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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install fanficfare

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#fanficfare

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fa/fanficfare/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install fanficfare

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · fanficfare · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Download fanfiction and original stories as e-books

Project links

Commands and aliases

fanficfare

history

Project history and usage

FanFicFare is a Python command-line tool and calibre plugin for downloading fanfiction and original stories from supported websites and turning them into e-books. It can also update existing EPUB files with newly published chapters.

Project history

The project is the renamed and relocated successor to FanFictionDownLoader, also known as FFDL or fanficdownloader. Its current GitHub repository dates to 2015, while compatibility paths and documentation still preserve the earlier name.

FanFicFare was distributed in CLI, calibre-plugin, and web-service forms. The maintainer shut down the legacy hosted web service in November 2019, leaving the locally run CLI and calibre plugin as the maintained delivery models.

Adoption history

The official README describes support for more than 100 story sites and a roughly monthly release cadence. The supplied package metadata records distribution through Homebrew, Nix, and openSUSE's Zypper in addition to the project's official PyPI and calibre-plugin channels.

How it is used

CLI users pass story URLs to `fanficfare`, choose an output format such as EPUB, HTML, MOBI, or text, and customize download, metadata, image, and site behavior through layered INI settings. The calibre plugin adds library integration, metadata updates, and incremental EPUB updates.

Why package nerds care

FanFicFare is notable as a long-lived, adapter-driven content downloader whose package has retained command-line compatibility and legacy configuration lookup paths across a project rename. Its combination of PyPI, calibre, and operating-system package distribution makes it useful to readers who automate e-book libraries.

Timeline

2015: The current FanFicFare GitHub repository was created; official documentation describes the project as the renamed successor to FanFictionDownLoader.
2019: The legacy hosted web service shut down on November 30; the CLI and calibre plugin remained.
2026: FanFicFare 4.59.0 was released on July 1.

Related projects

FanFictionDownLoader was FanFicFare's earlier project name and remains visible in a backward-compatible configuration path.
calibre provides the e-book library environment used by FanFicFare's most feature-rich plugin edition.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for fanficfare. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ./personal.ini~/.fanficfare/personal.ini$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fanficfare/personal.ini~/.fanficdownloader/personal.ini

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ./personal.ini~/.fanficfare/personal.ini$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fanficfare/personal.ini~/.fanficdownloader/personal.ini

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`fanficfare`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-04

manager version4.60.0

manager updated2026-08-02

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFarenone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:fanficfare
Version	4.60.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fanficfare
Homepage	https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare
Repository	https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f8/76/947d29633dbf681f1ad41432fb7d6c213ce84b50540b41aa7a675649bd64/fanficfare-4.60.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-08-02T15:09:43Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	certifi, python@3.14, sqlite
Build dependencies	pkgconf
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	fanficfare
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

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Nix95%

fanficfare

nix profile install nixpkgs#fanficfare

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fanficfare

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/fanficfare/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

zypper95%

fanficfare 4.60.0-1.1

Tool for making eBooks from stories on fanfiction and other web sites

https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare

sudo zypper install fanficfare

License: GPL-3.0-only
Category: Development/Languages/Python
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: fanficfare
12 dependencies
7 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Fanficfare

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fanficfare from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

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Combined YAML source

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combined/fanficfare.yml

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