Fanfic Downloading Tools
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datahoardersHello fellow hoarders! Wanted to quickly share 2 tools I've been using to archive fanfic from around the internet.
1. Thanks to bites' recommendation, I've fallen in love with FanFicFare. FFF is an addon for Calibre, which I mentioned in my e-book/audiobook archival post. It's easy to set up and use and works for nearly every fanfic site out there! I say nearly every site because there are a few it will not download from (or at least easily), which are documented on their Github page. Included in that list is fanfiction.net; while it is possible, it relies on browser cache shenanigans that don't always work.
2. Fichub is a lightweight tool that's especially helpful for sites that don't play well with FFF - the biggest of these being fanfiction.net. It also supports AO3 and a few other smaller sites that FFF does not have full support for, and if you don't want to install Calibre, this is an easy way to get EPUBs. If you're not an EPUB person, Fichub will also let you download stories as pdfs or mobis. Additionally, Fichub is open source (link goes to their Github repo). Between these two, most general purpose and some specific fandom sites should be covered.
1. Thanks to bites' recommendation, I've fallen in love with FanFicFare. FFF is an addon for Calibre, which I mentioned in my e-book/audiobook archival post. It's easy to set up and use and works for nearly every fanfic site out there! I say nearly every site because there are a few it will not download from (or at least easily), which are documented on their Github page. Included in that list is fanfiction.net; while it is possible, it relies on browser cache shenanigans that don't always work.
2. Fichub is a lightweight tool that's especially helpful for sites that don't play well with FFF - the biggest of these being fanfiction.net. It also supports AO3 and a few other smaller sites that FFF does not have full support for, and if you don't want to install Calibre, this is an easy way to get EPUBs. If you're not an EPUB person, Fichub will also let you download stories as pdfs or mobis. Additionally, Fichub is open source (link goes to their Github repo). Between these two, most general purpose and some specific fandom sites should be covered.
