Reference Vault

Your next idea deserves a better reference folder.

Local portfolio archiving · Original assets · Published context · Verifiable files

Downloads · How it works · Source coverage · العربية

Paste a portfolio URL. Reference Vault discovers its public projects, saves the best available images and videos, and keeps the published descriptions and credits beside the files. Each project gets a folder, and each collection gets an offline gallery and a verification report.

Built for designers, art directors and curious people who are tired of unnamed screenshots, missing context and broken bookmarks.

What you get

• Project folders that make sense. Originals, published text, credits and source metadata stay together.
• Quality you can inspect. Actual dimensions, file size, source URL, rendition label and SHA-256 hashes. Reachable alternatives are identified honestly.
• Recoverable transfers. Persistent jobs, pause/resume, HTTP range support, ETag checks and retries. Locally modified originals are preserved.
• An archive you own. Browse index.html offline. Inspect ASSETS.csv, manifest.json, SHA256SUMS.txt and the verification report without the app.
• A quiet workspace. Dark navy, warm cream and restrained thermal motion. English/LTR by default, with a persistent Arabic text switch and reduced-motion support.
• Local processing. No account, paid extraction API, cloud upload or telemetry. Source websites still receive normal network requests.

Download

Use the assets on the Releases page. Check the accompanying SHA-256 sums.

Windows: extract the Windows ZIP into a folder you own and run ReferenceVault.exe. Microsoft Edge and the WebView2 runtime are required. This initial build is not Authenticode signed.

Android: install the signed APK. The universal package includes ARM64, ARMv7, x86 and x86_64 runtimes and requires Android 7.0 / API 24 or newer. Processing and files live on the phone; a computer is not required. The application keeps its working archive in app storage. Use Export folder to copy the complete project tree to Downloads or a folder selected through Android's system picker. Keep exported copies before uninstalling, because Android removes app storage on uninstall.

Compatibility across the declared Android API range is a build target, not a claim that every device has been tested. See validation and limitations.

Supported sources

Source	Discovery	Assets and context
Behance	Project, profile, collection	Largest published image variants, text modules, public embedded videos
Wix	Public CMS projects exposed to visitors	Original image/video URLs, pagination, published fields
ArtStation / Adobe Portfolio	Specialized gallery extractors	Public media and exposed metadata
Other public portfolios	Rendered pages, project links, sitemaps	Images, responsive variants, CSS backgrounds, public video sources
Direct media links	One reference	Image, video or document

Sites change. Sign-in requirements, access blocks, missing originals and unknown project totals are reported. A generic crawl is never presented as proof that every project on a site was found. Unpublished PSDs, editable source projects and DRM-protected media cannot be recovered from a final presentation.

Run from source

Use Python 3.13 for the Windows application. The shared engine also runs under the bundled Android Python 3.12 runtime.

python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\python -m pip install -r requirements.lock
.venv\Scripts\python -m reference_vault.app

Install Edge/WebView2 first. FFmpeg, ffprobe and yt-dlp are needed for video processing; see build instructions. --headless starts the authenticated local UI for development. Runtime connection details are private and should not be posted in issues.

.venv\Scripts\python -m unittest discover -s tests -v
.venv\Scripts\python -m reference_vault.app --diagnostics

Contribute

Real-world parser fixtures, better coverage reports, accessibility fixes and reproducible bug reports are welcome. Read CONTRIBUTING.md. Please avoid uploading copyrighted project media, private URLs, credentials or runtime tokens.

The application source is GPL-2.0-only. Bundled components retain their own licenses; see third-party notices and dependency provenance. Downloaded artwork remains the property of its creators. DANVERSE's name and logo identify this project and are not licensed as a replacement identity for forks.