README.md

Kraken – Instagram Image & Video Downloader

A reliable, native and lightweight Downloader for Instagram images & videos. Written in Kotlin. For Android.

Features

• Lean: No UI, no App icon – works in the background
• Mighty: Downloads all images & videos, even of posts with multiple photos & videos
• Thorough: Downloads all photos in the best available resolution
• Free: No ads, no user tracking, completely Open Source
• Up-to-date: Fully supports Android 12

How-to

1. In the Instagram app, just share the photo you like to download
2. Select Share to….
3. Pick Kraken for Instagram and watch the magic happen.

Screenshots

Info

• All images will be downloaded to the /Pictures/Kraken/ folder. Videos to /Movies/Kraken/.
• The filename will be in the format <username>.<yyyyMMdd>.<shortcode>.[jpg/mp4].
  e. g. danielkordan.20181119.BqXaCwGA_Hx.jpg
• shortcode is the id of the image. With it you can find the post again:
  e. g. for the shortcode BqXaCwGA_Hx open this link to get to the post, again: https://www.instagram.com/p/BqXaCwGA_Hx/
• Works only on public posts. Private profiles are not supported by Kraken, even if you are following the private profile.

License

Copyright (C) Maximilian Salomon