Alternatives to WFDownloader App
A free bulk downloader for images, videos and files from galleries, forums and supported sites. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
WFDownloader App
A free bulk downloader for images, videos and files from galleries, forums and supported sites.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as WFDownloader App.
Bulk Image Downloader
A paid desktop tool that downloads full-size images and videos from web galleries in bulk.
Bulk Image Downloader is paid and Windows only, fetching full-size images with preview and selection and frequent updates as sites change.
gallery-dl
A command-line program that downloads image galleries and collections from many image hosting sites.
gallery-dl is open source under GPL-2.0 and supports many image hosts, but it has no graphical interface and runs from the command line.
RipMe
An open-source Java album ripper that downloads images and videos in bulk from supported sites.
RipMe is open source under MIT and cross-platform as a single jar, but it requires Java and only works with sites that have a ripper.
JDownloader
A Java download manager that fetches files and videos from many hosting sites through plugins.
JDownloader is open source, uses plugins for many hosting and video sites and adds remote access, but it requires Java and has a dense interface.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
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.
HTTrack
A free website copier that downloads whole sites to a local folder for offline browsing.
Cyotek WebCopy
A free Windows tool that copies all or part of a website to a local drive.
pyLoad
Open-source, self-hosted download manager written in Python and controlled through a web interface.
