Instaloader — Download Instagram Photos and Metadata

Instaloader is a tool to download pictures (or videos) along with
their captions and other metadata from Instagram.

With Python installed, do:

$ pip3 install instaloader

$ instaloader profile [profile ...]

See Install Instaloader for more options on how to install Instaloader.

Instaloader

• downloads public and private profiles, hashtags, user stories,
  feeds and saved media,

• downloads comments, geotags and captions of each post,

• automatically detects profile name changes and renames the target
  directory accordingly,

• allows fine-grained customization of filters and where to store
  downloaded media,

• automatically resumes previously-interrupted download iterations,

• is free open source
  software written in Python.

instaloader [--comments] [--geotags]
            [--stories] [--highlights] [--tagged] [--igtv]
            [--login YOUR-USERNAME] [--fast-update]
            profile | "#hashtag" | %location_id |
            :stories | :feed | :saved

See Download Pictures from Instagram for a detailed introduction on how
to use Instaloader to download pictures from Instagram.

Contributing¶

As an open source project, Instaloader heavily depends on the contributions from
its community. See Contributing to Instaloader for how you may help Instaloader to
become an even greater tool.

Supporters¶

Instaloader is proudly sponsored by

@socialmethod

See Alex’ GitHub Sponsors page for
how you can sponsor the development of Instaloader!

It is a pleasure for us to share our Instaloader to the world, and we are proud
to have attracted such an active and motivating community, with so many users
who share their suggestions and ideas with us. Buying a community-sponsored beer
or coffee from time to time is very likely to further raise our passion for the
development of Instaloader.

For Donations, we provide GitHub Sponsors page, a PayPal.Me link and a Bitcoin address.

GitHub Sponsors: Sponsor @aandergr on GitHub Sponsors

PayPal: PayPal.me/aandergr

BTC: 1Nst4LoadeYzrKjJ1DX9CpbLXBYE9RKLwY

Disclaimer¶

Instaloader is in no way affiliated with, authorized, maintained or endorsed by Instagram or any of its affiliates or
subsidiaries. This is an independent and unofficial project. Use at your own risk.

Instaloader is licensed under an MIT license. Refer to LICENSE file for more information.