Addons

monbooru keeps everything local and never makes a network request of its own. That’s on purpose, and you can run it alone forever. The addons are how you get online features anyway, without monbooru itself going online.

monloader goes on the internet on monbooru’s behalf. It downloads posts from booru sites into your collection, tags and ratings included, and looks up images you already have to find their tags and sources. The monbooru features that need it stay hidden until the two are connected.

monsender is a browser extension for monloader. You’re looking at a post you like, you press its button, and a moment later the post is in monbooru with its tags.

Plugins are the same idea opened up to anyone: small programs that add a few buttons to monbooru.

The apps connect by pairing: one asks, you approve once in the other, and they set up access between themselves. The quick start adds both addons to a running monbooru.