A quick tour of the BBDrop window and its features.
Shows all your galleries with status, progress, and settings. Right-click any gallery for actions like Copy BBCode, Retry, Move to Tab, or Remove.
Key columns: Name, Status, Progress, Images, Size, Template, Image Host. Right-click the column header to show/hide over 25 available columns including custom fields, file host status, and online status.
| Button | What It Does |
|---|---|
| Add Folder | Browse for folders to add |
| Start | Begin uploading all ready galleries |
| Pause | Pause all active uploads |
| Clear Completed | Remove finished galleries from the queue |
| Settings | Open the settings dialog |
Thumbnail size, template selection, image host selector, and shortcut buttons for host configuration, templates, and link scanning.
Shows all available image and file hosts with their status. Right-click a host to enable, disable, or configure it. Double-click to open its configuration dialog.
Real-time upload messages. Filter by category or severity in Settings > Logs.
Organize galleries into groups. Right-click the tab bar to create new tabs. Ctrl+T to create, Ctrl+W to close, double-click to rename.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Ready | Scanned and ready to upload |
| Uploading | Currently uploading |
| Paused | Paused by you |
| Completed | Upload finished successfully |
| Failed | Upload failed — check the status column for the error |
| Incomplete | Some images uploaded, others failed |
Multiple folders can be added at once. Archives are automatically extracted.
Click Settings in the toolbar to open the settings dialog. Settings are organized in a sidebar:
| Section | What You’ll Find |
|---|---|
| General | Storage location, auto-start/clear, appearance (theme, font size) |
| Image Hosts | IMX.to and TurboImageHost — credentials, thumbnails, connection settings |
| File Hosts | 7 file hosts — credentials, storage monitoring, auto-upload triggers |
| Templates | Create and edit BBCode templates |
| Image Scan | Corruption checking, dimension sampling, exclusion patterns |
| Covers | Cover photo detection rules and upload settings |
| Hooks | External program hooks for gallery lifecycle events |
| Proxy | Proxy pools, per-host proxy assignment, Tor support |
| Logs | GUI and file log verbosity, retention, categories |
| Notifications | Per-event audio and toast notification settings |
| Archive | Archive format (ZIP/7Z), compression, split settings |
| Advanced | Power-user settings in a searchable table |
!!! tip Most settings have tooltips — hover over any setting to see a description. Some settings also have info buttons (ℹ) with additional context, and text fields include placeholder text showing expected formats or example values.
BBDrop can alert you with sound and/or toast messages when key events happen. Configure per-event settings in Settings > Notifications.
| Event | Default |
|---|---|
| Queue finished (all galleries done) | Sound + toast |
| Gallery failed | Sound + toast |
| File host upload failed | Sound + toast |
| Low disk space warning | Sound + toast |
| Gallery completed | Off |
| File host upload completed | Off |
| File host spin-up complete | Off |
Each event can have sound, toast, or both toggled independently. Click the browse button next to any event to select a custom WAV file.
Toast notifications appear from the system tray icon.
BBDrop monitors free disk space on the drives used for its database and temporary archives.
| Level | Threshold | What Happens |
|---|---|---|
| Warning | < 2 GB free | Status bar warning, notification |
| Critical | < 512 MB free | New uploads blocked |
| Emergency | < 100 MB free | Aggressive alerts, reserve file released |
Thresholds are configurable in Settings > Advanced. Polling frequency increases automatically as free space decreases.
Open Tools > Statistics to see upload metrics:
BBDrop minimizes to the system tray. Right-click the tray icon for quick actions. Toast notifications appear from the tray icon when enabled.
The app keeps running in the background when minimized — uploads continue uninterrupted.
See Queue Management for detailed queue operations and context menu actions.