macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install fanficfarelocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 10164
Install fanficfare with Homebrew, Nix, zypper
Download fanfiction and original stories as e-books. Version 4.60.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#fanficfare.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#fanficfarenixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fa/fanficfare/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install fanficfareopenSUSE 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. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
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 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version4.60.0
manager updated2026-08-02
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:fanficfare |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.60.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare |
| Repository | https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare |
| Last updated | 2026-08-02T15:09:43Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
fanficfare
nix profile install nixpkgs#fanficfare- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Fanficfare
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
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database