diff --git a/zigup.zig b/zigup.zig
index 6f7e861..f7f53f9 100644
--- a/zigup.zig
+++ b/zigup.zig
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ fn download(allocator: Allocator, url: []const u8, writer: anytype) DownloadResu
     // TODO: we take advantage of request.response.content_length
 
     var buf: [4096]u8 = undefined;
+    var current: usize = 0;
     while (true) {
         const len = request.reader().read(&buf) catch |err| return .{ .err = std.fmt.allocPrint(
             allocator,
@@ -111,6 +112,13 @@ fn download(allocator: Allocator, url: []const u8, writer: anytype) DownloadResu
         ) catch |e| oom(e) };
         if (len == 0)
             return .ok;
+        progressBar(current, request.response.content_length.?) catch |err| return .{ .err = std.fmt.allocPrint(
+            allocator,
+            "failed to write the progress bar with {s}'",
+            .{@errorName(err)},
+        ) catch |e| oom(e) };
+        current += len;
+
         writer.writeAll(buf[0..len]) catch |err| return .{ .err = std.fmt.allocPrint(
             allocator,
             "failed to write the HTTP response body with {s}'",
@@ -119,6 +127,17 @@ fn download(allocator: Allocator, url: []const u8, writer: anytype) DownloadResu
     }
 }
 
+fn progressBar(downloaded: usize, total: u64) !void {
+    const stdout = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
+    const width = 20;
+    const percent: f64 = (@as(f64, @floatFromInt(downloaded)) / @as(f64, @floatFromInt(total))) * 100.0;
+    const filled: u64 = @intFromFloat(@round((percent / 100.0) * @as(f64, @floatFromInt(width))));
+    try stdout.print("\r[", .{});
+    for (0..filled) |_| try stdout.print("#", .{});
+    for (filled..width) |_| try stdout.print(" ", .{});
+    try stdout.print("] {d:.0}%", .{percent});
+}
+
 const DownloadStringResult = union(enum) {
     ok: []u8,
     err: []u8,
@@ -1287,6 +1306,7 @@ fn installCompiler(allocator: Allocator, compiler_dir: []const u8, url: []const
                 return error.AlreadyReported;
             },
         }
+        loginfo("", .{}); // add new line
 
         if (std.mem.endsWith(u8, archive_basename, ".tar.xz")) {
             archive_root_dir = archive_basename[0 .. archive_basename.len - ".tar.xz".len];