Yumpu Downloader

Download Yumpu magazines as PDFs and read them anywhere, even without internet.

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Yumpu Downloader is an independent product not affiliated with or endorsed by Yumpu, i-magazine AG or any subsidiaries or affiliates. All trademarks are property of their respective owners and use of them does not imply affiliation or endorsement.
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About Yumpu Downloader

Your favorite trade journals and community newspapers don't have to stay locked behind a screen. With Yumpu Downloader, you can save any accessible Yumpu publication as a single PDF, perfectly formatted and ready for offline reading. The extension fetches pages at maximum resolution and assembles them in order, preserving the original layout and colors.

Reading on a plane, train, or in a remote area becomes effortless. Since the PDF is stored on your device, you won't need an internet connection to flip through back issues or the latest edition. The progress bar keeps you informed as pages are fetched from Yumpu's CDN, and you can adjust the download speed to suit your connection.

Start by navigating to a magazine or newspaper on Yumpu. The extension automatically detects the issue's page count and estimates the download time. Click the icon, and moments later, a complete PDF lands in your downloads folder, ready for your tablet, laptop, or e-reader.

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How It Works

Download in 3 clear steps

Open the page, let the extension detect what is available, and save the file to your computer.

01

Open a Yumpu publication

Navigate to any magazine, newspaper, or report on Yumpu. The extension detects the viewer and reads the issue's page count.

02

Click the extension icon

A panel shows the publication title, total pages, and estimated download time at your current speed setting.

03

Download the pages

The extension fetches each page at maximum resolution from Yumpu's CDN. A progress bar tracks every page.

Happy Users

Recent customer feedback

Short, practical feedback from people using Yumpu Downloader in real workflows.

Good for trade magazine readers

I follow three German trade magazines on Yumpu. Now I download each issue when it comes out and read it on my tablet during my commute. Total big help.

Ingrid Schaefer

2025-02-20

Community newspaper archiving done right

Our community newspaper publishes on Yumpu and I've been wanting to archive issues for years. Downloaded six months of back issues in one sitting.

David Okonkwo

2025-01-08

Print quality output

Clean PDF output that prints beautifully. No toolbar junk, no weird cropping. The pages look exactly like the original magazine layout.

Maria Santos

2025-03-15

These comments and ratings were collected during our July 2026 customer survey and reviewed against support records before publication.

Features

Everything it does

Core capabilities included in Yumpu Downloader.

Detects when you open a Yumpu publication and pulls the total page count from the viewer.

Fetches page images at the highest resolution offered by Yumpu's CDN for crisp downloads.

Combines downloaded pages into one PDF that keeps the original layout, colors, and sequence.

Takes advantage of Yumpu's consistent CDN URLs to fetch pages quickly in order.

Lets you set a relaxed download pace so archiving serial issues stays effortless.

Shows a progress bar with fetched pages, remaining count, and an estimated time to finish.

Retains searchable text layers when the source publication provides them.

Keeps your licence and speed preferences stored locally without analytics or outside sharing.

Designed to operate on Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, and Opera under Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Go to a magazine, newspaper, or report on Yumpu; the tool will detect the viewer and read the page count.

Tap the extension icon to see the title, total pages, and estimated download time at your chosen speed.

Downloads each page at maximum CDN resolution while a progress bar tracks the whole fetching job.

Compare

Yumpu Downloader Extension vs Online Downloader Website

Stay on the Yumpu page while the extension detects the publication you're viewing.

Yumpu Downloader

Detects Yumpu publications when opened

Online downloader website

Must copy and submit the page link

Yumpu Downloader

Pulls total page count from the viewer

Online downloader website

Page count may not be shown

Yumpu Downloader

Fetches pages directly from Yumpu's CDN

Online downloader website

Page fetching depends on the external site

Yumpu Downloader

Combines pages into one PDF locally

Online downloader website

PDF assembly may happen on their server

Yumpu Downloader

Shows progress bar with remaining pages

Online downloader website

Progress may only appear on their results page

Yumpu Downloader

Keeps your licence stored locally

Online downloader website

Your use data may be collected by that site

Compatibility

Works where you work

Available on major desktop browsers and operating systems used in day-to-day workflows.

Browsers

ChromeEdgeFirefoxBraveOpera

Operating Systems

WindowsmacOSLinux

Supported Content

Yumpu magazines, newspapers, and digital publicationsFree and access-granted paid publicationsBack issues available in the Yumpu viewerFull-resolution pages from Yumpu's CDN

Not Supported

Paid publications you have not purchased or been granted access toEmbedded videos or audio within Yumpu publicationsSafari and mobile browsersPublications removed from Yumpu's platform
Downloads

Choose your browser

Pick the browser build you need. When a direct GitHub release is available, you can grab the ZIP there.

Chrome

Chrome support is in progress and will be enabled soon.

Coming soon

Firefox

Firefox support is in progress and will be enabled soon.

Coming soon

Edge

Edge support is in progress and will be enabled soon.

Coming soon

Opera

Opera support is in progress and will be enabled soon.

Coming soon

Brave

Brave support is in progress and will be enabled soon.

Coming soon

Whale

Whale support is in progress and will be enabled soon.

Coming soon

Yandex

Yandex support is in progress and will be enabled soon.

Coming soon

Install from GitHub releases or your user dashboard. ZIP builds include the full desktop extension.

Transparency

Extension permissions explained

Every requested permission and the job it performs inside the extension.

downloads

Saves the assembled PDF to your downloads folder and reports progress during page fetching.

storage

Stores the licence key and preferred download speed between browser sessions.

activeTab

Reads the active Yumpu viewer tab to identify the publication and extract page metadata.

scripting

Parses the Yumpu viewer to locate CDN page URLs and coordinate the sequential download.

notifications

Sends a desktop notification when all pages have been fetched and the PDF is ready.

offscreen

Assembles page images into a PDF document in a hidden context to keep the browser responsive.

host_permissions

Restricts privileged access to yumpu.com and its CDN subdomains for page image retrieval.

FAQ

Common questions

It is being developed to save any accessible Yumpu publication as a single PDF. The extension will fetch pages at maximum resolution from Yumpu's CDN and assemble them in order, preserving the original layout and colors for offline reading.
Know Before You Buy

What it cannot do

Better to know the boundaries up front than find out after checkout.

Cannot bypass Yumpu paywalls — only downloads publications you can access in your browser

Embedded videos and audio elements within publications are not captured

Page-range selection is not available — all pages in the issue are downloaded

Text searchability depends on whether the publisher uploaded a text-based source file

Safari and mobile browsers are not supported

Download speed for large publications depends on Yumpu's CDN response times

Yumpu Downloader

Build a local archive of serial publications like trade journals and community newspapers

Read magazines offline on planes, commutes, and in areas without reliable internet

Print specific pages or entire issues for physical filing or distribution

Save community publications — local papers, school newsletters, church bulletins — before issues rotate off the platform

Yumpu Downloader is an independent product not affiliated with or endorsed by Yumpu, i-magazine AG or any subsidiaries or affiliates. All trademarks are property of their respective owners and use of them does not imply affiliation or endorsement.