althonos/InstaLooter
Another API-less Instagram pictures and videos downloader. (defunct) observed · 2026-10-07
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3620
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1384
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2106 stars · 256 forks observed · 2026-10-07
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
InstaLooter is a Python CLI tool that downloads pictures and videos from Instagram profiles without using the official API. It is a re-implementation of the deprecated InstaRaider project and is now defunct.
Use cases
- download all photos from an instagram profile
- scrape instagram videos without api access
- bulk download instagram media from the command line
- archive a user's instagram posts
- python library to fetch instagram pictures
When to choose
- you need a scriptable, API-less Instagram downloader and accept it may no longer work reliably
When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool that works with current Instagram
- you want official API compliance
- you need a GUI
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
web-scraping cli crawlers social-media python cross-platform cli instagram downloader api-less defunct command-line
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/althonos/InstaLooter · fetched 2026-10-07 · 5fe86411441b
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/instalooter/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 276d01d3b457
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| althonos/InstaLooter | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="althonos/InstaLooter")
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