TumblBee

Just in time for your Monday (or whenever it is that you're reading this), here's another update for you! This one brings another set of bug fixes, plus some minor tweaks to make your export experience just a little bit nicer.

Download on itch.io:

https://lilacpixel.itch.io/tumblbee

Changes

Refactored export date, export format change, and media fetch functions.

Adjusted error handling flow.

Adjusted handling for various exception types in main export loop.

Moved avatar styles for HTML exports to main CSS file.

Fixes

Fixed issue with traceback output in some error logs.

Export date fields are now correctly disabled during exports.

Just a small bug fix update for you all. Thanks to the kind user who reported this issue!

https://lilacpixel.itch.io/tumblbee

Changes

Improved handling for exceptions in main export loop.

Fixes

Fixed issue where exports could hang if a tag contained Unicode and “Hyphenate multi-word tags” was selected.

I've just pushed TumblBee's first update of 2026 to itch.io, which seems as good an occasion as any for making a quick introductory post for the blog!

For the uninitiated, TumblBee is my Tumblr backup and export tool, originally released in August of last year.

TumblBee is a friendly cross-platform desktop application for exporting your Tumblr posts and pages. It exports to both Markdown and HTML formats and supports all Tumblr block types, including polls, in both legacy and NPF posts. Back up your posts for safe keeping, browse your own tags in Obsidian, or export your whole blog for uploading elsewhere. Let your posts be yours forever.

Today's update brings a couple of nice new features, including the ability to back up your entire blog--reblogs and all. This feature has been requested by a few users, so I'm excited to finally be rolling it out!

You can read the full details on the itch.io dev log.

https://lilacpixel.itch.io/tumblbee/devlog/1522928/version-126-export-everything-

The docs have been updated to reflect the latest changes.