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insta-dl. ⬇️ Async Instagram downloader CLI — profiles, posts, reels, stories, highlights, hashtags, comments. Pluggable backends (HikerAPI / aiograpi).
subzeroid.github.io/insta-dl
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Updates
June 2026
- Release —v0.1.8
- chore(main): release 0.1.8 (#14)
- chore(deps): bump actions/download-artifact from 7 to 8 (#17)
- chore(deps): bump docker/metadata-action from 5 to 6 (#19)
- chore(deps): bump actions/deploy-pages from 4 to 5 (#18)
- chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 4 to 6 (#16)
- chore(deps): bump docker/login-action from 3 to 4 (#15)
April 2026
- docs: add comparison vs instaloader / gallery-dl
- docs: post-aiograpi sync — refresh layout, file table, and architectu…
- chore(deps): pin aiograpi>=0.1.1 in [aiograpi] extra
- Release —v0.1.7
- chore(main): release 0.1.7 (#13)
- fix(lint): drop unused noqa: E402 — importorskip doesn't trigger it
- ci: install [aiograpi] extra on Python <3.14; importorskip in tests
- feat: AiograpiBackend — full implementation against aiograpi 0.1.1
- docs: --concurrency now caps fetches profile-wide, not just per post
- Release —v0.1.6
- chore(main): release 0.1.6 (#12)
- feat: parallel post downloads in profile and hashtag runs
- test: bring retry.py and latest_stamps.py to 100% coverage
- Release —v0.1.5
- chore(main): release 0.1.5 (#11)
- fix(types): annotate `first` in iter_highlight_items for mypy --strict
- fix(hiker): stories crash when reel is None; highlight items always e…
- Release —v0.1.4
- Release —v0.1.3
- Release —v0.1.1
- Release —v0.1.0
- Release —v0.0.2
- Release —v0.0.1 — initial release