mikf/gallery-dl
Command-line program to download image galleries and collections from several image hosting sites observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
96/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 10
- age_days: 4343
- days_rel: 32
- days_push: 32
- n_releases_24m: 50
Adoption not part of the score
19332 stars · 1465 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
gallery-dl is a command-line program to download image galleries and collections from many image hosting sites such as Pixiv, Danbooru, DeviantArt, Tumblr, Twitter, and MangaDex. It is a cross-platform Python tool with extensive command-line and configuration options plus powerful file-naming capabilities.
Use cases
- download image galleries from pixiv
- bulk download images from twitter accounts
- archive danbooru or deviantart collections
- download manga chapters from mangadex
- scrape images from tumblr blogs
- mirror image hosting site content locally
- automate periodic downloads of new posts from artists
When to choose
- you need a mature, actively maintained downloader supporting hundreds of image sites
- you want fine-grained control over file naming, filters, and configuration
- you prefer a lightweight Python CLI over browser extensions or GUI apps
When to avoid
- you need to download videos from general video platforms like YouTube (use yt-dlp)
- you need a graphical interface for browsing and selecting images
- the target site is not in the supported sites list
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
web-scraping cli file-system crawlers media developer-tools python cli cross-platform windows image-downloader gallery-downloader image-hosting-sites batch-download scraper command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl · fetched 2026-08-28 · f0c4130c8f7f
- homepage: https://discord.gg/rSzQwRvGnE · fetched 2026-08-29 · dc3903a473ff
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mikf/gallery-dl | main | 96 |
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