gallery-dl
A command-line program that downloads image galleries and collections from many image hosting sites.
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Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install gallery-dl
About gallery-dl
gallery-dl is a command-line program for downloading whole image galleries and collections from a wide range of image hosting sites. You give it a gallery or profile URL and it fetches the images, which makes it useful for archiving an artist's work or a set of albums without saving files one by one.
It is written in Python, is scriptable, and is also packaged as a Snap and a Docker image. The project is actively developed, with a long changelog and thousands of commits.
Strengths
- Downloads entire galleries from one URL
- Supports many image hosting sites
- Scriptable command-line interface
- Available as Python package, Snap and Docker image
Limitations
- No graphical interface
- Site support can break when websites change
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Developer
- Mike Fährmann
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- Archiving image galleries and collections from the command line
- Categories
- CLI tools, Download managers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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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.
gallery-dl as an alternative
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You-Get
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