So it would be good then to download only files that are made by the manufacturer to avoid having these problems.

Great, thank you very much!

I am working on a non-commercial software for lighting control that is planned to use GDTF as the main source for fixture personalities. Instead of having to download each personality on its own it would be great to have the full set of available files at hand and perform an offline search and patching of the desired fixture.

OK thanks that would be a great (re-)addition. Additionally, is the database API open to be implemented in own, custom solutions?

I checked GDTF-Share a few months ago for the last time and noticed quite some changes to the website, e.g. the possibility to download the entire GDTF library at once. Is this function still available?