gallery-dl

Overview

gallery-dl is a command-line tool for downloading image galleries and collections from over 100 websites — including Instagram, Twitter/X, Reddit, Pixiv, DeviantArt, Tumblr, Flickr, ArtStation, Imgur, and dozens of image boards. It handles authentication, pagination, metadata extraction, and flexible file naming. Think of it as yt-dlp but for images and galleries.

Instructions

Step 1: Installation

# pip (recommended)
pip install gallery-dl

# With optional dependencies for broader format support
pip install gallery-dl[yt-dlp]    # adds video download support via yt-dlp