History Main / Imagebooru

** Octabooru, their [[UnknownRival direct competition]] from /mlp/ on Website/FourChan launched in November. Has many unique additions such as [[http://octabooru.net/ponident Sweetie Bot]], who identifies ponies automatically and tags for you (currently only the main cast, but planned to do all the most popular bg ponies eventually), and [[http://octabooru.net/poniflix its own synctube]]. However, as of March 25, 2017, it appears to no longer exist.

* booru.soy, a booru for soyjak memes (caricatures of people generally characterized by being DeliberatelyMonochrome, having wide open mouths, stubble, glasses, and baldness). Some pics are NSFW and tagged appropriately, but not always, and often contain other Website/FourChan-level content some may find objectionable.

* e621.net, and its official safe-for-work database mirror domain [[https://e926.net/ e926.net]], both used for UsefulNotes/FurryFandom art and (to a lesser extent) general {{Fandom}} works. These sites also include a rating system for both art and comments, with comments that have negative downvotes being hidden by default, and works can be sorted according to rating. They previously used their own fork of the Danbooru code called "Ouroboros", although when that fork became dated over the years, the site launched a new version of e621 that's based on the current version of Danbooru. They type tags by species alongside the more standard artists, characters, copyright, and general tags. From 2015 onward, they also curate all artwork that get posted there, implementing relatively strict "minimum quality standards" that all relevant content[[labelnote:*]]except those posted to the eSix network before 2015, which are [[GrandfatherClause grandfathered in]][[/labelnote]] must meet in order to be accepted. Both this and the site's (albeit, very effective) "tag-what-you-see" policy (especially with regards to tagging genders) have been met with much criticism by ex-users and artists. After a major site update on March 2020, they now also have categories for "meta" tags (for technical details about the post's file itself, such as its resolution) and "lore" tags (for things that cannot be covered by tag-what-you-see and correct information that TWYS otherwise provides wrongly, such as relations between characters and especially a character's canonical gender or gender identity).[[note]]However, only the site's admins may approve new lore tags.[[/note]] They also both have strangely close-knit communities, with plenty of in-jokes within them both; hell, the boorus' names [[GeniusBonus are in-jokes in of themselves]]. %% Obviously, if you're ever linking to this booru, link ONLY to e926.

** Blackbooru: A subsection of Gelbooru dedicated to NSFW race play porn usually involving {{Scary Black M|an}}en. %%Can we get a source on this? As a Gelbooru admin, I've never heard of or seen this, and neither has any of our staff.

An Image Booru (pronounced "BOE-roo") is a new breed of {{Imageboard|s}} 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.

** [[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 eventually added forums (to phase-out aforementioned meta posts) and embedded livestreams to its list of features.

An Image Booru (pronounced "BOE-roo") is a new breed of {{ImageBoard|s}} 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.

* 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 Website/{{Twitch}} policy. The art would either reference the games played and/or feature antics from residents of the [[TheVerse Jonaverse]].

** [[http://safebooru.donmai.us Safebooru.donmai.us]]: Effectively a filter over Danbooru, this booru hosts only images that have been rated General on the parent site and are not marked with certain blacklisted tags.
** There is also a separate, standalone booru at Safebooru.org, which imports most of its content from Gelbooru (see below) or Danbooru.

* 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[[note]]The site's URL is in fact a ShoutOut to ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'', in which Danbo is a character used by Miura Hayasaka to entertain the title character[[/note]]. 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).

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No relation to]] ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Na]]''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime booru]], though there are probably a few images of her on some of these.

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

* 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.

* Sankaku Channel: The booru section of anime tabloid site Sankaku Complex. Allows practically anything anime, manga or game-related, including doujinshi and artbook scans, and has a massive catalogue of images; around the same number as TBIB, if not more. By default, Channel allows all users to continually scroll down, steadily loading all the images in the tag until they reach the very first one, instead of requiring them to change pages. However, this may make the site slower on low-end machines. Not suitable for direct linking due to NSFW images and ads.[[note]]Some pop-up ads will trigger antimalware alerts. It helps to keep fingers poised over CTRL and W (Command and W in Mac) to quickly close unsolicited tabs.[[/note]]

* Konachan: Repository of Anime wallpapers powered by the Moebooru software. Uses both an unfiltered (NSFW) .com domain and a filtered safe for work [[https://konachan.net/ .net domain]].

* [[https://sakugabooru.com/ Sakugabooru]], a booru for notable moments of AnimationBump from numerous Japanese and western productions. Relies heavily more on video clips than it does images, but follows a similar mindset.
* [[https://booru.vineshroom.net Vinebooru]], a booru dedicated to fanart for the video game streaming site/team WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}}, generally SFW, due to rules being in place prohibiting users from uploading NSFW content (as the Vinesauce streamers typically show off art from the booru at the end of each stream). However, this rule only really covers hard NSFW content, i.e. sexually explicit material, graphic violence, and racist content; soft NSFW material such as heavy swearing and non-explicit sexual references pops up on the site here and there, though the rules had to get stricter during the late 2010's to crack down on bad behavior on the site (most significantly enforcing a focus on more recent streams-- though art based on older material is allowed if it's only done on rare occasions-- and against submissions that could make the streamers and/or viewers uncomfortable).
* 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. It was eventually deleted in 2021 by the staff for being inactive for more than 4 years.

* booru.soy, a booru for soyjak memes (caricatures of people generally characterized by being DeliberatelyMonochrome, having wide open mouths, stubbles, glasses, and baldness). Some pics are NSFW and tagged appropriately, but not always, and often contain other Website/FourChan-level content some may find objectionable.

* 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[[note]]The site's URL is in fact a ShoutOut to {{Manga/Yotsuba}}[[/note]]. 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).