glam-cli

name	glam-cli
description	Instagram CLI tool for downloading posts, stories, and profiles with cookie-based auth. Use when users need command-line Instagram downloads. Commands: glam profile, glam post, glam stories, glam highlights, glam whoami, glam login.

glam-cli

glam-cli is an Instagram CLI inspired by bird (Twitter/X CLI).

Install

# Python
pip install glam-cli

# npm wrapper
npm install -g glam-cli

# Homebrew
brew tap twc-vault/glam
brew install glam-cli

Authentication

# Browser extraction + save
glam login --chrome-profile Default --save

# Optional explicit secret print
glam login --chrome-profile Default --print-env

Config file path: ~/.config/glam/config.json5 Legacy fallback: ~/.config/gram/config.json5

Usage

glam whoami
glam profile username --limit 50 --resume
glam post https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/
glam stories username
glam highlights username
glam check

Notes

• Primary command is glam.
• Backward-compatible alias gram is still available.
• See docs/COOKIE-EXTRACTION.md for cookie details.
• See docs/RELEASE.md for release workflow.