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KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

20 good first / help-wanted issues · Python · last activity Jul 29, 2026

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Endpoint-drift canary: golden-file extraction tests + scheduled live check about 2 months ago

enhancement good first issue

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

MCP server / agent-friendly interface so LLM agents can trigger image collection about 2 months ago

enhancement help wanted

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Hugging Face / Parquet / img2dataset export for manifests about 2 months ago

enhancement help wanted

KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Expose Bing license filter for compliance-aware dataset building about 2 months ago

enhancement good first issue

KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

test_version_flag_via_argv fails on Windows (prog assertion too strict) 2 months ago

bug good first issue

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Document and enforce thread-safety contract for Downloader (manifest writer is single-threaded) 3 months ago

help wanted

KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Add a GitHub Actions workflow to run pytest + ruff + mypy on every PR (Python 3.8, 3.10, 3.12) 4 months ago

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KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Remove or populate the empty `docs/index.md` file 4 months ago

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Fix `verbose` default inconsistency between `Downloader.search` and `ImageEngine.__init__` 4 months ago

bug good first issue

KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Add HTTP/HTTPS proxy support to `Downloader.search()` and `bbid` CLI 4 months ago

enhancement help wanted

KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Refresh stale README Features list to reflect v3.3.0–v3.6.0 additions 4 months ago

documentation help wanted

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Emit `DeprecationWarning` on import for `crawler.py`, `helperdownload.py`, and `utils.py` 4 months ago

good first issue

KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Add CLI smoke tests for the v3.5.0 manifest flags 4 months ago

enhancement good first issue

KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

47

Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Pass `min_dimension` through `Bing.__init__` and `DuckDuckGo.__init__` (remove the `Downloader.search` monkey-patch) 4 months ago

enhancement help wanted

KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

47

Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Document commit-signing requirement in CONTRIBUTING.md 4 months ago

documentation good first issue

KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Add manifest_path to Result.__repr__ for log-readability 4 months ago

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Add a CLI smoke test for bbid --version 4 months ago

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Deprecate the v3.1.x _manifest.json file (or document it explicitly) and consolidate on manifest.jsonl 4 months ago

help wanted

KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Add a regression test for top-level package imports (prevent 3.5.0→3.5.1 re-export bug class) 4 months ago

good first issue

KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

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Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader

Add missing LICENSE file (README references it but the file doesn't exist) 4 months ago

good first issue

KTS-o7/better_bing_image_downloader

47

Python library + CLI to bulk-download images from Bing or DuckDuckGo. Embeddable API, async, typed errors, JSONL manifest for ML training data. Good first issues available.

Python

#async-python#bing-image-downloader#bing-image-scrapping#duckduckgo-images#image-dataset-maker#image-datasets#image-downloader-python#image-manifest#image-scraper#image-scrapping#jsonl#mage-downloader#ml-training-data#python-image-download#python-image-downloader#python-image-webcrawler#python-imagesearch#web-image-downloader