what is reddit-download-tool fr?

This tool is a command line program for downloading Reddit posts and comments from a chosen set of subreddits and a date range, then rebuilding the comment threads and saving everything as a CSV file, a JSON file, or both. It does not need a database to run. It gets its data from one of two sources depending on the dates requested. For anything before 1 January 2026, it pulls from official Reddit archive files shared through Academic Torrents, downloaded using a torrent library. For dates from 1 January 2026 onward, it fetches posts and comments through the Arctic Shift API instead and saves them locally. If a date range spans both periods, the tool combines results from both sources automatically. Setup is aimed mainly at Windows users, though the tool also runs on macOS and Linux. It requires Python 3.9 specifically, since one of its dependencies is built to work with that version and not newer ones. The recommended path is installing Miniconda, creating an isolated Python 3.9 environment, then installing the torrent library along with a helper package that fixes a common Windows error where a required file fails to load. After that, the remaining dependencies are installed from a requirements file. Running the program starts an interactive prompt: you type in one or more subreddit names, a start date, an end date, and which export format you want. The end date is treated as exclusive, so a range ending on a given day does not include that day. The program then reports which data source it will use, downloads what it needs, and writes the export files once finished, leaving a completion message in the terminal. For dates before 2026, the tool needs a specific torrent file placed in the project folder, which it uses to find and download only the relevant subreddit archive files. Cached downloads are kept afterward unless removed manually. The README includes a short troubleshooting table for common setup problems, but does not state a license for the project.</content>