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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install moodle-dl

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#moodle-dl

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mo/moodle-dl/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Downloads course content fast from Moodle (e.g., lecture PDFs)

Project links

Commands and aliases

moodle-dl

history

Project history and usage

Moodle-DL is a student-oriented Moodle downloader developed in the C0D3D3V/Moodle-DL GitHub project. Its README presents the origin problem plainly: repeatedly downloading course files by hand is inefficient. The tool answers that with a Python console application that downloads Moodle course materials needed for study routines, including files, assignments and submissions, books, calendar events, forums, workshops, lessons, quizzes, descriptions, external links, and video/file integrations such as OpenCast, YouTube, Sciebo, Owncloud, Kaltura, Helixmedia, and Google Drive.

Project history

The project is shaped by Moodle's API and institutional-learning-management quirks. The README says it uses the Moodle mobile API, stores configuration in config.json, can handle SSO/token flows, and can maintain cookies for modules not exposed through the mobile API. It also supports notification channels including Telegram, Discord, XMPP, and mail, and reruns avoid redownloading files already saved locally. That makes it a personal archival and synchronization tool rather than a replacement for Moodle's built-in course export feature, which Moodle documentation describes as an administrator-enabled "Download course content" option.

How it is used

In package-manager terms, moodle-dl is a niche CLI for students and university users whose Moodle instance allows the needed API access. Its README compares it with adjacent Moodle downloaders such as webeep-sync, syncMyMoodle, edu-sync, tum-moodle-downloader, moodle-buddy, and Discord notification bots, reflecting a small ecosystem of institution-specific tools around the same pain point.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for moodle-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 6 platform targets.
Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: config.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: config.jsoncookie.txt

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`moodle-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 version2.3.13

manager updated2026-06-17

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/C0D3D3V/Moodle-DL

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/C0D3D3V/Moodle-DLnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:moodle-dl
Version	2.3.13
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/moodle-dl
Homepage	https://github.com/C0D3D3V/Moodle-DL
Repository	https://github.com/C0D3D3V/Moodle-DL
Upstream docs	https://github.com/C0D3D3V/Moodle-DL#readme
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0b/44/9c283a04b0ede0bcaa2f3595b523cb115c662fe349f215631484035126d1/moodle_dl-2.3.13.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-17T14:45:26Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	certifi, cffi, ffmpeg, python@3.14
Build dependencies	cmake
Uses from macOS	libffi
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	moodle-dl
Version Scheme	0
Revision	11
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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Nix95%

moodle-dl

nix profile install nixpkgs#moodle-dl

normalized package name match
Matched by: Moodle Dl

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source trail

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Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/moodle-dl.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
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package relationship graph
package version freshness
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