History Main / ImageBooru

* Danbooru: The very first booru, dedicated to anime and video game images, whose name comes from the Japanese word for "cardboard" (段ボール); fittingly, its logo is a minimalist depiction of a cardboard box. It was created in 2005 by Albert "[[PunBasedTitle Master]]" [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Yi]]. Many of the site's images in question come from Pixiv, including many {{Doujinshi}}. Site content is given four major ratings, ranging from General [[note]] entirely safe for work images with no suggestive content[[/note]], Sensitive[[note]]suggestive images such as bikini and lingerie pics and/or overly violent images[[/note]], Questionable [[note]]racier but not wholly explicit images, such as exposed breasts[[/note]], and Explicit [[note]]UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}} or {{Hentai}}[[/note]]. When doujin pages are hosted on the booru, people are usually on hand to translate the Japanese or other language for better reading by English-speakers. The most objectionable content is such that users have to pay for the privilege of viewing it, or who were invited by the staff (which is distinctly less common now than in Danbooru's early years). The main rule the site follows in regards to images is no live-action or real-life explicit content. NotSafeForWork. Danbooru has a multi-tiered membership system, with various levels above basic membership but below moderators and administrators coming either by paying or because the staff likes you. The latter type of upgrade is sometimes granted simply to the staff's friends, but mainly as a reward for helping out the site (i.e. a history of consistently uploading good images, fixing tags and/or translating doujins and 4koma).

* [=AIBooru=], ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a booru specifically made for AI-generated art, whenever it's safe for work or [[NSFW not]].

* [=AIBooru=], ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a booru specifically made for the AI-generated art,be it SFW or hentai.

* [[http://mspa.booru.org/ MSPABooru]], formerly Ib.Skaia.net: An image board for ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' fanart. In contrast to most other booru's, there's a strict non-porn policy (the banner above the site even mentions it). There are three ratings (safe, questionable and explicit-- the latter is always put under a 'deleteme' tag) as well as a dubcon tag.

* [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/ Danbooru]]: The very first booru, dedicated to anime and video game images, whose name comes from the Japanese word for "cardboard" (段ボール); fittingly, its logo is a minimalist depiction of a cardboard box. It was created in 2005 by Albert "[[PunBasedTitle Master]]" [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Yi]]. Many of the site's images in question come from Pixiv, including many {{Doujinshi}}. Site content is given four major ratings, ranging from General [[note]] entirely safe for work images with no suggestive content[[/note]], Sensitive[[note]]suggestive images such as bikini and lingerie pics and/or overly violent images[[/note]], Questionable [[note]]racier but not wholly explicit images, such as exposed breasts[[/note]], and Explicit [[note]]UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}} or {{Hentai}}[[/note]]. When doujin pages are hosted on the booru, people are usually on hand to translate the Japanese or other language for better reading by English-speakers. The most objectionable content is such that users have to pay for the privilege of viewing it, or who were invited by the staff (which is distinctly less common now than in Danbooru's early years). The main rule the site follows in regards to images is no live-action or real-life explicit content. NotSafeForWork. Danbooru has a multi-tiered membership system, with various levels above basic membership but below moderators and administrators coming either by paying or because the staff likes you. The latter type of upgrade is sometimes granted simply to the staff's friends, but mainly as a reward for helping out the site (i.e. a history of consistently uploading good images, fixing tags and/or translating doujins and 4koma).

* AIBooru, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a booru specifically made for the AI-generated art,be it SFW or hentai.

* [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/ Danbooru]]: The very first booru, dedicated to anime and video game images, whose name comes from the Japanese word for "cardboard" (段ボール); fittingly, its logo is a minimalist depiction of a cardboard box. It was created in 2005 by Albert "[[PunBasedTitle Master]]" [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Yi]]. Many of the site's images in question come from Pixiv, including many {{Doujinshi}}. Site content is given four major ratings, ranging from General [[note]] entirely safe for work images with no suggestive content[[/note]], Sensitive[[note]]suggestive images such as bikini and lingerie pics or overly violent images[[/note]], Questionable [[note]]racier but not wholly explicit images, such as exposed breasts[[/note]], and Explicit [[note]]UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}} or {{Hentai}}[[/note]]. When doujin pages are hosted on the booru, people are usually on hand to translate the Japanese or other language for better reading by English-speakers. The most objectionable content is such that users have to pay for the privilege of viewing it, or who were invited by the staff (which is distinctly less common now than in Danbooru's early years). The main rule the site follows in regards to images is no live-action or real-life explicit content. NotSafeForWork. Danbooru has a multi-tiered membership system, with various levels above basic membership but below moderators and administrators coming either by paying or because the staff likes you. The latter type of upgrade is sometimes granted simply to the staff's friends, but mainly as a reward for helping out the site (i.e. a history of consistently uploading good images, fixing tags and/or translating doujins and 4koma).

* [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/ Danbooru]]: The very first booru, dedicated to anime and video game images, whose name comes from the Japanese word for "cardboard" (段ボール); fittingly, its logo is a minimalist depiction of a cardboard box. Its owner is Albert "[[PunBasedTitle Master]]" [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Yi]]. Many of the site's images in question come from Pixiv, including many {{Doujinshi}}. Site content is given four major ratings, ranging from General [[note]] entirely safe for work images with no suggestive content[[/note]], Sensitive[[note]]suggestive images such as bikini and lingerie pics[[/note]], Questionable [[note]]racier but not wholly explicit images, such as exposed breasts[[/note]], and Explicit [[note]]UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}} or {{Hentai}}[[/note]]. When doujin pages are hosted on the booru, people are usually on hand to translate the Japanese or other language for better reading by English-speakers. The most objectionable content is such that users have to pay for the privilege of viewing it, or who were invited by the staff (which is distinctly less common now than in Danbooru's early years). The main rule the site follows in regards to images is no live-action or real-life explicit content. NotSafeForWork. Danbooru has a multi-tiered membership system, with various levels above basic membership but below moderators and administrators coming either by paying or because the staff likes you. The latter type of upgrade is sometimes granted simply to the staff's friends, but mainly as a reward for helping out the site (i.e. a history of consistently uploading good images, fixing tags and/or translating doujins and 4koma).

* [=XBooru=]: An booru explicitly for, as the name hints, content rated X, i.e. porn in general, hentai in particular (at least in most cases). Seems to have [[SturgeonsLaw no quality or sanity control]].

* Gelbooru: Hosts much of the same stuff as Danbooru (in fact, the site automatically grabs everything that gets uploaded to Danbooru, with the exception of Flash and webm), but has no qualms about letting users choose to see more objectionable content. Also has no qualms about more objectionably ''bad'' content, as images rejected by Danbooru as crap may be acceptable to Gelbooru.[[note]]This is one point that users of Gelbooru argue over using Danbooru, as Danbooru's human-operated whitelisting system means that images can get rejected from there even if they are of sufficient quality. There is a forum thread for appealing rejected images, and even ''that'' doesn't guarantee that the image in question will finally get the OK.[[/note]] Doujinshi and artbook scans are prohibited. Artists must write a DMCA removal request should they require their artwork taken down. In addition to artwork, also features photos of Japanese cosplayers and pornstars. Had a strict Japan-only policy at some point until members of site staff talked the owner into allowing it. Now accepts Japanese-themed artwork from Western artists. Very much NotSafeForWork due to the blatantly pornographic pop-up ads and banners on the site, though they can be turned off in account settings.

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[[caption-width-right:284:The Danbooru catgirls, seen on the site's homepage to indicate how many posts are currently hosted on the site. Different Boorus might include different characters in their place, though still maintain the same purpose.]]

* booru.soy, a booru for soyjak memes (caricatures of people generally characterized by being DeliberatelyMonochrome and wide open mouths). Some pics are NSFW and tagged appropriately.

** [[http://safebooru.donmai.us Safebooru.donmai.us]]: Effectively a filter over Danbooru, this booru hosts only images that have been rated Safe on the parent site and are not marked with certain blacklisted tags.

** [[https://derpibooru.org/ Derpibooru]] [[PassingTheTorch is taking up the torch of Ponibooru]] with most of the images and fans moving there. It is considerably close to ''Blog/EquestriaDaily'' in terms of fandom popularity. Currently one of the most feature-laden pony 'boorus, it features ''both'' Image spoilering and hiding for filtering purposes, tag watchlists, and the ability to directly retrieve and upload images from some websites like Website/DeviantArt. Unlike the latter pony boorus, neither Derpibooru or original Ponibooru hosted Shockwave Flash files and both are also known for (over)allowing meta posts. Derpibooru has recently added forums (to phase-out aforementioned meta posts) and embedded livestreams to its list of features.

* [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/ Danbooru]]: The very first booru, dedicated to anime and video game images, whose name comes from the Japanese word for "cardboard" (段ボール); fittingly, its logo is a minimalist depiction of a cardboard box. Its owner is Albert "[[PunBasedTitle Master]]" [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Yi]]. Many of the site's images in question come from Pixiv, including many {{Doujinshi}}. Site content is given three major ratings, ranging from Safe[[note]]non-explicit images, though not always genuinely [[NotSafeForWork safe for work]]; bear in mind that bikini and lingerie images are usually "Safe"[[/note]], Questionable [[note]]a bit racy, but not explicit; for example, exposed breasts[[/note]], and Explicit [[note]]UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}} or {{Hentai}}[[/note]]. When doujin pages are hosted on the booru, people are usually on hand to translate the Japanese or other language for better reading by English-speakers. The most objectionable content is such that users have to pay for the privilege of viewing it, or who were invited by the staff (which is distinctly less common now than in Danbooru's early years). The main rule the site follows in regards to images is no live-action or real-life explicit content. NotSafeForWork. Danbooru has a multi-tiered membership system, with various levels above basic membership but below moderators and administrators coming either by paying or because the staff likes you. The latter type of upgrade is sometimes granted simply to the staff's friends, but mainly as a reward for helping out the site (i.e. a history of consistently uploading good images, fixing tags and/or translating doujins and 4koma).

* The Big Image Board (TBIB): AKA, that Big Booru, so called because of its immense size (well over 3,000,000 images and counting!) it possibly is the largest image site in existence. TBIB is kind of like Gelbooru in that the content controls present on Danbooru are simply nonexistent (in fact its content is all automatically imported from a plethora of other boards, including Gelbooru: the site doesn't accept manual uploads), but goes even farther than Gelbooru in that it actually allows Doujinshi and Artbook scans and even direct scans of some manga (particularly Hentai). To get away with this, it employs Not Safe For Work Ads. As such, linking this booru should be avoided here.

* [=SuBooru=], a booru for soyjak memes. Some pics are NSFW and tagged appropriately.

* Soft Pork Booru: An image board (complete with a PunnyName) exclusively dedicated to ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' fanart. Needless to say, it has some heavy NSFW stuff.

* rule34.xxx: A blatantly NSFW booru that uses the .XXX NSFW domain address. Closely related to Paheal's ar* Paheal.net: An infamous booru dedicated to {{Rule 34}}--and to a lesser extent; cosplay and RuleSixtyThree. Even lower quality standards than Gelbooru, with the only real rules being not to post anything outright illegal and not to post anything from the site's blacklist. Aside from that, if it's pornographic or even just shows breasts, there's virtually no chance of it being rejected, even if it involves [[{{Squick}} outright NSFL material]]. Consequently, it remains the biggest, most popular, and most notorious porn booru to this day, acting as a measuring stick for a series or character's popularity based on how much material they get on the site and how quickly it shows up. Sometimes renames tags to BlandNameProduct variants if the relevant IP holders take action against content on the site (e.g. renaming the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' tag to "Porkyman" and the ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' tag to "Overlook"). %% Obviously, due to its NSFL nature, this site should NEVER be linked on TV Tropes.
chives with a danbooru-style formatting. %% No links for this either.

* Paheal.net: An infamous booru dedicated to {{Rule 34}}--and to a lesser extent; cosplay and RuleSixtyThree. Even lower quality standards than Gelbooru, with the only real rules being not to post anything outright illegal and not to post anything from the site's blacklist. Aside from that, if it's pornographic or even just shows breasts, there's virtually no chance of it being rejected, even if it involves [[{{Squick}} outright NSFL material]]. Consequently, it remains the biggest, most popular, and most notorious porn booru to this day, acting as a measuring stick for a series or character's popularity based on how much material they get on the site and how quickly it shows up. Sometimes renames tags to BlandNameProduct variants if the relevant IP holders take action against content on the site (e.g. renaming the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' tag to "Porkyman" and the ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' tag to "Overlook"). %% Obviously, due to its NSFL nature, this site should NEVER be linked on TV Tropes.
* rule34.xxx: A blatantly NSFW booru that uses the .XXX NSFW domain address. Closely related to Paheal's archives with a danbooru-style formatting. %% No links for this either.

** [[http://www.bronibooru.com/ Bronibooru]], a work-safe-only and quality-controlled pony archive unaffiliated with any of the above. Uploads are screened by moderators.

An Image Booru (pronounced "BOE-roo") is a new breed of ImageBoard and is essentially a tag-based image archive. The name is derived from Danbooru (which means "cardboard"), which was the first site of this type. Most of the current boorus are based loosely around anime. Because the idea is still relatively new, there are not that many of them around compared to standard forums or more traditional imageboards. These sites cater to those who want the Website/{{Pixiv}} experience, but don't feel like sifting through Japanese; fittingly, a very large majority of the images you see on boorus came from Pixiv first.

* The [=MiShimmie=], an imageboard with an active community based entirely around the Western doujin game VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo and its universe. Has been dead for a while.

* Soft Pork Booru: An image board (complete with a PunnyName) exclusively dedicated to WesternAnimation/SouthPark fanart. Needless to say, it has some heavy NSFW stuff.
* [=Etrianbooru=], a booru which hosts exclusively fanarts of the Main/DungeonCrawling franchise VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey. %% Like the others NSFW boorus up here, we are not going link this one either.

* Bleachbooru, a nsfw raceplay booru similar to the booru blackbooru mentioned above but focusing on white men instead. It’s semi-notorious for having stuff that is considered To be wildly politically incorrect and offensive by a lot of people. ( seriously if you’re not okay with that don’t visit it )

* LetsPlay/ProtonJon has the [[https://proton.booru.org/ Protonbooru]], which is featured on his streams in segments known as the Art Block. Since the art posted is showed on stream, NSFW is discouraged in order to comply with Twitch policy. The art would either reference the games played and/or feature antics from residents of the [[TheVerse Jonaverse]].

* [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/ Danbooru]]: The very first booru, dedicated to anime and video game images, whose name comes from the Japanese word for "cardboard" (段ボール); fittingly, its logo is a minimalist depiction of a cardboard box. Its owner is Albert "[[PunBasedTitle Master]]" [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Yi]]. Many of the site's images in question come from Pixiv, including many {{Doujinshi}}. Site content is given three major ratings, ranging from Safe[[note]]non-explicit images, though not always genuinely [[NotSafeForWork safe for work]]; bear in mind that bikini and lingerie images are usually "Safe"[[/note]], Questionable [[note]]a bit racy, but not explicit; for example, exposed breasts[[/note]], and Explicit [[note]]{{Pornography}} or {{Hentai}}[[/note]]. When doujin pages are hosted on the booru, people are usually on hand to translate the Japanese or other language for better reading by English-speakers. The most objectionable content is such that users have to pay for the privilege of viewing it, or who were invited by the staff (which is distinctly less common now than in Danbooru's early years). The main rule the site follows in regards to images is no live-action or real-life explicit content. NotSafeForWork. Danbooru has a multi-tiered membership system, with various levels above basic membership but below moderators and administrators coming either by paying or because the staff likes you. The latter type of upgrade is sometimes granted simply to the staff's friends, but mainly as a reward for helping out the site (i.e. a history of consistently uploading good images, fixing tags and/or translating doujins and 4koma).

* [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/ Danbooru]]: The very first booru, dedicated to anime and video game images, whose name comes from the Japanese word for "cardboard" (段ボール); fittingly, its logo is a minimalist depiction of a cardboard box. Its owner is Albert "[[PunBasedTitle Master]]" [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Yi]]. Many of the site's images in question come from Pixiv, including many {{Doujinshi}}. Site content is given three major ratings, ranging from Safe[[note]]non-explicit images, though not always genuinely [[NotSafeForWork safe for work]]; bear in mind that bikini and lingerie images are usually "Safe"[[/note]], Questionable [[note]]a bit racy, but not explicit; for example, exposed breasts[[/note]], and Explicit [[note]]sexually explicit images[[/note]]. When doujin pages are hosted on the booru, people are usually on hand to translate the Japanese or other language for better reading by English-speakers. The most objectionable content is such that users have to pay for the privilege of viewing it, or who were invited by the staff (which is distinctly less common now than in Danbooru's early years). The main rule the site follows in regards to images is no live-action or real-life explicit content. NotSafeForWork. Danbooru has a multi-tiered membership system, with various levels above basic membership but below moderators and administrators coming either by paying or because the staff likes you. The latter type of upgrade is sometimes granted simply to the staff's friends, but mainly as a reward for helping out the site (i.e. a history of consistently uploading good images, fixing tags and/or translating doujins and 4koma).