# Instagram Monitor (otlite)

Track Instagram users' activities, profile changes and capture content with beautiful dashboards and instant notifications.

- Takes: Username
- Install: `otlite install instagram-monitor`, into its own virtualenv
- Pinned: [instagram_monitor==4.0.2](https://pypi.org/project/instagram_monitor/4.0.2/)
- Command: `instagram_monitor`
- Python: any otlite runs on (3.10 or newer)
- Verified: 24 Sept 2026, version 4.0.2 on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Python 3.12.14
- Licence: GPL-3.0; 1,512 GitHub stars
- Source: https://github.com/misiektoja/instagram_monitor

otlite is the no-Docker edition of OTInstaller for Linux and macOS: [install it](https://otinstaller.com/otlite) with `curl -fsSL https://get.otinstaller.com/otlite | sh`.

## Run it

| Input | otlite command | Instagram Monitor receives |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Username | `otlite run instagram-monitor -- u:johndoe` | `instagram_monitor johndoe` |

Arguments after `--` that aren't typed inputs go to the tool unchanged.

## Before you run it

- **Dual-use.** otlite prints this before installing it: You are solely responsible for how you use these tools and for complying with all applicable laws. Use them only on targets you are authorized to investigate.
- **Asks questions while it runs.** Run it on its own in a terminal; `otlite run --all`, `otlite auto` and playbooks skip it.
- **Runs until you stop it.** It monitors its target continuously and doesn't exit, so batch runs never start it.

## What a run leaves

- `results/instagram-monitor/johndoe/<time>_instagram-monitor_johndoe_<run id>.txt`
- `results/instagram-monitor/johndoe/<time>_instagram-monitor_johndoe_<run id>.meta.json`
- `results/instagram-monitor/johndoe/<time>_instagram-monitor_johndoe_<run id>.envelope.json`

The envelope is the same shape for every tool: the tool and version, the input, timing, exit code and status, the emails, domains, IP addresses and URLs found in the output, and the output file's path, hash and size. `otlite results --tool instagram-monitor` lists saved runs, `otlite extract instagram-monitor` pulls out indicators and `otlite diff instagram-monitor johndoe` compares the two latest runs.

## With other tools

Batch runs skip it: asks questions while it runs; run it on its own.

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- [Blackbird](https://otinstaller.com/otlite/tools/blackbird.md): OSINT tool to search for accounts by username and email across social networks
- [User Scanner](https://otinstaller.com/otlite/tools/user-scanner.md): (2-in-1) Email & Username OSINT suite featuring native MCP support for deep data extraction just from a single Email/Username

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