Frequently asked questions

Bandcamp Downloader is a web tool that takes a public Bandcamp track or album URL and lets you download the streamable audio as MP3, a whole album as a ZIP, or the full-resolution cover art — without a Bandcamp account.

Yes, completely free. No subscription, no paywall, no account required.

No. Paste a link and download.

Yes. The site is fully responsive and works on phones, tablets, and desktop browsers.

Yes, listening on Bandcamp is free — you only pay if you choose to buy a release. Bandcamp Downloader complements that by letting you save the free stream as a real file you can keep offline.

Bandcamp lets you stream in the browser but has no plain "save file" button for casual listening — normally you'd need to buy the release to get a file. Bandcamp Downloader saves the same free stream as an actual MP3 or ZIP you can keep.

The free 128 kbps MP3 that Bandcamp serves for in-browser streaming. That is the only quality available without purchasing the release. Lossless (FLAC) and higher-bitrate files come only with buying the music, and this tool does not circumvent that.

No. FLAC and other lossless or high-bitrate formats are only available by purchasing the release directly from the artist on Bandcamp — this tool never bypasses that paywall.

No. 128 kbps is the highest quality Bandcamp streams for free without a purchase, and that is the only version this tool can retrieve.

Yes. Paste an /album/ URL and choose the "All tracks" option — you get a ZIP containing every streamable track plus the cover image.

Not in one step. Paste one album or track link at a time — for a full discography you'd repeat that for each release the artist has made streamable.

No, that is a different flow. Purchased releases and redeem codes are downloaded from your own Bandcamp account or email, where you also get the full-quality files you paid for. Bandcamp Downloader only retrieves the free public stream, never your purchases.

Yes. Every release offers a "Cover art" option that downloads the original full-resolution JPG the artist uploaded.

The files carry whatever ID3 tags Bandcamp embeds in its own stream — usually title and artist. We do not add or rewrite tags.

Public track pages (artist.bandcamp.com/track/...) and album pages (artist.bandcamp.com/album/...).

Preorders, purchase-only releases, private streams, and releases where the artist turned off full streaming cannot be downloaded — there is no public audio to fetch. Bandcamp Daily articles and merch pages are not supported either.

Only artist.bandcamp.com addresses are detected. If a label uses a custom domain, find the same release on its .bandcamp.com address and paste that.

Use "Share" then "Copy Link" (or copy it from your browser's address bar) rather than an in-app share sheet that points elsewhere — the tool needs the public .bandcamp.com web address, not an app-internal link.

No — Bandcamp Downloader is a website, not an app. It works in any mobile browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox) on Android and iPhone, and you can add it to your home screen for one-tap access without installing anything from an app store.

No, and that is deliberate. We built this as a plain website instead of a browser extension — no permissions to grant, nothing installed in your browser, and it works the same on desktop and mobile.

You do not need to install anything for any operating system. It runs entirely in your browser, so it works the same on Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS, Android, and iOS.

Not from us — Bandcamp Downloader is a hosted web service, not an open-source command-line tool. If you are looking for a script-based approach, that is a different kind of tool than what we offer here.

The tool itself is legal to use, but what you do with it matters. You must have the right to save the specific content you request — content you own, content the artist has made freely streamable, or content you already have a licence to.

No, and please do not use it that way. It only retrieves the same low-bitrate stream Bandcamp already gives every visitor for free. Buying music on Bandcamp is one of the most direct ways to support an artist — do that whenever you can.

You are. By using this tool you agree to comply with Bandcamp's Terms of Use and with applicable copyright law. See our Terms of Service.

Yes — one of the things that makes Bandcamp distinctive is it never wraps files in DRM. The free stream this tool retrieves is a plain MP3 with no restrictions.

Yes. No account, login, or personal data is required, we never ask for payment details, and it only ever fetches the exact stream Bandcamp already serves publicly. See our Privacy Policy for exactly what we log.

Generated files are stored temporarily so you can download them, and are automatically deleted within 24-48 hours. We do not keep permanent copies.

Generated files are only kept for 24-48 hours. Go back to Bandcamp Downloader and paste the same URL again to generate a fresh link.

We may log requests briefly for abuse prevention and reliability, as described in our Privacy Policy. We do not sell or share this data.

We apply reasonable per-IP rate limiting to keep the service available for everyone.

Larger albums take a little longer to zip up — give it a few extra seconds. If it never finishes, the release is likely a preorder or has streaming disabled; check the "Why does my link fail?" answer above.

This usually means the link is not a standard artist.bandcamp.com track or album page, the release is preorder-only or has streaming disabled, or the request timed out. Double-check the URL and try again in a minute.

Make sure JavaScript is enabled and no strict ad or script blocker is stopping the request. No extensions or special settings should be needed in any modern browser.