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Simple python script to download Bandcamp albums. Version 0.0.17 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-20.
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Package summary
Simple python script to download Bandcamp albums
Project links
Commands and aliases
- bandcamp-dl
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Project history and usage
bandcamp-dl is a Python command-line downloader for Bandcamp albums and tracks. It follows the youtube-dl tradition of a small CLI that turns media-site pages into local files, but it is specialized for Bandcamp metadata, album art, lyrics, and filename templating.
Project history
The public repository history begins in April 2013. The current project metadata names the PyPI package bandcamp-downloader and lists Iheanyi Ekechukwu and Anthony Forsberg as authors, with the GitHub repository as its source and tracker.
The changelog shows the project maturing through the 0.0.x releases with practical downloader concerns: safer interrupted downloads, album-art controls, individual-track support, ID3/tagging compatibility, dependency cleanup, and Python 3-focused maintenance.
Adoption history
The official README documents installation from PyPI, wheels, source, Homebrew on macOS, and Arch AUR. The supplied package facts currently list Homebrew packaging, which is consistent with its role as a small end-user media utility rather than a foundational library.
How it is used
The basic interface is bandcamp-dl URL, with options for artist, album, and track slugs, output templates, base directory, album-art embedding, lyrics embedding, filename normalization, and overwrite/resume behavior.
Its README explicitly frames bug reports around reproducible URLs and command options, which is typical for site-specific download tools that must adapt when the upstream website changes.
Why package nerds care
bandcamp-dl is a small but recognizable example of the long tail of media downloaders that package managers carry for users who prefer scriptable local archives. The package is also a maintenance reminder: site scrapers are useful, but they depend on HTML and metadata behavior outside the package maintainer's control.
Timeline
- 2013: Public Git history begins with the initial repository commits.
- 2016: v0.0.5 documents ID3, incomplete-download, and dependency improvements.
- 2017: v0.0.6 marks the last version to officially support Python 2.7.x.
- 2017: v0.0.7 adds safer resume behavior and cleaner CLI output.
- 2025: v0.0.17 is tagged with a lyrics-related fix.
Related projects
- bandcamp-dl is related to youtube-dl and yt-dlp in package-manager culture, but it is narrower: it targets Bandcamp album and track pages rather than broad video-site extraction.
Sources
- https://github.com/Evolution0/bandcamp-dl
- https://github.com/Evolution0/bandcamp-dl/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst
- https://github.com/Evolution0/bandcamp-dl/blob/master/README.rst
- https://github.com/Evolution0/bandcamp-dl/blob/master/pyproject.toml
- https://github.com/Evolution0/bandcamp-dl/commit/9a24e93ab968b5d566724fe5d1be3654a852dc23
- input.source_facts.package-manager
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for bandcamp-dl. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
- Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
bandcamp-dl | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.0.17
manager updated2026-05-20
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/evolution0/bandcamp-dl
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/evolution0/bandcamp-dlnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:bandcamp-dl |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.17 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bandcamp-dl |
| Homepage | https://github.com/evolution0/bandcamp-dl |
| Repository | https://github.com/evolution0/bandcamp-dl |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/Evolution0/bandcamp-dl#readme |
| License | Unlicense |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/78/c2/2c11878a494ceef38ed5ac51dede216547cb14ef40a30f8f009fca0ceab6/bandcamp_downloader-0.0.17.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-05-20T10:37:28Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | certifi, python@3.14 |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | bandcamp-dl |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 7 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source trail
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
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