grateful-grabber

Grateful Grabber

Download

Install Compare

Grateful Grabber is a Chrome extension designed for music enthusiasts who want to easily download soundboard recordings from the live music archive. It simplifies access to high-quality live performance audio, making it quick and convenient to build your music collection. With Grateful Grabber, users can browse, select, and download soundboard tracks directly through their browser without hassle, enhancing the live music listening experience.

Music & Audio Productivity

By:: Chris Bendel
Users:: 4,000+
Rating:: 4.41

(76)
Version:: 3.0.0 Last updated: 2024-05-06
Creation date:: 2019-04-23
Risk:: Low risk impact Very low risk likelihood
Size:: 130.05K
Email:: ch*****@gmail.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 14,828 ▼ 2

Other rankings

#247 in Entertainment

User reviews

Grateful Grabber is highly praised by Grateful Dead fans for simplifying the download of shows from Archive.org and working reliably across platforms. However, multiple users report issues like incomplete or 0-byte downloads especially with long shows or full folders, and individual track downloads can be unreliable. The extension also does not support FLAC files and sometimes disappears from archive pages after use. Despite these concerns, it remains an essential and beloved tool for Deadheads seeking accessible music downloads.

Pros

Makes downloading Grateful Dead shows from Archive.org easy and convenient.
Works well on multiple operating systems including Windows and LinuxMint.
Enables downloading full shows and individual tracks (though individual track downloads sometimes have issues).
Highly appreciated by Grateful Dead fans for providing access to music not easily available otherwise.
Reliable and efficient according to most positive users.

Cons

Multiple users report downloaded files sometimes being 0 bytes or incomplete downloads.
Downloading full folders or long shows may not work properly; progress bar stalls or only partial downloads occur.
Individual track downloads do not always work or lack useful features like track numbering in filenames.
The extension sometimes fails to appear on archive pages after initial use or stops working entirely.
No support for downloading FLAC versions, only lossy mp3s from Archive.org.

Recent reviews

Developer needs to check out what's going on, lots of songs show up as 0 bytes, please check into this ASAP. The extension is not working properly

Michael Kaleck, 2024-04-12

Hi - had forgotten about this amazing extension which I used a lot way back. I'm having a problem downloading this show (all at once). https://archive.org/details/gd1975-03-01.145786.sbd.gans.miller.noel.flac1644/gd75.xx.xx.s1t01.flac It's over 7 hours long ... may that be related? Anyway, I can it seems only download part of it, and then many of the tracks are 0 bytes. Any thoughts? Oh and for single track downloads, maybe suffix with the track number? And single track download does not always seem to work. Thanks Jeremy Poynton

Jeremy Poynton, 2024-04-02

Because Archive.org only streaming in lossy mp3's there is no way to download FLAC versions of shows. I personally don't know of any Deadhead who would want a lossy version of a show.

Philly Mike, 2022-05-20

View all user reviews ›

Extension safety

Risk impact

grateful-grabber requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

grateful-grabber has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
Low **** ********* *** ******* **** **** * ****** **** ***** ******** *** **** ****** ** ** ****** *** *****
Low **** ********* *** ***** **** **** * ****** **** ***** ********** *** **** ****** ** ** ****** *** *****
Good **** ********* ** ****** ** ********
Good **** ********* *** **** **** *******