gallery-dl mit Homebrew installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• gallery-dl

Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in October 2014 and long served as the project's primary development home. The current README states that active development has moved to Codeberg, and the Codeberg repository metadata records a March 2026 creation date.

Upstream documents GPL-2.0 licensing, Python 3.8+ support, a large extractor/configuration surface, and frequent release artifacts. GitHub release metadata shows versioned releases continuing into 2026.

Adoptionsgeschichte

gallery-dl has unusually broad package-manager adoption for a niche downloader. Upstream documents PyPI, standalone Windows/Linux executables, Snap, Chocolatey, Scoop, Homebrew, MacPorts, Docker, Nix, and Home Manager installation paths, while the supplied package facts also list apk, Debian, Ubuntu, winget, and other package-manager names.

The migration to Codeberg is significant for packagers because repository URLs, release tarballs, and development snapshots shifted away from GitHub while documentation and historical references still point to GitHub-hosted material.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users run gallery-dl with one or more URLs and command-line options. It can also be configured through JSON-style configuration files, with optional YAML/TOML support, site-specific extractor settings, output formatting, cookies, credentials, API keys, and cache handling.

The README documents optional integrations with yt-dlp or youtube-dl for HLS/DASH video downloads, FFmpeg and mkvmerge for Pixiv Ugoira handling, and other optional dependencies for proxies, compression, keyrings, PostgreSQL archives, trust stores, and templates.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

gallery-dl is package-nerd significant because it is a constantly changing web-scraper/downloader packaged across many ecosystems. Maintainers have to track fast upstream releases, optional dependency behavior, changing site extractors, default config locations, credential storage in config files, and the GitHub-to-Codeberg source migration.

Zeitleiste

• 2014: GitHub repository created.
• 2020s: Upstream README documents installation through PyPI, standalone binaries, Snap, Chocolatey, Scoop, Homebrew, MacPorts, Docker, Nix, and Home Manager.
• 2026: Codeberg repository created and README states active development moved there.
• 2026: GitHub release metadata lists v1.32.5 published on June 30.

Related projects

• yt-dlp and youtube-dl are optional integrations for HLS/DASH video downloads.
• FFmpeg and mkvmerge are optional helpers for Pixiv Ugoira conversion and timing.
• The project now spans Codeberg for active source development, GitHub for historical repository/docs references, and gdl-org.github.io for generated documentation.

Quellen

• https://api.github.com/repos/mikf/gallery-dl
• https://api.github.com/repos/mikf/gallery-dl/releases?per_page=5
• https://codeberg.org/api/v1/repos/mikf/gallery-dl
• https://codeberg.org/mikf/gallery-dl
• https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikf/gallery-dl/master/README.rst
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikf/gallery-dl/master/docs/configuration.rst
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikf/gallery-dl/master/docs/options.md