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About FiMFetch

FiMFetch is an archive of MLP:FiM Fan Fiction Works.
Originally born out of my personal frustration with the limitations of the search engine on FimFiction.net, I now have a growing list of features this project provides:

  • Archive of active and past works of fiction
  • Scour multiple fan fiction platforms for MLP fictions
  • Easy-to-use grainular search features
  • Random daily fictions
  • Improved mobile reader formatting
  • Multiple mobile reader formats
  • User bookshelves and bookshelf story reviews
  • An OPDS browsing service for compatible eReaders
And some long-term goals:
  • Story tracking
  • Printings Tracking
  • Audiobook Downloads
This site has been designed from the ground-up in an attempt to make the simplist and most streamlined access to all the pony you should ever want.

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What are Stars?

Unique to this archive, each story can be rated collectively!
Most fiction websites allow users to 'upvote' or 'like' fictions, even fewer allow 'dislike.'
Why not try something new?
Part of the starring system is that each vote is tallied and averaged to give a composite rating - the more people that like the fiction, the more stable the rating!
This is a bit of a new concept, so we will have to see where it goes.

What are the Content Ratings?

FiMFiction only allows defining three different content ratings: Everyone, Teen, and Mature.
At first, this seemed 'good enough' to me, but as I recall the various fics I've read, I realized that there is a significant gap that is missing.
For instance, Fallout:Equestria is most certainly not in the same category as porn, and you shouldn't have to see porn to find others like it.
Therefore, even though I keep the ratings to match FiMFiction's archived away, I have introduced three additional rating tags to bridge the gap. (Plus one automatic rating tag to assist)
Without further ado, here are my adjusted ratings defined:

Everyone
No Swearing, Sexual references, Cartoon Violence.
Teen
Light swears ok, but nothing explict, Light sexual references, Some Blood Allowed.
Young Adult
Bad swearwords allowed, intimate non-clop allowed, May have Graphic Violence.
Adult
Fiction with explicit/mature references or an actual story with cloppy content.
Clop
Explicit Clop. The only purpose or goal of the fiction is porn.
Mature
FiMFiction Default tag.
*Fics marked 'Mature' simply haven't been re-categorized.
Dubious
This is an automatic flag: If a fiction was not rated mature, but contains 'bad' words.
(Roughly Equivalent to 'Young Adult', but not reviewed)

Many fics are going to be recategorized from 'Teen' to 'Young Adult' simply because of a 'very bad word' or two, but others because of intimate and/or suggestive romantic relations.
Even though most of the 'Dubious' fics get categorized as 'Young Adult', please don't confuse the tag as being only profanity. Bad words are just simply the easiest thing to search for.
As of writing, there are nearly 23,000 Mature Fics and 66,000+ Teen Fics. I do not have the time to review all of them to assign appropriate tags, but will make an effort to categorize most.
If you find a fic that you think should have its rating adjusted, please let me know! I can't do it all on my own.
On the story pages (while logged in), you can submit a revision post.
(even edit your previously submitted request, if you want)

What is OPDS?

OPDS stands for "Open Publication Distribution System," which is a fancy way of saying it's a special format for sharing books.

If you have an OPDS-compatible eReader or app, you can browse fimfetch directly!


https://fimfetch.net/opds
				
If you want to enable viewing mature fictions, add the mature flag to the url like this:

https://fimfetch.net/opds?mature
				
Also, if you have a user login, you can access your bookshelves and default search options (including mature preferences) using your user key!

You're not logged in right now, but if you were, you'd be able to see your user key here or in your library.

When using a personal key to access the service, all searches are filtered using your personal search defaults, and any fictions downloaded are added to your private mobile library.
Don't share this link with anyone you don't trust, and likewise don't use links from other people you don't trust.

Tested with a number of android eReaders, but there's a chance that something might not work right. Please feel free to contact me about it!

FBReader:

More about Download Formats

Fimfetch generates multiple formats for your reading pleasure, including text files and original html for oldschool colectors in addition to epub and mobi for mobile readers and a tidied-up html for cached viewing.

One key feature I knew for sure I wanted in this project was to automatically generate and have available for download mobi files, which is the file format that Kindle E-Readers use.
E-Ink Readers are awesome, by the way.

My personal favorite feature of the content generators I wrote, however, are the Epub files before the mobi are generated. I have worked to iron out xml syntax errors and formatting tags in order to allow fics to be read on stringy ereaders (I'm looking at you, Apple!), have changed how the title page works vs fimfiction's format including putting the title, author, rating tags, wordcount, and description on the title page, and have also added a bit of fancy magic that embeds externally linked images directly into the file! Now you don't need your reader to be connected to the internet to enjoy graphics!

Archive Stats

426,554 Stories Indexed
246,523 Deleted Stories Indexed
379,303 Stories From FimFiction.net
44,963 Stories From FanFiction.net
 2,287 Stories From ArchiveOfOurOwn.org
145,285 Stories marked as complete
120,688 FimFiction.net Stories with over 75% approval
15,242 Stories with more dislikes than likes
162,319 Teen rated stories
161,876 Everyone rated stories
72,837 Mature rated stories
11,973 Dubious rated stories
 9,034 Clop rated stories
 8,135 Adult rated stories
   380 Young Adult rated stories
91,209 Adventure tagged stories
83,952 Romance tagged stories
75,686 Comedy tagged stories
75,050 Slice of Life tagged stories
64,434 Dark tagged stories
46,342 Sex tagged stories
44,569 Sad tagged stories
39,493 Gore tagged stories
38,329 Random tagged stories
27,071 Tragedy tagged stories
23,297 Alternate Universe tagged stories
22,110 Drama tagged stories
20,091 Human tagged stories
15,386 Crossover tagged stories
14,877 Violence tagged stories
13,926 Profanity tagged stories
11,273 Death tagged stories
 9,677 Mystery tagged stories
 8,491 Sci-Fi tagged stories
 7,052 Thriller tagged stories
 6,295 Horror tagged stories
 5,244 Anthro tagged stories
 2,631 Equestria Girls tagged stories
 2,512 Self Harm tagged stories
   963 2nd Person tagged stories
1,272,456 Chapters Indexed
3,720,361,063 Combined Words

To read all of these stories, it would take you:
48 Years, 6 Months, 13 Days

7,528 Fic-Of-The-Day Eligible Stories (3306 Used)
265,442,678 Combined Words
To read all of these stories, it would take you:
3 Years, 5 Months, 16 Days

Fiction Data Cached on Server:
4,336,644 files
16.4 GB of Plain Text
92.5 GB of HTML
37.7 GB of EPub
75.8 GB of Kindle MOBI
93 GB of Image Thumbnails
42.5 GB of Other Data Files
358 GB Total

I love numbers, don't you?

Time to read numbers are based on an average reading speed of 250 words per minute, and 14 hours per day.
(need to sleep sometime)

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Donations / Support

One of the problems with running a website - especially a complex website like this one - is that they're not free. FiMFetch costs on average about $60 a month to maintain both the primary and backup servers, and is only that cheap because of the generosity of Sour_Sweet. I have considered putting advertisements on the site, but I do not want to rely on ads to keep this site running. I personally despise seeing ads when I'm not actually shopping, and I imagine you won't want to see random google or amazon ads while trying to read about the latest sizzling ship, cutesy slice of life, epic adventure, or any other fic you're into.
I can't well keep doing this all on my own. With a little help, we can keep this ad-free and bustling with our favorite pastel technicolor equines!

I have a Patreon!

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