Reddit Downloader

I, like many of you, often save interesting image posts on Reddit so that I can remember to download them when I have the time, especially when using one of the mobile apps.

Reddit Downloader is a nifty application that can make your life easier, as it scans your saved posts and downloads any images it locates automatically. It features a minimalistic UI and is very easy to set up, but this early release still seems to have a few bugs.

Once this app has been configured, any saved posts from the specified subreddits will be downloaded to your PC automatically. The program checks your account for new posts regularly, though how often it does this is not clear, and the interval cannot be customized.

The bottom line is that any image posts you save on Reddit will be downloaded by the application while it is running in the background, even if you are using one of the Reddit mobile apps.

In order to download anything, you first have to provide your account details, set the target folder and specify which subreddits should be taken into consideration. If you mark the subreddit as NSFW, the downloaded files will be hidden.

The images are organized into folders based on the subreddit’s name, and Imgur albums are placed into subdirectories so as to keep everything nice and tidy.

We did not encounter any issues when saving images from Imgur albums or those stored directly on the Reddit servers, but individual pictures from Imgur were only downloaded if the poster provided a direct link to the file. If the post linked to the image’s Imgur page, it was not downloaded.

If you minimize the application, it is sent to the system tray, where it continues to scan your account and download saved images. Apart from your account info, all settings are saved when shutting down the program.

New users should have no problems getting accustomed to the application’s intuitive user interface, and it even comes with an optional night mode for those who find the default background to be too bright.

To sum up, Reddit Downloader is a pretty impressive little app that, for the most part, does its job very well. However, there seems to be an issue with downloading images from Imgur, although it should be easy enough to resolve in a future release.

Keep in mind that this app is still being developed, so you may run into the odd bug every now and then. Nonetheless, it shows a lot of promise.