reddit-img-dl

Downloader for media submissions to reddit.com. Supports both subreddits and users.

Fork of reddit-dl.

Build Instructions

Download binaries from github releases or compile it yourself with:

mkdir -p ./bin && go build -o ./bin/reddit-img-dl .

Why Fork the upstream project ?

reddit-dl downloads images/videos in a database like structure, with thousands of deep nested subfolders and non-sensical filenames. Its meant for archival, with metadata stored in a sqlite database. This structure is a pain in the ass if you want to browse via a file manager or gallery app/webapp and it's almost impossible to find something without consulting the metadata db.

Changes:

• Fixed and added support for some image/gif hosts.
• Downloads all files in a single folder, instead of nested folders chosen according to afew digits of the image's id.
• All images have the post title in the filename so it's easy to search them from a file manager.
• Ability to download top posts instead of recent posts.

If you want to archive subreddits, then I'd recommend the upstream project.

Usage

Run in your terminal:

./reddit-img-dl --subreddit pics --concurrency 50

Options:

    --concurrency int         Maximum number of simultaneous downloads. (default 10)
    --do-comments             Enable this flag to save post comments.
-d, --domain stringArray      The host of a domain to archive.
    --mbpp-bar-gradient       Enabling this will make the bar gradient from red/yellow/green.
    --save-dir string         Path to a directory to save to.
    --sort-top                Enable this flag to download top posts instead of recent ones.
-r, --subreddit stringArray   The name of a subreddit to archive. (ex. AskReddit, unixporn, CasualConversation, etc.)
-u, --user stringArray        The name of a user to archive. (ex. spez, PoppinKREAM, Shitty_Watercolour, etc.)

The flags -r and -u may be passed multiple times to download many reddits at once.

License

MIT