xword-dl
⬛⬜⬛ Command line tool to scrape crosswords from online solvers and save them as .puz files ⬛⬜⬛ (by thisisparker)
downloadacross
chrome extension for downloading crosswords from various sources (by downforacross)
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| xword-dl | downloadacross | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | |
| 137 | 4 | |
| - | - | |
| 7.9 | 0.0 | |
| 13 days ago | over 1 year ago | |
| Python | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | - |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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xword-dl
Posts with mentions or reviews of xword-dl.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-10.
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Browser extension for downloading .puz/.jpz files from Crossword applets
There's nothing too groundbreaking here - a great PuzzleMe -> PUZ/JPZ bookmarklet was posted here just last week, and xword-dl can pull puzzles from applets as well - but my hope is this makes it a bit easier to use and keep up to date, and also supports a few more formats + has a bit deeper compatibility for trickier puzzles.
- Downloading New Yorker puzzles (puz/jpz/etc.) -- any ideas?
downloadacross
Posts with mentions or reviews of downloadacross.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-22.
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Downloading New Yorker puzzles (puz/jpz/etc.) -- any ideas?
The best tool for downloading crosswords is https://github.com/downforacross/downloadacross, a Chrome plugin which I have contributed to. Unfortunately it doesn't yet support the New Yorker but if you happen to be or know a programmer who would be willing to implement it, that's the place to implement it. I had a quick look at the site just now and it's not easy to work out how they're storing the crossword data, but I'm sure it's possible 😅
What are some alternatives?
When comparing xword-dl and downloadacross you can also consider the following projects:
crosshare - Crosshare is a free and ad-free community for crossword constructors and solvers