Commons:Upload tools: Difference between revisions

• Supports individual uploads up to 2 GB

Commonist is a Java program for easy upload of larger numbers of images to Wikimedia Commons and other MediaWiki installations.

• http://neonstau.de/commonist/ — download page (no download necessary with Java Web Start installed)
• Information and discussion

VicuñaUploader is a free tool written in Java designed to upload files to Wikimedia Commons and other Wikimedia projects. It is a bit similar to Commonist but has some more functionality and different user interface.

See:

• Tutorial on GitHub
• Information and discussion

ComeOn! is a free tool written in Java to upload pictures to Wikimedia Commons with extended support for JPEG metadata and its use in page templates. It is currently in beta mode but stable. It also supports audio files.

See:

• Tutorial and repository on GitHub
• User manual on GitHub (French)
• Information and discussion

Pattypan is an open-source tool written in Java to upload files to Wikimedia Commons and other Wikimedia projects using spreadsheets.

• Download page on Github
• Information and discussion

A KIPI plugin for digiKam and Gwenview was made for easy upload of larger numbers of images to Wikimedia Commons and other MediaWiki installations.

• http://www.digikam.org — digiKam download page
• Information and discussion

A plugin for Adobe Lightroom that lets you export files to MediaWiki. Currently in beta state.

A free Android app is available for uploading images directly to Commons. (Android 2.3+ operating system required). The tool can be found on Google Play. You may adapt it for your own purposes using the GNU-GPL-licensed source code from GitHub.

An iOS app is also available on the AppStore. The source code is on GitHub under the Apache License.

There are various tools to help upload files from Flickr.

• Flickr2Commons - Tool to easily upload single and multiple files from Flickr to Commons. This tool uses OAuth to upload files to Commons. See Special:OAuthListConsumers/view/74a4d433d0ab9f9fad720e1c4eb8159a for version 1.0, use Special:OAuthManageMyGrants to manage connected apps.
• F2ComButton - A tool which adds buttons to Flickr to easily upload images yourself or using Magnus's tool.
• Flinfo - For people who want to upload Flickr pictures by themselves.
• Upload Wizard - If you are an administrator or image reviewer, you can import images and photosets from Flickr via the Upload Wizard.

This page will generate code that you can copy and paste when moving an image from a Wikipedia to Commons. Note that you still need to verify the source and only transfer images that have reasonable licenses. You also still need to give the image a category, although the assistant is hooked up to CommonSense, so it can suggest them at the same time. Developed by User:Magnus Manske.

• toollabs:commonshelper

User's with the upload_by_url right (Image reviewers, Admins, GWToolset users), can directly transfer images from whitelisted websites via the API or via Special:Upload. With the Upload Wizard it is possible to upload files from Flickr.

The URL2commons tool allows all users to directly transfer images from websites to commons.

IA Upload is available for everyone (uses OAuth) to upload DjVu files of books from the Internet Archive. You select any free IA book and the {{Book}} template is prefilled (you are given a chance to edit it before upload).

If the desired book is not yet on Internet Archive, you can use BUB (Book Uploader Bot) to request its addition from another source. The job is entirely automatic, accepts requests for multiple books at once, and can notify by email when the book is ready with a link to ia-upload to complete the transfer.

Internet Archive also provides conversion of video from any format to ogv. You are advised to upload the video at the highest quality you have, up to about 400 GB per item.

For comprehensive help on how to use the Internet Archive for Wikisource and other Wikimedia activities, refer to s:en:Help:DjVu files#The Internet Archive.

See Commons:video2commons

• Use video2commons to upload any video from the web. The tools automatically converts videos to a Commons-compatible format. (OAuth)

• Use Videoconvert to upload mp4 and other format files. The tool will automatically convert and upload the videos.