What types of Flickr content can Bulkr download?

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Bulkr is a desktop app for Mac and Windows that backs up, browses, and downloads photos and videos from Flickr. It can pull from your own account or from other users' public content, and it covers photostreams, sets (albums), favorites, groups, and Explore. It also handles Creative Commons media in batches of up to 500 at a time.

Content sources Bulkr can download from

According to the site, Bulkr downloads from these sources:

  • Your photostream — back up your own photos and videos with a click.
  • Any user's photostream — download another user's public photos.
  • Sets (albums) — your own or any user's sets.
  • Your favorites — the photos you've favorited on Flickr.
  • Any Flickr group — pull media from a group pool.
  • Explore — download Explore photos.
  • Flickr search results — grab photos and videos matching a search.
  • Creative Commons photos and videos — up to 500 at a go from Flickr search, your photostream, a user's photostream or set, your favorites, any group, or Explore.

What file types and sizes you get

  • Photos and videos — both are supported, including downloading Flickr videos.
  • Four photo sizes — you can choose among 4 different sizes when downloading photos.
  • Metadata written to EXIF (XMP) — title, tags, description, and geotag are written into the file's EXIF/XMP data.

Download behavior worth knowing

  • Preview before download — you can preview images before committing to a download.
  • Auto resume — downloads resume automatically if the connection breaks.
  • Batch limit for Creative Commons — up to 500 items per run for CC content.

What Bulkr is not

The site states it uses the Flickr API but is not endorsed or certified by Flickr. That's a note about affiliation, not a limit on what you can download — the content types above are all listed as supported.

Free vs. PRO

The site advertises "Install it free" and a separate PRO tier (linked at getbulkr.com/pro). The page does not list which features are gated behind PRO, so if you need a specific capability — like the EXIF writing or the 500-item CC batch — check the PRO page before relying on the free version.