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Having been inspired by @DarkMahesvara and his well-written threads and posts regarding free and open-source software, I would like to do the same for ones I use quite often. In this thread, I will discuss Grabber, my preferred tool for viewing and downloading from boorus. Given that many of us here enjoy finding and sharing artwork, I hope this is a relevant find for some of you.
Overview
Grabber is a tool that allows users to visit and search a variety of sources for images, typically boorus or imageboards, and download them according to options established by the user.
Many of the worthwhile sources included with Grabber include but are not limited to Danbooru, Gelbooru, Safebooru, Rule34.xxx, Pixiv, yande.re, Konachan, nhentai, and even e-hentai.org.
Relevant Information
Who does this help?
If you're like me, you probably save a lot of files locally, and doing so can be a pain in the ass because ultimately you'll want to sort and organize everything. Grabber makes this very easy by allowing you to make use of the tagging system frequently used on many booru websites.
The disadvantage of this, of course, is that you are ultimately relying upon the tags for a given piece of art to be legitimate. For anyone who has browsed boorus frequently, you know this isn't necessarily a given. That being said, this is not a flaw of the program but rather a circumstance of its target environments.
What is special about it?
Grabber allows you to set, choose, and modify a variety of options that make it more worthwhile to use instead of visiting boorus directly. They include but are not limited to the following:
In essence, this allows me to save files pre-sorted into folders created according to the franchise of origin and then naming the file by displaying the artist, the character(s) involved, a shortened version of the file's MD5 hash, and a chain of tags I have specified that would appear they were tagged on the art. As an example, the following image is retrieved from Gelbooru:
According to my settings as stated above, it is saved as "[pumpkinspicelatte] shuten douji (fate) e258f (loli).jpg" in a folder entitled "fate grand order+fate (series)".
Keep in mind that this is just my format and that you can customize your filename however you wish by utilizing their comprehensive token-based filenaming scheme.
Conclusion
Grabber is easily one of the best open-source programs I've ever used and one I use almost daily. It is perfect for fellow art curators such as myself who want an easy and streamlined way to find, save, and organize their artwork. There are many, many other features I did not mention here in the post as I only wanted to touch on the essentials; if you want to know more, please either check out the documentation or try it for yourself!
Overview
Grabber is a tool that allows users to visit and search a variety of sources for images, typically boorus or imageboards, and download them according to options established by the user.
Many of the worthwhile sources included with Grabber include but are not limited to Danbooru, Gelbooru, Safebooru, Rule34.xxx, Pixiv, yande.re, Konachan, nhentai, and even e-hentai.org.
Relevant Information
- Website: https://bionus.github.io/imgbrd-grabber/
- Documentation: https://bionus.github.io/imgbrd-grabber/docs/
- GitHub: https://github.com/Bionus/imgbrd-grabber
- Operating Systems: Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android
- Languages Available: English, French, Russian, Chinese, and Spanish
Who does this help?
If you're like me, you probably save a lot of files locally, and doing so can be a pain in the ass because ultimately you'll want to sort and organize everything. Grabber makes this very easy by allowing you to make use of the tagging system frequently used on many booru websites.
The disadvantage of this, of course, is that you are ultimately relying upon the tags for a given piece of art to be legitimate. For anyone who has browsed boorus frequently, you know this isn't necessarily a given. That being said, this is not a flaw of the program but rather a circumstance of its target environments.
What is special about it?
Grabber allows you to set, choose, and modify a variety of options that make it more worthwhile to use instead of visiting boorus directly. They include but are not limited to the following:
- Mass downloading: Allows the user to download images either one at a time, pages at a time, tags at a time, or entire searches at a time
- Ignore and blacklist tags: Bypassing the need to manually exclude cuck tags from your search
- User authentication: For certain websites (such as Gelbooru) that require you to log in before being allowed to see certain artwork. *wink wink nudge nudge*
In essence, this allows me to save files pre-sorted into folders created according to the franchise of origin and then naming the file by displaying the artist, the character(s) involved, a shortened version of the file's MD5 hash, and a chain of tags I have specified that would appear they were tagged on the art. As an example, the following image is retrieved from Gelbooru:
According to my settings as stated above, it is saved as "[pumpkinspicelatte] shuten douji (fate) e258f (loli).jpg" in a folder entitled "fate grand order+fate (series)".
Keep in mind that this is just my format and that you can customize your filename however you wish by utilizing their comprehensive token-based filenaming scheme.
Conclusion
Grabber is easily one of the best open-source programs I've ever used and one I use almost daily. It is perfect for fellow art curators such as myself who want an easy and streamlined way to find, save, and organize their artwork. There are many, many other features I did not mention here in the post as I only wanted to touch on the essentials; if you want to know more, please either check out the documentation or try it for yourself!