apkpure-downloader

Search and download from apkpure.com in a better way

• Mass download.
• Smoothy CLI tool.
• Can group .apk files by release date.

Requirements

• node, npm.
• nvm (recommended).
• Only tested on Linux.

⬇️ Installation

• With npm:

npm install -g apkpure

Manually:

• git clone <repository-url> and npm install on it.
• Use ~/.bashrc alias like:

alias apkpure='cd /path/to/project && npm run start -- "$@"'

• Remove:

npm uninstall -g apkpure 
npm cache clean --force

🔨 Usage

# download 3 last version from all favorites
apkpure --yes --last 3 --threads 4

# multi search to add new favorites
apkpure --search netflix --search whatsapp --search tiktok

Help

Usage: apkpure [flag] [flag] ...

Manage apps

  --apps [?editor]                    Print or edit favorite apps (apkpure.com url)
  --search [string]                   Search (multiple) apps to add to favorite
  --symlink [path]                    Symlink output directory
  --help                              Print this help
  
Download

  No flags                            Evaluate favorite apps
  --yes                               Evaluate favorite apps (skip confirmation)
  --choose                            Select multiple from favorite apps
  --last [n]                          Number of versions to download (default: all)
  --threads [n]                       Enable parallel downloads (max: 10)
  
  *unattended: use --yes, --last and --threads 

📳 APK Files

• Link output directory with apkpure --symlink ~/Desktop/apks-output.
• Running which apkpure on Linux might help figuring out your installation directory.

Example

.env File

Variable	Example	Description
OUTPUT_PATH	/home/$USER/Downloads	Overrides downloads output path.
OUTPUT_RELEASE_MONTH	false	Output files grouped by APK release month.
FORCE_LAST	10	Overrides number of versions to download.
FORCE_THREADS	5	Overrides threads to run.
EXECUTABLE_PATH	/usr/bin/chrome-browser	Overrides puppeteer executable path.
HEADLESS	false	Overrides puppeteer headless mode (running headful might consume resources).

Regardless

• I started writing a quick utility script, then I built this CLI tool with few use cases.

• This utility helped me so far and I would be very happy if it do the trick also for you!

• Any suggestions, improvements or bug fixes would be greatly appreciated.