}
+
+/// Build a reqwest client with proxy if env var is set
+fn build_proxy_async_client() -> Result<reqwest::Client, Error> {
+    let mut builder = reqwest::Client::builder();
+    if let Some(proxy) = https_proxy() {
+        builder = builder.proxy(reqwest::Proxy::https(&proxy).unwrap());
+    }
+    let client = builder.build()?;
+    Ok(client)
+}
+
 /// Downloads a file from a URL and uncompresses it, if necesary, to the output directory.
 pub async fn download_file(
     url: String,
@@ -69,9 +117,49 @@ pub async fn download_file(
         create_dir_all(output_directory)
             .map_err(|_| Error::CreateDirectory(output_directory.to_string()))?;
     }
-    info!("Downloading '{}'", &file_name);
-    let resp = reqwest::get(&url).await?;
-    let bytes = resp.bytes().await?;
+
+    let resp = {
+        let client = build_proxy_async_client()?;
+        client.get(&url).send().await?
+    };
+    let bytes = {
+        let len = resp.content_length();
+
+        // draw a progress bar
+        let sty = indicatif::ProgressStyle::with_template(
+            "[{elapsed_precise}] {bar:40.cyan/blue} {pos:>7}/{len:7} {msg}",
+        )
+        .unwrap()
+        .progress_chars("##-");
+        let bar = len
+            .map(indicatif::ProgressBar::new)
+            .unwrap_or(indicatif::ProgressBar::no_length());
+        let bar = PROCESS_BARS.add(bar);
+        bar.set_style(sty);
+        bar.set_message(file_name.to_string());
+        DOWNLOAD_CNT.fetch_add(1, atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+        let mut size_downloaded = 0;
+        let mut stream = resp.bytes_stream();
+        let mut bytes = bytes::BytesMut::new();
+        while let Some(chunk_result) = stream.next().await {
+            let chunk = chunk_result?;
+            size_downloaded += chunk.len();
+            bar.set_position(size_downloaded as u64);
+
+            bytes.extend(&chunk);
+        }
+        bar.finish_with_message(format!("{} download complete", file_name));
+        // leave the progress bar after completion
+        if DOWNLOAD_CNT.fetch_sub(1, atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) == 1 {
+            // clear all progress bars
+            PROCESS_BARS.clear().unwrap();
+            info!("All downloads complete");
+        }
+        // wait while DOWNLOAD_CNT is not zero
+
+        bytes.freeze()
+    };
     if uncompress {
         let extension = Path::new(file_name).extension().unwrap().to_str().unwrap();
         match extension {
@@ -286,7 +374,7 @@ pub fn github_query(url: &str) -> Result<serde_json::Value, Error> {
                 .unwrap(),
         );
     }
-    let client = Client::new();
+    let client = build_proxy_blocking_client()?;
     let json = retry(
         Fixed::from_millis(100).take(5),
         || -> Result<serde_json::Value, Error> {
diff --git a/src/toolchain/rust.rs b/src/toolchain/rust.rs
index 1eff4122..fb5b7678 100644
--- a/src/toolchain/rust.rs
+++ b/src/toolchain/rust.rs
@@ -73,11 +73,16 @@ pub struct XtensaRust {
 impl XtensaRust {
     /// Get the latest version of Xtensa Rust toolchain.
     pub async fn get_latest_version() -> Result<String> {
-        let json = github_query(XTENSA_RUST_LATEST_API_URL)?;
+        let json = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(|| github_query(XTENSA_RUST_LATEST_API_URL))
+            .await
+            .unwrap()?;
         let mut version = json["tag_name"].to_string();
 
         version.retain(|c| c != 'v' && c != '"');
-        Self::parse_version(&version)?;
+        let borrowed = version.clone();
+        tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || Self::parse_version(&borrowed))
+            .await
+            .expect("Join blocking task error")?;
         debug!("Latest Xtensa Rust version: {}", version);
         Ok(version)
     }
@@ -228,6 +233,15 @@ impl Installable for XtensaRust {
             let tmp_dir = tempdir_in(path)?;
             let tmp_dir_path = &tmp_dir.path().display().to_string();
 
+            download_file(
+                self.src_dist_url.clone(),
+                "rust-src.tar.xz",
+                tmp_dir_path,
+                true,
+                false,
+            )
+            .await?;
+
             download_file(
                 self.dist_url.clone(),
                 "rust.tar.xz",
@@ -261,14 +275,6 @@ impl Installable for XtensaRust {
                 return Err(Error::XtensaRust);
             }
 
-            download_file(
-                self.src_dist_url.clone(),
-                "rust-src.tar.xz",
-                tmp_dir_path,
-                true,
-                false,
-            )
-            .await?;
             info!("Installing 'rust-src' component for Xtensa Rust toolchain");
             if !Command::new("/usr/bin/env")
                 .arg("bash")