The WFDownloader software is a type of downloader that allows you easily bulk download any kind of file such as images, videos, documents, attachments, etc., from a lot of supported sites but it can work on almost any website (not kidding) if you use its advanced features. It is free, simple, lightweight, extensible, and cross-platform so it works on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Official website Download page FAQ Sample usage WFDownloader scripts
- Can batch download a list of links from clipboard or files.
- Allows generation of sequential files and downloading them as a batch (fusker links).
- Proxy support.
- Allows downloading many files simultaneously (up to 20 at once).
- Save download progress and resume later.
- Can resume broken downloads and even refresh expired links on its own before resuming them.
- Can batch download images and other media from supported sites.
- Can also batch download from unsupported sites using manual links search.
- Can batch download images in their original quality directly from search engines such as Google, Bing, or Yandex.
- Supports downloading media from supported social media sites such as X/Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, Mastodon, Lemmy, Bluesky, Vk, and many others.
- Allows queueing multiple link searches at once via batch link search. Useful if you want to download multiple profiles at once from X/Twitter, etc.
- Supports backing-up entire profiles (with texts, date, links, etc) into a JSON file, from a few supported sites such as Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.
- Allows batch update via just a click. That is, downloading only new contents that have been uploaded since the last time the batch downloaded files.
- Also allows updating all batches or just the ones in a particular category.
- Can download from password-protected sites by allowing either browser cookie import or logging in via its built-in browser.
- Can download from open directories whether full or partial depending on what you want.
- Has special support for downloading various media (i.e. images, videos, documents, etc.) from forum threads.
- Comes with a configurable crawler for advanced link search.
- A downloader for programmers. It can be programmed to download any kind of file whether images, videos, documents, etc., using concise code/syntax.
- Can be extended by anyone to support new websites and allows the settings to be shared with others easily.
- Allows queuing multiple jobs so that they can be executed one after the other (batch link search) without needing your supervision.
- Powerful filter system so that you can extract just the links you want e.g. by URL pattern, file size, etc.
- Allows exporting links found in case you want to use in other applications e.g. spreadsheet apps like MS Excel.
- Allows categorization and sorting of batches for easy management.
- And it's still free, also cross-platform (will work on Windows, macOS, and Linux).
- How to use tutorial
- WFDownloader Programming/Scripting tutorial
- How to scrape and download all media and attachments in any forum thread
- Instagram downloader tutorial
- Twitter/X downloader tutorial
- Pinterest downloader tutorial
- Mastodon downloader tutorial
- Bluesky downloader tutorial
- Deviantart downloader tutorial
- Artstation downloader tutorial
- Ultimate X/Twitter downloader tutorial
- Ultimate Pinterest downloader tutorial
- Ultimate Instagram bulk downloader tutorial
- X/Twitter followers/following data export tutorial
- Bing and Google search download tutorial
For help, the best way is to write an email to support [at] wfdownloader.xyz. For other ways: