InstaaSnap is a free open source tool to download Instagram photos, reels, and stories. Here it takes URL to a Instagram post from you and then you can download it in a click. Best part is that you can even run it locally to download content from Instagram. There is no registration or sign up needed in order to use this tool and nor it asks for Instagram authentication to download stuff.
The developer has made the code of InstaaSnap available on GitHub. The installation instructions are there as well and you can follow them to run it locally. But if you not that tech savvy then do not worry as there is an online instance available which you can use to download media from Instagram. It can even download multi media posts from Instagram in a ZIP file.
Free Open Source tool to Download Instagram Photos, Reels. Stories
You can try out InstaaSnap right now by visiting this link. This is working as of now but it is not guaranteed that it will be always available. In that case, you will just have to grab the source code and run it locally, Or, you can host it on a VPS by assigning a custom domain and domain setup guide is given on the GitHub page as well.
To download something, you just enter post URL and then click Download. It will download the corresponding photo or video for you in a click. You can use link any photo or video post.
It can download post with multiple media files in it. Just paste the URL of a carousel post to download it. It will make ZIP file and in that ZIP will file, you will find all the photos or videos from the carousel post. This is as simple as that.
In this way, you can use this simple and powerful Instagram download which is free and open source. And if in case it stops working then you can report it directly to the developer by creating a GitHub issue. For now it works as intended, however, in my case it failed to download vides from Instagram stories.
Final thoughts:
If you are looking for a free and open source Instagram downloader then you are at the right place. We have covered Instagram photo downloader, Instagram video downloader before but here this is all in one tool. You just enter an Instagram post link and it will download the corresponding photo or video directly on your PC or phone.