# sc1341/InstagramOSINT

An Instagram Open Source Intelligence Tool - Archive

Repository: https://github.com/sc1341/InstagramOSINT
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/instagramosint
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: osint, osinttool, osint-python, instagram-osint
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-06-08T14:28:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2614, "days_push": 816, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1651, forks 264 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:16.998484+00:00)

## What it is
A Python CLI tool and importable module that scrapes publicly available profile information from Instagram accounts, such as follower counts, bio, verification status, and public photos. The repository has been archived and is no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- gather public info on an instagram account
- scrape instagram profile data to
- osint investigation of a social media profile
- download a user's public instagram photos
- use instagram scraping as a python module in my own tool

## When to choose
- you need a quick, simple script to pull public Instagram profile metadata
- you want a Python module you can import into a larger OSINT pipeline
- you're okay with an unmaintained tool that may break as Instagram changes

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool that works with Instagram's current API and anti-scraping measures
- you need private data or authenticated access
- you require long-term support or recent bug fixes

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: osint, web-scraping, cli
- domain: osint, social-media, security
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: instagram, osint, scraping, archived, reconnaissance

## Member repositories
- sc1341/InstagramOSINT (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.998484+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:45:02.986505+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sc1341/InstagramOSINT (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.998484+00:00, sha 0b6845c890aa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.