curl-x Now Supports Reddit: Videos, Galleries & GIFs

curl-x now supports Reddit. Paste the link to any public Reddit post — a video, an image, a gallery, or a GIF — into curl-x and get the media back as a real file, the same way it already works for Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and TikTok. No Reddit account, no app, no browser extension.

This guide covers what shipped, exactly which Reddit links work, the six-step download flow, where curl-x's Reddit support currently stops short, and an FAQ for the questions people keep asking.

Table of contents

• What's new: Reddit support
• Which Reddit links work
• How to download from Reddit with curl-x
• The curl trick works on Reddit too
• What's not supported
• FAQ

What's new: Reddit support

curl-x's Reddit extractor reads a post's public JSON the same way Reddit's own apps do, then hands back a normal downloadable file instead of a page you have to screen-record. As of this release it handles:

• Reddit-hosted video (v.redd.it) — the post's native MP4 fallback.
• Galleries — multi-image Reddit posts, resolved to one file per image, in order.
• Images (i.redd.it and similar Reddit-hosted images).
• GIFs — both Reddit's animated-image posts and GIFs rehosted from services like Imgur or Redgifs through Reddit's own transcoder.

This is a launch of something that's been quietly working, not a beta. It sits alongside curl-x's existing platforms, so if you already use curl-x for Twitter/X threads or TikTok clips, Reddit posts now go through the exact same paste-and-download flow.

Which Reddit links work

curl-x needs a link that points at one specific post — not a subreddit, not a user profile, not a search page. These forms all work:

curl-x also strips the tracking query strings the Reddit app appends to share links (?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app), so pasting straight from the mobile Share sheet works without editing the URL. If you're not sure where to find the right link on your device, see How to Copy a Reddit Post Link (App and Desktop).

How to download from Reddit with curl-x

1. Open the post, not the subreddit or your feed. You want the page for one specific submission.
2. Copy the link — tap Share > Copy Link in the app, or copy the URL from your browser's address bar on desktop.
3. Paste the URL into curl-x on the homepage and start the extraction.
4. Let curl-x read the post. It fetches the public post data and lists what it found: a video, an image, a GIF, or every image in a gallery.
5. Choose quality or pick the item you want. A gallery lists every image individually — each one saves with its own download button (there's no single download-all-as-ZIP).
6. Save the file. Video comes back as MP4; images and GIFs come back as their native file type, ready for your device's Downloads folder or Files app.

Galleries are worth calling out on their own — see How to Download a Reddit Gallery for a closer look at multi-image posts specifically.

The curl trick works on Reddit too

curl-x's whole gimmick is that you don't need the web UI at all if you'd rather stay on the command line. Because Reddit posts now have dedicated pages at curl-x.com/r/<subreddit>/comments/<postId>, the same CLI trick that works for Twitter/X and TikTok links works here:

curl -OJ https://www.curl-x.com/r/aww/comments/abc123/

Hit that URL with curl or wget and you get the media file streamed straight back — no HTML, no browser. Open the same URL in a normal browser and you get the regular post page with a download button. Same link, two audiences.

What's not supported

We'd rather be specific than vague here:

• Private, quarantined, or gated subreddits. If a post isn't reachable through Reddit's public listing endpoints without a login, curl-x can't reach it either — there's no logged-in session behind this tool, by design.
• Deleted or removed posts. If the post is gone, there's no media left to fetch.
• Sound on some Reddit videos. Reddit stores video and audio as separate files for v.redd.it clips. curl-x currently returns the video track, which is silent for posts where the sound lives in that separate audio file — the same limitation any tool reading Reddit's fallback_url field runs into. We wrote up the mechanics and the honest state of this in Why Reddit Videos Download Without Sound (and the Fix). GIF-style clips and muted screen recordings were already silent, so those are unaffected.
• Posts still transcoding. If Reddit shows a video post as "processing," curl-x reports that it can't extract yet rather than returning a broken link. Try again in a minute.

If you want the general shape of what curl-x won't do across every platform (not just Reddit), see 7 Common Download Errors curl-x Helps You Avoid.

FAQ

Does curl-x download Reddit videos?

Yes. Paste the link to a public Reddit post with a native video and curl-x returns it as an MP4. Note that the video track can be silent for posts where Reddit stores audio separately — see the section above.

Can curl-x download a Reddit gallery?

Yes. Multi-image gallery posts resolve to one downloadable file per image, in the gallery's original order.

Does curl-x download Reddit GIFs?

Yes, both native Reddit animated-image posts and GIFs rehosted from Imgur- or Redgifs-style sources through Reddit's transcoder.

Do I need a Reddit account to use curl-x?

No. curl-x reads Reddit's public post data the same way a logged-out visitor's browser would. If the post requires login to view, curl-x can't see it either.

Does a redd.it short link work?

Yes — short links resolve to the same post as the full reddit.com/r/.../comments/... link. Paste either one.

Why did I get "post not found" on a link that opens fine in the app?

The most common causes are a quarantined or private subreddit, a removed post, or a link that only points at a subreddit/profile rather than a single post. Double-check you copied the specific post's link, not the community page.

Bottom line

Reddit joins curl-x's existing lineup of platforms today: paste a public post link, get the video, image, gallery, or GIF back as a real file, from the browser or straight from the terminal. Start at curl-x whenever you've got a Reddit link handy.