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Newgrounds Downloader for Windows

Newgrounds is not a booru. There are no global tag feeds to scrape — the site is built around creator portals, where each artist collects their own uploaded art, GIFs, and Flash-era animations. ArchiveX works with that grain: you point it at a creator's page or a single submission URL, and it pulls the public files into a searchable gallery on your own PC. It runs as a native Windows 10/11 app, so there's no Python environment to set up and no command line to memorize.

If you already live in a terminal, gallery-dl remains the most thorough Newgrounds extractor and yt-dlp handles the video side well — both are solid, free, and worth using. What they don't give you is a window: a queue you can watch, thumbnails you can scroll, and a library you can search after the download finishes. ArchiveX is aimed at the person who wants that visible workflow rather than a config file and a wall of log output.

Because Newgrounds mixes all-ages and gated content, some submissions only load when you're signed in. ArchiveX is built for archiving work you're allowed to keep — a creator's public portfolio, your own uploads, art you have permission to save — not for slipping past a site's gates or copying work against its license. Keep it to public, legal content and it becomes a tidy offline copy of the portals you actually follow.

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What you can download

How to use it

  1. Open ArchiveX and pick Newgrounds from the list of supported sites.
  2. Paste a creator's portal URL, or the URL of a single submission you want to save.
  3. To grab a whole feed, enter the creator/artist name so ArchiveX resolves their portal.
  4. Choose what to pull — art, GIFs, and animations — and set your download folder.
  5. Click Search & Download and watch the queue fill in.
  6. Open the built-in gallery to browse, filter, and search everything you saved.

How it compares

FeatureArchiveXTypical alternatives
InterfaceNative Windows GUI with a live download queuegallery-dl and yt-dlp are command-line only
SetupDownload the installer and run it — no runtime to configuregallery-dl/yt-dlp need Python or a standalone binary plus terminal use
Newgrounds coverageArt, GIFs, and video animations by creator or single URLgallery-dl has the widest extractor coverage; yt-dlp is video only
After the downloadBuilt-in searchable gallery of everything you savedFiles land in folders; you sort and view them yourself
Login-gated submissionsUses your own signed-in Newgrounds session for content you can already seegallery-dl supports cookies/credentials via config flags
PriceFree core, one-time Pro with a 7-day trialgallery-dl and yt-dlp are free and open source

FAQ

Can ArchiveX download a whole Newgrounds creator's feed, not just one file?
Yes — that's the main use. Point the Newgrounds downloader at a creator's portal and it queues their public art and animations together, instead of making you save each submission by hand. If you only want one piece, paste that single submission URL and it grabs just that. It handles both the 'archive this whole artist' job and the 'save this one thing' job.
Do I need to log in to Newgrounds, and how does ArchiveX handle it?
Public submissions download without a login. Some content is gated and only appears once you're signed in to Newgrounds — for those, ArchiveX works through your own account session so it can reach what your account is already allowed to see. It won't unlock anything your login can't; it simply saves what's visible to you.
What's the difference between the art and the animation files I get?
A Newgrounds portal mixes still art (PNG/JPG illustrations and pixel art), animated GIFs, and 'movie' submissions that are actual video. ArchiveX keeps each in its native format — images stay images, GIFs stay GIFs, and video animations download as video files — so a creator's mixed feed lands as a mix, not everything flattened into one type.
Why do I search by creator on Newgrounds instead of by tag?
Because Newgrounds isn't a booru. Unlike Gelbooru or e621, it doesn't organize everything into global tag feeds — content lives inside each artist's portal. So the natural unit for a Newgrounds downloader is the creator, not the tag. You give ArchiveX a portal or username and it works through that person's uploads; if you're used to tag-based booru grabbing, this is the one flow that changes.
Can I download Flash (.swf) games and movies from Newgrounds?
Partly. Newgrounds still hosts a huge Flash archive, but browsers dropped Flash years ago, so playable .swf games are a special case — you'd need a Flash emulator like Ruffle to run them. ArchiveX focuses on media you can actually view today: images, GIFs, and video-encoded animations from a creator's portal. For interactive .swf games, a dedicated Flash-archival tool is the better fit.
Is ArchiveX better than gallery-dl for Newgrounds?
Not better — different. gallery-dl has broader, more configurable extractor coverage and is free and open source; if you're comfortable in a terminal it's excellent. ArchiveX trades some of that flexibility for a visible workflow: a Windows app, a download queue you can watch, and a searchable gallery afterward. Pick gallery-dl for scriptable depth, ArchiveX for a no-CLI desktop experience.

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