fanbox-dl: Pixiv FANBOX Downloader

fanbox-dl will download media of supported and followed creators on FANBOX.

Caution: fanbox-dl is command-line-program, so it doesn't provide graphical user interface.

Installation

The latest binary can be downloaded here.

• Windows (64bit): fanbox-dl_x.x.x_Windows_x86_64.exe
• Windows (32bit): fanbox-dl_x.x.x_Windows_i386.exe
• Mac: fanbox-dl_x.x.x_Darwin_x86_64
• Mac (M1 CPU): fanbox-dl_x.x.x_Darwin_arm64

Usage

1. Open a command line interpreter. For example, If you are Windows user, open Command Prompt or PowerShell. If you are Mac user, open Terminal.

2. Execute the downloaded fanbox-dl binary. You can see usage by running fanbox-dl --help.

Command	Description	Usage	Default
sessid	Requires FANBOXSESSID which is stored in browser Cookies for login state. When not provided, refers FANBOXSESSID environment value. If unavailable, only free posts are downloaded when accompanied by a creator flag.	--sessid xxxxx	NULL
creator	Comma separated Pixiv creator IDs to download the contents. Overrides supporting and following flags. https://www.fanbox.cc/@example. Only bold text needed from URL.	--creator user1, --creator user1,user2	NULL
ignore-creator	Comma separated Pixiv creator IDs to ignore to download the contents.	--ignore-creator user1,user2	NULL
supporting	When disabled, will not download content from creators you're supporting.	--supporting=false	true
following	When disabled, will not download content from creators you only follow.	--following=false	true
dir-by-plan	Separates content saved into directories based on the plan the post belonged to.	--dir-by-plan	false
dir-by-post	Separates content saved into directories based on the title of the post. Stored inside the plan directory when accompanied by the dir-by-plan flag.	--dir-by-post	false
all	Will ensure that all content is downloaded from creators. Will also redownload content that might already be present locally.	--all	false
skip-files	Will skip downloading non-image files from creators.	--skip-files	false
dry-run	Will skip downloading all content from creators.	--dry-run	false
verbose	Gives more detailed information about commands being executed by the application. Useful for debugging errors.	--verbose	false
save-dir	Root directory to save content. Put directory in double quotes " if it contains spaces. Supports relative and absolute directories.	--savedir ./content	./images

Example

If you want to re-download all images from the creator https://www.fanbox.cc/@creatornamehere, execute fanbox-dl --sessid xxxxx --save-dir ./content --creator creatornamehere --all.

And you can see media in the relevant directory. ./content/creatornamehere/xxxx.jpg.

Acquiring your FANBOXSESSID

fanbox-dl needs your account FANBOXSESSID to download supported content, which has your login state stored in a browser Cookie.

For example, if you are using Google Chrome, you can get it by following the steps in https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/storage/cookies.

Contribution

Please open an issue or pull request.