https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/instaloader New releases and features in instaloader, tracked by The Cyber Toolchain. en Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:41:37 GMT https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.16 https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.16 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:41:37 GMT Instaloader v4.16 adds a progress counter to the 'Retrieving highlights' log line.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ • Adds a progress counter to the 'Retrieving highlights' log line for better visibility into highlight retrieval progress.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/instaloader https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.15 https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.15 Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:48:54 GMT Instaloader v4.15 adds Post.video_play_count property and updates headers to Chrome/142 and latest iOS. • Adds `Post.video_play_count` property to retrieve video play counts from posts. • Updates default user agent to Chrome/142 for improved compatibility. • Updates Instagram iOS version headers to match one of the latest app versions. • Adds support for Python 3.14. Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/instaloader https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.14 https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.14 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 07:26:22 GMT Instaloader v4.14 adds `--reels` flag to download Reels videos from Instagram profiles. • New `--reels` flag enables downloading Reels videos when archiving a profile. • Adds support for Python 3.13. Breaking changes: • Python 3.8 is no longer supported. Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/instaloader https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.13 https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.13 Sat, 10 Aug 2024 15:48:44 GMT Instaloader v4.13 adds a max_count parameter to download_profiles for capping how many profiles are downloaded. • Adds `max_count` parameter to `download_profiles` to limit the number of profiles downloaded in a single call. Breaking changes: • `Post.owner_profile` may now return a different user than the one being downloaded for posts shared by multiple users; use `{target}` in the filename pattern to ensure filenames reflect the downloading profile. Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/instaloader https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.12 https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.12 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 17:33:37 GMT Instaloader v4.12 adds differentiated exit codes and more browsers for --load-cookies • Adds differentiated exit codes for various failure modes instead of a single code • Extends `--load-cookies` to support additional browser cookie files Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/instaloader https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.11 https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.11 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 07:13:45 GMT Adds --load-cookies CLI flag and PostComment.likes property for scraping support • Adds `--load-cookies` CLI flag to load cookies from browser • Adds `PostComment.likes` property yielding profiles that liked a comment Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/instaloader https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.10 https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.10 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 05:31:00 GMT Instaloader v4.10 adds new Profile and StoryItem properties, session dict support, and hashtag/mention extraction. • Adds `Profile` method get_followed_hashtags() for retrieving followed hashtags • Adds `Profile` properties `biography_hashtags` and `biography_mentions` • Adds `StoryItem` properties `caption`, `caption_hashtags`, `caption_mentions`, and `pcaption` • Enables saving and loading session state via Python dict Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/instaloader https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.9 https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v4.9 Sat, 26 Mar 2022 16:34:44 GMT Instaloader v4.9 adds resumable hashtag downloads and `--sanitize-paths`. • Hashtag.get_posts_resumable() method added to support resumable downloads for hashtags • Adds `--sanitize-paths` CLI option to control filename sanitization Breaking changes: • Properties `date_local` of `Post` and `StoryItem` now return timezone-aware datetime objects instead of naive ones Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/instaloader