Instaloader Instagram Content Metadata Downloader

---
name: "Instaloader Instagram Content and Metadata Downloader"
slug: "instaloader-instagram-content-metadata-downloader"
description: "Instaloader is a Python CLI tool and library that downloads Instagram photos, videos, stories, reels, highlights, and IGTV content along with captions, comments, geotags, and metadata. It supports public and private profiles, hashtags, and feeds with automatic resume and profile rename detection."
github_stars: 12047
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader"
category: "Research & Scraping"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "instaloader/instaloader"
  github_stars: 12047
---

# Instaloader Instagram Content and Metadata Downloader

Instaloader is a Python CLI tool and library that downloads Instagram photos, videos, stories, reels, highlights, and IGTV content along with captions, comments, geotags, and metadata. It supports public and private profiles, hashtags, and feeds with automatic resume and profile rename detection.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- :alt: Supported Python Versions
- As an open source project, Instaloader heavily depends on the contributions from

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- To later **update your local copy** of that profiles, you may run
- Instaloader Documentation <https://instaloader.github.io/basic-usage.html>__

- Source: https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/instaloader/instaloader/HEAD/README.rst

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/instaloader-instagram-content-metadata-downloader/)