KurtBestor

    KurtBestor/Hitomi-Downloader

    :cake: Desktop utility to download images/videos/music/text from various websites, and more.

    27.0K stars
    2.4K forks
    27.0K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 421 days ago, with 1 contributor on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Downloads images, videos, music, and text from various websites using a desktop utility with a graphical interface.
    • Offers multi-threaded download acceleration and supports a wide range of sites and formats including BitTorrent and M3U8 videos.
    • Use for quickly downloading large media collections from art and social platforms like Pixiv, DeviantArt, and Twitter.
    • Use for managing and organizing multiple simultaneous downloads with speed limits and clipboard monitoring.
    • Use for downloading streaming videos and live content from platforms like Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok with support for user scripts.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

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    • Warning: No license file detected by GitHub: unless the project grants one elsewhere, you generally have no permission to use, modify or distribute the code.
    • Owned by an individual account with a single contributor on GitHub; plan for bus-factor risk.

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    About Hitomi-Downloader

    :cake: Desktop utility to download images/videos/music/text from various websites, and more.

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Dec 16: +30Dec 19: +10Dec 20: +13Dec 21: +11Dec 22: +10Dec 23: +3

    +102 stars over 8 days across 8 snapshot days; best day +30 on Dec 16.

    Forks

    2.4K+9

    Open issues

    4.0K+5

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