{
  "id": "instaloader",
  "name": "Instaloader",
  "homepage": "https://instaloader.github.io/",
  "description": "A tool to download pictures and metadata from Instagram.",
  "executables": [
    "instaloader"
  ],
  "dotfiles": {
    "paths": [
      "[configHome]/instaloader/latest-stamps.ini"
    ],
    "exclude": [],
    "secret": [
      "[configHome]/instaloader/session-*"
    ],
    "side_effect": false
  },
  "commands": {
    "format": 1,
    "label": "Download Instagram content",
    "description": "Download posts and optional extras from profiles or hashtags. Session handling, filename patterns and passwords are outside this form.",
    "quality": "ai-draft",
    "parser": {
      "end_of_options": "--",
      "interleave": "permute",
      "long_equals": true,
      "short_attached": true,
      "short_bundles": false
    },
    "source": [
      {
        "id": "help",
        "kind": "manual",
        "url": "https://instaloader.github.io/cli-options.html",
        "revision": "2026-10-27",
        "evidence": "--no-pictures\n--no-videos, -V\n--geotags, -G\n--comments, -C\n--stories, -s\n--highlights\n--tagged\n--reels\n--igtv\n--fast-update, -F\n--post-filter filter, --only-if filter\n--count COUNT, -c\n--login YOUR-USERNAME, -l YOUR-USERNAME\n--quiet, -q\n--no-metadata-json\n--no-captions\n"
      }
    ],
    "field": [
      {
        "id": "targets",
        "label": "Profiles, hashtags or posts",
        "description": "Profile names, #hashtags, :feed, @following, -shortcode",
        "type": "string",
        "position": 0,
        "multiple": true,
        "min": 1,
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "login",
        "label": "Login username",
        "type": "string",
        "option": [
          "--login",
          "-l"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "stories",
        "label": "Stories",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--stories",
          "-s"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "highlights",
        "label": "Highlights",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--highlights"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "tagged",
        "label": "Tagged posts",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--tagged"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "reels",
        "label": "Reels",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--reels"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "igtv",
        "label": "IGTV videos",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--igtv"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "fast_update",
        "label": "Stop at first already-downloaded post",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--fast-update",
          "-F"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "count",
        "label": "Max posts",
        "type": "integer",
        "option": [
          "--count",
          "-c"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "post_filter",
        "label": "Post filter expression",
        "type": "string",
        "option": [
          "--post-filter",
          "--only-if"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "no_pictures",
        "label": "Skip pictures",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--no-pictures"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "no_videos",
        "label": "Skip videos",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--no-videos",
          "-V"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "geotags",
        "label": "Download geotags",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--geotags",
          "-G"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "comments",
        "label": "Download comments",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--comments",
          "-C"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "no_captions",
        "label": "Skip captions",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--no-captions"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "quiet",
        "label": "Quiet",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--quiet",
          "-q"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "task": [
      {
        "id": "profile",
        "label": "Download a profile",
        "fields": [
          "targets",
          "fast_update"
        ],
        "required": [
          "targets"
        ],
        "set": {
          "fast_update": [
            true
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "profile_extras",
        "label": "Profile with stories and highlights",
        "fields": [
          "targets",
          "login",
          "stories",
          "highlights"
        ],
        "required": [
          "targets",
          "login"
        ],
        "set": {
          "stories": [
            true
          ],
          "highlights": [
            true
          ]
        }
      }
    ],
    "group": [
      {
        "id": "basic",
        "label": "Basic",
        "fields": [
          "targets",
          "login",
          "stories",
          "highlights",
          "tagged",
          "reels"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "advanced",
        "label": "Advanced",
        "fields": [
          "igtv",
          "fast_update",
          "count",
          "post_filter",
          "no_pictures",
          "no_videos",
          "geotags",
          "comments",
          "no_captions",
          "quiet"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}