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postaddictme/instagram-php-scraper

Get account information, photos, videos, stories and comments. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/postaddictme/instagram-php-scraper · homepage · PHP · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

33/100

  • Activity 23
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3785
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 462
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3327 stars · 786 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A PHP library that scrapes Instagram via its web version to fetch account information, photos, videos, stories, and comments, with optional credential-based login and session caching. It exists because getting an approved Instagram API application is difficult.

Use cases

  • scrape instagram account info in php
  • download instagram photos and videos without official api
  • get instagram stories and comments programmatically
  • fetch instagram media by username
  • monitor instagram profiles without app approval

When to choose

  • you need Instagram data in a PHP project without an approved Instagram app
  • you want optional login with cached sessions and proxy support
  • you need both authenticated and unauthenticated scraping

When to avoid

  • you need a fully supported, ToS-compliant official API
  • your stack is not PHP
  • you cannot tolerate breakage when Instagram changes its web endpoints

Facets

library · maturity active

web-scraping http-client caching social-media crawlers web-development php cli instagram scraper social-media-api unofficial-api media-download

4 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
postaddictme/instagram-php-scrapermain33

For agents

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