gallery-dl is a command-line utility for downloading image galleries and collections from a wide range of websites.
It offers extensive control over extraction, file selection, naming conventions, directory structures, authentication, and download behaviour.
The utility can process individual URLs or batches supplied through files and standard input. It supports browser cookies, configurable filters, download archives that prevent duplicate transfers, metadata export, and post-processing operations.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Downloads image galleries and collections from numerous supported websites.
- Offers flexible filename and directory formatting using extracted metadata.
- Accepts URLs directly, from multiple input files, or through standard input.
- Supports usernames, passwords, netrc credentials, and browser cookies.
- Filters downloads by date, file size, tags, index range, or expressions.
- Records completed downloads in an archive to avoid downloading duplicates.
- Exports extracted information as JSON, metadata files, or tag files.
- Stores downloaded content in ZIP or CBZ archives.
- Provides configurable retry limits, delays, proxies, and bandwidth limits.
- Supports external extractors and extensive JSON, YAML, or TOML configuration.
- Integrates with yt-dlp for HLS and DASH video downloads.
- Offers post-processing commands and Pixiv Ugoira conversion through FFmpeg.
Website: codeberg.org/mikf/gallery-dl
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Developer: Mike Fährmann
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
gallery-dl is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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