Alternatives to gallery-dl
A command-line program that downloads image galleries and collections from many image hosting sites. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
gallery-dl
A command-line program that downloads image galleries and collections from many image hosting sites.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as gallery-dl.
RipMe
An open-source Java album ripper that downloads images and videos in bulk from supported sites.
RipMe is an MIT-licensed Java album ripper distributed as a single cross-platform jar, but it requires Java and only works with sites that have a ripper.
WFDownloader App
A free bulk downloader for images, videos and files from galleries, forums and supported sites.
WFDownloader App offers a free graphical bulk downloader with a crawler and browser cookie import on Windows, macOS and Linux, but it is closed source.
Bulk Image Downloader
A paid desktop tool that downloads full-size images and videos from web galleries in bulk.
Bulk Image Downloader adds a graphical preview and a queue manager for full-size gallery images, but it is paid, closed source and Windows only.
Also worth comparing
These listings name gallery-dl as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
You-Get
An open-source command-line tool that downloads videos, audio and images from web pages.
gallery-dl is an open-source command-line tool under GPL-2.0 focused on image galleries, available as a Python package, Snap and Docker image.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Lux
A fast command-line video downloader written in Go.
Image Downloader
Browser extension for browsing and bulk downloading images from a page.
DownThemAll!
Mass downloader that grabs every link or image on a page.
Bulk Media Downloader
Downloads the media a page loads by watching network requests.
JDownloader
A Java download manager that fetches files and videos from many hosting sites through plugins.
