# mikf/gallery-dl

Command-line program to download image galleries and collections from several image hosting sites

Repository: https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gallery-dl
Homepage: https://discord.gg/rSzQwRvGnE
Language: Python
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: gallery, downloader, pixiv, danbooru, deviantart, tumblr, twitter, mangadex, kemono
Last push: 2026-08-01T09:53:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 95, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4343, "days_push": 32, "days_rel": 32, "gap_med": 10, "n_releases_24m": 50}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 19332, forks 1465 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:27.641921+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, cli, file-system
- domain: crawlers, media, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: image-downloader, gallery-downloader, image-hosting-sites, batch-download, scraper, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mikf/gallery-dl (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:27.641921+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 2026-08-29T17:00:15.779188+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:27.641921+00:00, sha f0c4130c8f7f)
  - homepage: https://discord.gg/rSzQwRvGnE (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:32.285183+00:00, sha dc3903a473ff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.