# Install gallery-dl with Homebrew Command-line downloader for image-hosting site galleries and collections. Version 1.32.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gallery-dl ``` ## Agent safety answer gallery-dl downloads media and may use cookies or credentials for private sources. - **Credential access:** Reads cookies, config files, netrc credentials, and output paths. - **Remote mutation:** Primarily downloads, but can access authenticated services. - **Publish/artifact risk:** Can create local archives of private or copyrighted media. - **Recommended control:** Gate cookie reads, authenticated downloads, and broad output paths. - **Agent-use guidance:** Allow public metadata checks; require approval for private downloads and credential use. Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gallery-dl ``` Evidence: provider-native install command ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gallery-dl - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.32.8 - **Source summary:** Command-line downloader for image-hosting site galleries and collections - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T09:23:39Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00 ## Executables - gallery-dl (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.32.8 ## Project history and usage gallery-dl is a cross-platform command-line program for downloading image galleries and collections from many image-hosting and social sites. It is often treated as the image-gallery counterpart to video downloaders such as youtube-dl and yt-dlp. ### Project history 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. ### Adoption history 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. ### How it is used 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. ### Why package nerds care 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. ### Timeline - 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. ### Sources - - - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for gallery-dl. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - Unix: /etc/gallery-dl.conf, ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/gallery-dl/config.json, ${HOME}/.config/gallery-dl/config.json, ${HOME}/.gallery-dl.conf ## Credential files - Unix: /etc/gallery-dl.conf, ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/gallery-dl/config.json, ${HOME}/.config/gallery-dl/config.json, ${HOME}/.gallery-dl.conf ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gallery-dl.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gallery-dl.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - curated agent safety answer