Is Kemono.Party or Kemono.su Down?

If you recently tried opening your bookmarked kemono.party links and found the page inaccessible, or typed kemono.su into your browser only to see a blank error page, don’t worry—you are not the only one

Every day, thousands of users ask the same question: Is kemono.party Down

The answer is a bit complex: Yes, the old domain has indeed stopped serving, but the database hasn’t disappeared. The current “successor” is kemono.cr

⚠️ BUT (This is super important)

Before you rush to click the new domain, I must warn you of a harsh reality: Due to frequent domain swaps and massive traffic surges, the new kemono.cr server is behaving unstable

You might frequently encounter 503 Service Unavailable errors, or images taking half a minute to load. Instead of wasting time refreshing an unstable page, the smartest move is to use this short window of opportunity to save resources locally

Just copy the artist’s link from the new site, paste it into the Kemonod download box below, and backup everything with one click

What Happened to kemono.party

As the “OG” of this series of sites, kemono.party used to be the biggest gateway. But about a few months ago, it suddenly became inaccessible

Regarding why it went down, rumors are flying online. In reality, it’s mostly due to operational strategy adjustments and server architecture migration. Maintaining such a massive public archive database requires immense server resources. To keep the service running, admins had to abandon the old domain and look for a new hosting environment

So, the conclusion is simple: kemono.party as a domain is history, but its data (those posts and images you love) is not lost—it just moved

Why is Kemono.su Not Working

For a long time after the `.party` domain failed, kemono.su became the main alternative entry. Many users got used to using this domain with the Soviet Union country code suffix.

However, kemono.su was merely a transitional solution. With a new round of server node updates, kemono.su has also gradually stopped resolving services

If you are still trying to visit kemono.su now, you will mostly just see a connection timeout error. This doesn’t mean the site is blocked; it simply means this domain has been deprecated by the officials and no longer points to any valid data center

Status and Risks of the New Domain

This brings us to the current address: kemono.cr

Although it opens right now, the experience is far from perfect. Since all global traffic from kemono.party and kemono.su is flooding into this single new entry instantly, the servers are constantly overloaded

Slow Loading: Preview images might take ages to load

Connection Resets: The page suddenly goes white while you are browsing

Future Uncertainty: Based on past patterns, no one knows how long this `.cr` domain will last. Maybe next week it will change to another strange suffix again

The Only Solution: Go Local

Since we can’t control site domain changes, nor fix server lag, the only way to have complete control over resources is to download them

Kemonod was born for this. We connect directly to the database, so you don’t have to endure the snail-speed loading of the web version

No matter if it’s called kemono.party or kemono.su, and no matter what it turns into in the future—as long as you use Kemonod to download artist collections to your hard drive, those resources belong to you forever. Don’t wait until the new domain fails to regret it. Start backing up your collection list now