SoyBooru guide

This topic is related to SoyBooruHere be countrywars, namefags, slopjaks, and obsessed brimstone.

Rules

Global rules

1. You must be 18 years or older to use this site.
2. You will not upload, post, request, or link to content that puts the site at risk, including but not limited to:
   • Child abuse
   • Animal crush
   • Credible threats of violence
3. You will not post the following types of content intended to harm other users or their browsing experiences:
   • IP grabbers
   • Malware
   • Text formatting abuse that slows down browsers
4. Encrypted messages and files that contain hidden content via steganography or other embedding methods are forbidden.
5. Evading bans or other moderation actions is not tolerated and will result in further action.
6. Unsolicited advertising is not welcome.
7. Automating actions such as posting and reacting is prohibited.
8. Pedophilia and zoophilia are not permitted.

Forum rules

1. Be on-topic with the category you're posting on; off-topic threads will be moved to the appropriate category.
2. Disrupting the forum by spamming new threads or flooding existing threads with off-topic replies is forbidden.
3. Necrobumping old threads without adding anything worthwhile to the discussion is not tolerated.
4. The forum is SFW and as such gore, porn, and fetish content is not permitted there.

Gallery rules

1. On the main gallery, all posts must contain a soyjak, soysphere meme, or 4chan /qa/ meme. Posts that contain templates for more 'jaks are permitted. Images of real-life soyboys are allowed. Photos that parody soy culture are also allowed (although more narrowly)
   • When determining if something is a soyjak, think the following: Would a reasonable person (possibly one that might be considered a normie) say the image you are planning on uploading is a soyjak?
   • When uploading a NAS soysphere meme, it is at the discretion of staff whether the meme is notable enough to be accepted.
2. On the artworks gallery, all posts must not meet the criteria for the main gallery, and must be original content
   • AI-generated content is not allowed on the artworks gallery.
3. Pornography is not allowed.
   • 'cado is exempted from this rule.
   • Crude comedic depictions of nudity and sex such as https://soybooru.com/post/view/2387 may be permitted at the discretion of staff. If you struggle to tell the difference between that and pornography, it may help to ask yourself if the post would look out of place on rule34. If the answer is no, it does not belong on this booru.
4. Posts that are not properly tagged by the uploader may be deleted. At least 5 tags must be present, and a variant tag for IAS posts is required.
5. Do not blank or vandalize post tags, sources, or other things.
6. Duplicates are not allowed, unless you have a higher quality version of an already existing soyjak.
7. Screenshots of soyjaks being featured on external social media, the Sharty, or SoyBooru, are not allowed. If you see a soyjak on social media, then download it directly. Sharty and SoyBooru screenshots may be posted on the forum instead.
8. Posts that excessively shill for offsite drama (e.g, splinter or Discord drama) will be deleted.
9. Extremely low-effort posts may be trashed at the discretion of booru janitors and above.
   • Unedited/untraced namefag AI posts are not allowed.
   • Attempts to upload NAS with loopholes like adding a soyjak to the corner will still be treated as NAS.

Reporting posts and comments

If you see a post that breaks one or more of the rules listed above, you should click on the flag button to report it. it should be noted that banned users (including all logged-out VPN users) cannot report posts, and should privately contact staff in other ways instead. And please do not reply to rule breaking posts, as that makes more people see them!

Tagging Guidelines

1. Tag what you see.

• Tag only what is visible in the image.
• Use one tag per characteristic whenever possible.
• Parent category tags (like fruit + food) are exceptions and should be paired.

2. Avoid bad tags.

• Avoid tags for subjective concepts like nas, gem, coal unless they are present in the image.
• Use tagme if unsure; it is better to have too many tags than too few.

3. Use existing tags first.

• Search for synonyms before creating a new tag.
• We autocorrect common mistakes but want to avoid unnecessary aliases.

4. Always add a variant (soyjak gallery) or media tag (artworks gallery).

• Every image must include one variant tag or media tag (artworks gallery only). Use the base variant tag for images that depict the variant or any form derived from it. The base variant tag applies to all images of that variant and any of its subvariants.
  • If no variant can be identified, use variant:unknown.
  • In the artworks gallery, use media:original_content if no other media tag is applicable.
• When applicable, add one or more subvariant tag. Subvarients are additive and never replace the base variant tag. Only use subvariant tags when the distinguishing features are clearly visible
• Drawn or traced jaks get the soyjak tag (except variant:wojak).

5. Count the soyjaks.

• Use 1soyjak, 2soyjaks, 3soyjaks, 4soyjaks, 5soyjaks. Use multiple_soyjaks if your post includes more than 5 soyjaks.

6. Tag real-life elements.

• Use irl or irl_background for photos or mixed-media posts.

7. Use correct descriptive tags.

• white_skin refers to skin color, not the color white.
• Prefer general color tags (red, green) only when no specific color tag exists.
• Prefer stubble over beard unless full facial hair is shown.
• open_mouth = mouth visibly open; closed_mouth = fully shut. Skip *_mouth if the inside of the mouth is hidden by closed teeth or an object.
• Use smile, frown, etc. whenever they apply.
• Non-head body parts are optional. Common ones are arm, hand, leg, foot. Use full_body for a completely visible body; omit other body part tags unless important.

8. Follow tag formatting rules.

• Allowed characters: A–Z, a–z, 0–9, underscores, parentheses, forward slashes.
• Replace spaces, dashes, apostrophes with underscores.
• Use plural forms for objects that are naturally part of a set (eye → eyes).
  • If such an object is present alone, tag that explicitly (horns → horn).
• Prefer American English spelling (sceptre → scepter).
• Use parentheses for disambiguation (nas_(rapper)).
• Use full character or franchise names.
• When tagging exact dates, break it down into 3 different tags based on month, month & day, and year (September 20th, 2020 → september_20, september, 2020)

Type of Tags

• Variant tags (for variants only), e.g. variant:soyjak
• Subvariant tags, e.g subvariant:wholesome_soyjak
• Media tags (for what media the toss references), e.g media:ongezellig
• Character tags (for different characters), e.g character:nate_higgers
• Trend tags (for different soybooru trends), e.g. trend:aryan
• Series tags (for series of similar soyjaks), e.g series:fusionjaks
• Artist tags (to specify who made what), e.g. artist:dersoylentdrinker
• Meta tags (for meta purposes), e.g. meta:ai_generated
• Namefag tags (for namefags included or referenced in the toss), e.g. namefag:warrior-z
• Flag tags (for countries or national flags shown), e.g. flag:united_states

Guides

BBCode

Main article: BBCode

How to upload a post

1. Click "Upload" in the navigation bar from the Gallery dropdown.
2. Choose a file. You can choose as many as you want.
3. Add at least 5 tags, including a variant. The quicktag interface on the upload page allows you to add common tags without having to type them out.
4. Add a source if known (archived thread, artist link). You can put OC if you created it.
5. Submit. Your post will go into the pending queue until approved. This can take a while so don't be afraid if nothing shows for a while.

Duplicates

See an duplicate? Do this!

1. Post the original image in the comments, could be thumbed or linked.
2. Tag the copied post with meta:duplicate
3. Wait and you're done!

How to edit tags

1. Open the post.
2. Click Edit.
3. Add, remove, or correct tags.
4. Save changes. You don’t need to be staff, anyone can improve tags.

How to comment

1. Open the post.
2. Put whatever you like in the bottom text area.
3. Click "Post Comment"

Setting a Profile Picture

1. In the navigation bar, click on your profile name
2. Go to "Settings"
3. In the Profile Picture" box, select "Upload"
4. Crop the profile picture if you want, then select "Crop & Upload"

Blacklisting

Only users with accounts can blacklist.

Blacklisting tags will prevent you from seeing any posts with a certain tag, except if you came to a post with a tag you blacklisted from a link or comment.

1. In the navigation bar, click on your profile name
2. Go to "Settings"
3. In the Tag Blacklist box, insert any tag you do not want to see

Feature a blog

To feature a blog thread on your profile, in any blog thread click the feature button to feature that blog

Text Formatting

BBCode	Info	Example
[b]text[/b]	Makes text bold	Bold
[i]text[/i]	Makes text italic	Italic
[s]text[/s]	Create a strikethrough on text	Strikethrough
[u]text[/u]	Underlines text	Underline
[greentext]text[/greentext] OR >text	Makes your text green alongside a meme arrow	>Greentext
[redtext]text[/redtext] OR ==text==	Makes your text red	Redtext
[orangetext]text[/orangetext] OR <text	Makes your text orange alongside a meme arrow	<Orangetext
[spoiler]text[/spoiler]	Creates a spoiler section containing text	Spoiler
[blur]text[/blur]	Blurs your text	Spoiler
[url]https://example.com/[/url]	Makes a clickable link to url	https://example.com/
[url=https://example.com/]text[/url]	Makes a clickable link to url with custom text	Example text
[code]text[/code]	Intended for rendering code snippets	Code
[h1]text[/h1]	Creates a heading, supports h1, h2, h3, and h4	Heading
[thumb]103029[/thumb]	Inserts a clickable thumbnail of the given post ID into the page
meds[inline][code]text[/code][/inline]	Displays everything between the tags as inline, so that it flows with the text of the page
text[sub]sub[/sub]	Inserts a subscript into text	Sub
text[sup]sup[/sup]	Inserts a supscript into text	Sup
[bluetext]text[/bluetext] OR --text--	Makes your text blue	Bluetext
[glowtext]text[/glowtext] OR %%glowtext%%	Makes your text glow	glow
!!text!!	Makes your text glow red	redglowtext
::text::	Makes your text glow yellow	yellowglowtext
~-~text~-~	Turns your text into a rainbow	rainbowtext
%%~-~text~-~%%	makes your text a shining gemerald likely removed	gemeraldtext
[color=#ff0000]text[/color]	Colors your text	colortext
[quote]text[/quote]	Creates a box where you can put text in it (stackable too)	text
[size=20px]text[/size]	Changes size of the text	text

You can also combine multiple text formats. For example, doing %%==Example==%% would turn your text red with an glow. Like this: Example

Staff

Administrator

• admin (wiki page, wiki user page)

Developer

• custard (wiki page, wiki user page)

Searching

SoyBooru uses a booru-style search syntax. Queries are entered in the search bar as space-separated terms that are ANDed together.

Basic Search

Syntax	Meaning
cat	Posts tagged "cat"
cat dog	Posts tagged both "cat" AND "dog"
"multi word tag"	Match a tag containing spaces

All input is case-insensitive.

Excluding Tags

Prefix any term with - to exclude it:

cat -dog            Posts with "cat" but NOT "dog"
-"some phrase"      Exclude a multi-word tag

Wildcards

Use * at the end of a term for prefix matching:

cat*                Matches cat, cats, category, catalog, ...
-animal*            Exclude all tags starting with "animal"
variant:*           Matches all posts with a variant tag

OR Groups

Wrap alternatives in { } separated by ~:

{cat ~ dog}                Posts with "cat" OR "dog"
{cat ~ dog ~ bird}         Posts with any of the three
{cat ~ dog} cute           (cat OR dog) AND cute

Category-Prefixed Tags

Search for tags within a specific category:

character:hunky
artist:swede
meta:tagme
-variant:cobson

Meta-Tag Filters

Meta-tags filter on post attributes rather than tags.

Rating

rating:safe              or  r:s
rating:questionable      or  r:q
rating:explicit          or  r:e
-rating:explicit         Exclude explicit posts

Uploader

uploader:admin
user:someone
-user:spammer

Approver

approved_by:admin
approvedby:admin
approver:admin

Favorited

favorited_by:admin
favoritedby:admin
fav:admin

Hash

hash:4167b599f36af0781b81563bd2179a6d35daa3145f0b6f99ac6d9ee1894b516a
sha256:4167b599f36af0781b81563bd2179a6d35daa3145f0b6f99ac6d9ee1894b516a

File Type

filetype:png         or  type:png
filetype:webm        or  type:mp4
type:gif

Supported types: png, jpg/jpeg, gif, webp, avif, bmp, webm, mp4, mpeg, wav, ogg, swf. Full MIME types like image/png also work.

Status

status:approved
status:pending
is:featured
is:locked
status:trashed          Requires admin permission

Numeric Filters

These filters support comparison operators and ranges.

Operator	Example
Exact	score:100
Greater than	score:>50
Less than	score:<50
Greater or equal	score:>=50
Less or equal	score:<=50
Range	score:10..100

Available numeric fields

Field	Aliases	Description
id		Post ID
score	s	Vote score
width	w	Image width in pixels
height	h	Image height in pixels
tagcount	tags	Number of tags on the post

File Size

Supports size units (b, kb, mb, gb):

filesize:>1mb
size:<=500kb
filesize:1..5mb

Date Filters

Filter by upload date using date: or uploaded:.

Absolute dates

Accepted formats: yyyy-MM-dd, yyyy/MM/dd, yyyyMMdd.

date:2025-06-15
date:>=2025-01-01
date:2025-01-01..2025-12-31

Relative dates

Keyword	Meaning
day / today	Last 24 hours
week	Last 7 days
month	Last 30 days
year	Last 365 days

date:>week           Uploaded within the last week
date:>=month         Uploaded within the last 30 days

Sorting

Use order: or sort: followed by a field name. Append _asc or _desc to control direction (defaults to descending).

Field	Aliases	Default direction
date	uploaded, newest	Newest first
score	votes	Highest first
id		Highest first
filesize	size	Largest first
tagcount	tags	Most tags first
controversial	drama	Most controversial first
random	rand	Random (ignores direction)

order:score              Highest score first
sort:date_asc            Oldest first
order:random             Random order
order:filesize_desc      Largest files first

Example Queries

# High-res safe wallpapers
rating:safe width:>=1920 height:>=1080 order:score

# Recent uploads from a specific user
uploader:alice date:>=week order:date

# Large GIFs, sorted by file size
type:gif filesize:>1mb order:filesize

# Either cats or dogs, excluding explicit, top scored
{cat ~ dog} -rating:explicit order:score

# Posts with many tags uploaded this month
tagcount:>=10 date:>=month

# Random safe post
rating:safe order:random

Operator Precedence

Search terms are evaluated using the following rules:

• - (exclude) applies only to the term immediately following it.
• { } groups are evaluated as a single unit.
• All terms are combined using logical AND by default.

Examples:

-cat dog            Excludes "cat", requires "dog"
{cat ~ dog} cute    (cat OR dog) AND cute
-cat {dog ~ bird}   Excludes "cat", requires (dog OR bird)

Notes

• When no query is provided, all posts are returned newest-first.
• Default page size is 20 results.
• Queries are limited to 500 characters.
• Unapproved posts are only visible to their uploader and moderators.
• Your personal tag blacklist is automatically applied to all search results.