Configuration files

Location

Windows

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Bionus\Grabber

Linux

$HOME/.config/Bionus/Grabber

Files

Note

The list below is not sorted by "priority" but alphabetically. Also, some files might not exist depending on your specific configuration.

• cache/: temporary files for caching things such as HTTP requests
• sites/: list of sources and sites (see Sources)
• themes/: the installed themes (see Themes)
• thumbs/: the thumbnails for favorite tags
• webservices/: the icons for webservices
• blacklist.txt: the ignored and blacklisted tags
• commands.log: the log of commands (not SQL)
• commands.sql: the log of SQL commands
• favorites.json: the user's favorites
• filenamehistory.txt: history of the "filename" quick edit field in the main window
• ignore.txt: the "ignored" tags as set in the user settings
• main.log: log of everything that happened in the current (or last) run of the program
• md5s.txt: the database of already downloaded files
• md5s.sqlite: the database of already downloaded files (beta SQLite format, see issue #2116)
• monitors.json: the user's monitors
• restore.igl: batch and single images downloads
• settings.ini: contains the settings that are edited in the "options" window (so most of them)
• tabs.json: the user's opened tabs
• viewitlater.txt: the "kept for later" tags
• wordsc.txt: tags automatically added to the auto-complete list, in addition to the words.txt file that can be found in the installation folder

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Last update: November 19, 2023