ArchiveXyande.re Downloader for Windows — Save Full-Resolution Scans in Bulk
yande.re runs on the Moebooru engine and is best known for something most booru sites do not have: enormous, clean scans lifted straight from magazines and artbooks. A single post can be a multi-thousand-pixel page scan, not a web-sized thumbnail. ArchiveX is a native Windows 10/11 yande.re downloader built to pull those images the way they were uploaded — at full resolution, in bulk, by tag, artist, scanner, or a pasted post URL — and drop them into a searchable local gallery instead of a loose folder.
The detail that trips people up on yande.re is the full-size versus sample distinction. The image the site shows inline is often a downscaled sample; the original is a separate, much larger file. A yande.re downloader that grabs whatever is on the page hands you the small version. ArchiveX lets you fix the quality to the full-size originals before a batch runs, so a hundred scans come down at their real resolution rather than the preview size.
One note up front: yande.re is an 18+ site. Explicit posts are openly viewable there without any age gate, so treat the whole source as adult and keep any archiving to public, legal content you are entitled to save — ArchiveX does not bypass logins, paywalls, or copyright, it just automates the downloads you could already do by hand.
What you can download
- Full-resolution original scans, not the downscaled sample previews
- Complete artbook and magazine scan sets pulled by tag or pool
- Every post from a specific artist, illustrator, or scanner in one batch
- Moebooru pools kept together as a single set
- Parent-child post variants (alternates, uncensored, higher-res revisions)
- Original PNG and JPG files at the resolution they were uploaded
How to use it
- Open ArchiveX and choose yande.re from the supported sources list.
- Paste a yande.re post or pool URL, or type a tag, artist, or scanner name.
- Set the download quality to full-size originals rather than the smaller sample images.
- Click Search & Download to pull every matching high-res scan in one batch.
- Browse, filter, and search the results in the built-in local gallery.
How it compares
| Feature | ArchiveX | Typical alternatives |
|---|---|---|
| Full-size vs sample | Fix the batch to full-resolution originals in one setting, before it runs | gallery-dl pulls originals once configured; imgbrd-grabber exposes size via filename/URL tokens — both work, but you set it up first |
| Moebooru pools & parent-child | Paste a pool or post URL and it collects the linked set for you | gallery-dl ships dedicated yande.re pool extractors; imgbrd-grabber groups via tag queries — capable, from a config or search |
| After the download | Scans land in a built-in searchable, filterable gallery you browse in-app | gallery-dl and imgbrd-grabber write to folders; you supply your own image viewer |
| Setup | Install the .exe and run — no Python, no command line, no extension | gallery-dl is a Python CLI tool; imgbrd-grabber is a desktop GUI — both are solid, free, and open-source |
| 18+ content | Treats yande.re as adult by default; intended for your own legal, public archiving | The same posts are openly reachable; none of these tools evade a login or paywall |
| Price | Free core plus a 7-day Pro trial, then a one-time Pro unlock | gallery-dl, imgbrd-grabber, and yt-dlp are free and open-source |