# Serene-Arc/bulk-downloader-for-reddit

Downloads and archives content from reddit

Repository: https://github.com/Serene-Arc/bulk-downloader-for-reddit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bulk-downloader-for-reddit
Homepage: https://pypi.org/project/bdfr
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: reddit, imgur, gfycat, scraper, python, downloader, archive
Last push: 2026-04-12T02:28:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 57/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 76, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3002, "days_push": 144, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2606, forks 240 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:04.091147+00:00)

## What it is
A Python command-line tool (bdfr) that bulk-downloads and archives Reddit submissions and their media from subreddits, multireddits, users, or individual links. It supports download, archive, and clone modes with configurable file naming and organization schemes.

## Use cases
- download all posts from a subreddit
- archive my saved reddit posts before deleting my account
- bulk download reddit user's submissions
- scrape reddit for research data
- backup reddit media files locally
- crawl reddit comments and metadata

## When to choose
- you need scripted, repeatable Reddit archiving via CLI
- you want to download media from multiple Reddit sources with custom naming schemes
- you need to preserve Reddit data for research or personal backup

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI-based downloader
- you want real-time Reddit streaming rather than bulk retrieval
- you need a general-purpose web scraper beyond Reddit

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, cli, file-system
- domain: crawlers, social-media, files
- platform: python, cli, windows, cross-platform
- tags: reddit, downloader, archiving, imgur, gfycat, data-collection, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Serene-Arc/bulk-downloader-for-reddit (main) score 57

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.091147+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:20:57.845804+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Serene-Arc/bulk-downloader-for-reddit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.091147+00:00, sha c5d4a1133eca)
  - homepage: https://pypi.org/project/bdfr (fetched 2026-08-29T10:04:01.021863+00:00, sha 4b4e8fead74a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.