# shadowmoose/RedditDownloader

Scrapes Reddit to download media of your choice.

Repository: https://github.com/shadowmoose/RedditDownloader
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/redditdownloader
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: reddit, backup, downloader, python3, archival, scraper, reactjs, media
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-10-03T23:47:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3380, "days_push": 1065, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1161, forks 101 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:49.282244+00:00)

## What it is
Reddit Media Downloader is a Python CLI tool that scans Reddit posts, comments, saved lists, and subreddits to download linked media locally. It is now defunct due to Reddit's 2023 API restrictions and is no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- download all images from a subreddit
- archive my saved reddit posts
- bulk download reddit media
- back up reddit user posts before deletion
- scrape media from reddit comments

## When to choose
- you need a historical reference for how reddit scraping worked pre-2023
- you want to fork a media downloader codebase

## When to avoid
- you want a working reddit downloader today - the tool no longer functions
- you need maintained software with a license
- you rely on PushShift or the official Reddit API

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-scraping, cli, file-system
- domain: crawlers, media, self-hosted, files
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: reddit, media-downloader, archival, scraper, data-hoarding, discontinued

## Member repositories
- shadowmoose/RedditDownloader (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.282244+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 2026-08-30T06:31:44.223045+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/shadowmoose/RedditDownloader (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.282244+00:00, sha b18cbf0448b7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.