gdlEX is a Windows control layer for gallery‑dl: queueing, automation, post‑processing, session tracking, and a UI that makes large download jobs manageable. No gimmicks. Just tools.
🏛️ Assembled in Delphi because I refuse to suffer.
gdlEX wraps gallery-dl in a clean, Windows-native interface and then piles on:
- Queue management
- Automation (watch folders, scheduling, cookie rotation)
- Post-processing (rename engine, CBZ creation, cleanup)
- Privacy tools
- Session tracking
- Optional integrations (FFmpeg, yt-dlp, webhooks)
To avoid confusion, here are the two worlds gdlEX works in:
- gallery-dl features — the raw power
- gdlEX-exclusive features — the quality-of-life magic
These are native gallery-dl capabilities, just presented in a way that won’t make your eyes bleed.
- Single URL
- Multi‑URL queue
- Text file input
- URL-only extraction
- Metadata-only JSON dump
- Default templates
- Original filename
- ID-only
- Date + filename
- Username + ID
- Category + ID
- Custom template input
- File filter expressions
- Date before / after
- File range
- Min/max size
- MIME type filtering
- Retries, timeout, sleep, rate limit
- Proxy support
- Custom User-Agent
- IPv4/IPv6 forcing
- SSL bypass
- OAuth
- API key
- Browser cookie extraction
- Cookies.txt rotation
These features do not exist in gallery-dl.
- Modern Windows UI
- System tray integration
- Close-to-tray + notifications
- Styled output console with privacy filtering
- Session resume
- Live file-type tally
- Output trimming that hides your sins
- Watch Folder (auto-import URLs)
- Daily scheduler
- Auto-run queue
- Completion actions:
- Open folder
- Play sound
- Run script
- Or do nothing like a normal person
- Remove emoji
- Remove punctuation
- Remove spaces
- Trim filename length
- Remove custom substring
- Extension swap (jpeg → jpg, etc.)
- Rename-on-failure
- Automatic CBZ creation
- Empty-folder cleanup
- Windows-safe path handling
- Files processed
- CBZ archives created
- Success/failure state
- Session receipts
- Optional logs
- Download archive support
- File-type summary
- FFmpeg (optional)
- yt-dlp fallback
- Webhook notifications
- Hides sensitive output
- Redacts URLs and arguments
- Replaces filenames with a tally
- Keeps logs clean unless you ask otherwise
(Because people like pictures)
- Windows 10 or later
gallery-dl.exein the same folder as gdlEX- Optional:
ffmpeg.exeyt-dlp.exe- Cookies.txt or browser profile access
Grab the latest release here:
https://github.com/Supereviil/gdlEX/releases
If gdlEX saved you time, sanity, or wrist strain:
Ko‑fi: https://ko-fi.com/superevil
Every donation goes toward more utilities, more polish, and more over‑engineering, and a MacBook Neo for cross platform development.
MIT License
- gallery-dl by mikf — the powerhouse doing the heavy lifting
- gdlEX by Superevil Enterprises — the companion app, UI, automation, and general mischief