# Install instaloader

Download media from Instagram. Version 4.15.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-21.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:instaloader
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install instaloader
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install instaloader
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: instaloader from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#instaloader
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/instaloader/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id instaloader.instaloader -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: instaloader.instaloader from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:instaloader
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/instaloader>
- **Version:** 4.15.1
- **Source summary:** Download media from Instagram
- **Homepage:** <https://instaloader.github.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://instaloader.github.io/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b0/1f/c66c9d5c65bd59cf03632adf112a05aad720b0620f52848d1e5419ef130b/instaloader-4.15.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-21T12:12:18Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- instaloader (cli)
- instaloader (alias)

## Dependencies

- certifi
- python@3.14

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 4.15.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-21
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://instaloader.github.io/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## 安全说明

no executable entrypoint in the package index.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- no executable entrypoint in the package index

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** instaloader
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 3
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - instaloader - 4.14.1+ds-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: instaloader from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Instagram automatic photo downloader | https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader
- Nix - instaloader: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/instaloader/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - instaloader - 4.10.3+ds-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: instaloader from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Instagram automatic photo downloader | https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader
- winget - instaloader.instaloader: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: instaloader.instaloader from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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