Hey everyone,
Over the past few days, evertime I've found time, I've worked on a solution for a problem I had laying arround in my head.
Since here on bnut theres no option to print a thread directly, to store it as a file on your pc, to come back later and view it.
I decided to create a Bonsainut Thread to PDF program, it
lets you supply the Thread (s) you want to download and it fetches them,
displays them inside a pdf (and html file) for you to view.
Bonus point,
also full resolution images get saved to a images folder, so you also have these.
Currently its only tested a few times, therefore on some specific thread elements like tables, it isnt styled yet.
However this will come with future implementations, as I work with it myself, to download any threads I want to keep save.
Feel free to check out the GitHub Repo i created:
Hope this helps some of you (I know its a odly specific problem), but I like it so far.
especially for those long Progression Threads, where so much good info is put it by creators and also watchers / interactors.
If anybody is interested in a list of threads I personally found great in terms of knowledge, Im free to share them in this Thread also.
I included the first few pages of a
example pdf file of this thread by @ ABCarvefor you (for convenience reasons I wont of course supply you with all images of the Thread.)
All right to text, images and other content of course belongs to the creators and writers inside the threads, this is just a tool to safe them!
I’ve been exploring ways to archive long threads for reference, and this tool really stood out. Being able to convert entire Bonsainut threads into PDFs and HTML files, along with saving full-resolution images, is surprisingly practical. It’s especially useful for lengthy progression or knowledge-sharing threads that are otherwise hard to revisit. While some elements like tables aren’t fully styled yet, it’s clear the developer is actively improving it. In my experience, combining solutions like this with proper workflow management can make information retrieval much smoother. For anyone managing software projects or digital content, integrating such tools with structured practices can be a game-changer. For example, the devops consulting services at
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Cheers
Raffael
