Personal tier £20 one-time, lifetime updates

Archive Instagram creators automatically.

Add the creators you watch. StreamStash polls Instagram on a schedule, captures every new Reel, Post, Story, and Highlight, and keeps the files in a local SQLite library that doesn't care if Instagram changes the rules.

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Self-hosted · Saves locally · No telemetry · Lifetime updates
StreamStash · Instagram
Monitored creators
Smart cadence per creator · rate-limit aware
Active
@creator.one
Reels, Posts
4h +12 new
@creator.two
Posts, carousels
12h +3 new
@creator.three
Stories, Highlights
1h +5 new
Tracked 64feeds
Archived 8,376items
On disk 9.8GB
Queue next download in 2m 37s · 4 waiting
Stories on a clock

Stories disappear in 24 hours. Your archive doesn't.

Instagram retires every Story the next day, even the ones your followers actually saw. The smart schedule keeps active creators on a fast cadence so most Stories are pulled while they're still live, and the file lands in a library that ignores Instagram's clock from then on.

On Instagram
24h window
After that, the Story is retired and the original file is gone unless the creator pinned it to a Highlight.
  • 0hStory posted, visible to followers
  • 12hStill up, still mutable
  • 23h59mLast view possible
  • 24hGone. No way back.
In StreamStash
No window
A smart-scheduled sweep within the 24-hour window pulls the file to your machine. After that, it stays put.
  • 0hStory posted
  • +0–3hSmart sweep catches it, file saved locally
  • 24hInstagram expires, your file untouched
  • 5yStill in your library, still playable
How monitoring works

Add creators once. Everything else is automatic.

1

Get the Personal tier

Personal (£20 one-time) unlocks Instagram and Telegram on top of what Free already covers. Lifetime updates included.

£20 · one-time · lifetime updates
2

Add Instagram creators as monitors

Drop in a creator's profile URL. By default StreamStash runs a smart schedule that adapts cadence per creator — active accounts are checked more often, dormant ones less, to stay inside Instagram's rate limits and avoid account challenges. Manual intervals are still available if you want to override the default for a specific creator.

Smart schedule by default · manual override 30m to 24h
3

StreamStash polls and archives

Reels, Posts, Stories, Highlights, and carousels land in your local library as they appear. Carousels stay grouped as a set, not split across rows.

Local SQLite library · source-quality files
Included with Personal

Instagram archiving lives on the Personal tier.

Personal is everything Free already gives you (TikTok and Twitter/X archival), plus Instagram and Telegram. One-time purchase, runs entirely on your machine, every update included for life.

From £20 · one-time, lifetime updates
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Personal vs Power

Personal covers the archive. Power adds AI search and the rest.

Personal

£20 · one-time
  • TikTok and Twitter/X archival (from Free)
  • Instagram archiving — Reels, Stories, Posts, carousels
  • Telegram channels and chats
  • Local library, playback, thumbnails

Power

£40 · one-time
  • Everything in Personal
  • Reddit, Snapchat, forums, web albums
  • Unlimited monitored feeds and live monitors
  • AI semantic search across saved media
FAQ

Questions about Instagram archiving.

No. The Free tier covers TikTok and Twitter/X archival. Instagram archiving is part of the Personal tier (£20 one-time), which also adds Telegram. Power (£40) extends to all eight platforms plus AI semantic search.
Add a creator as a monitor and StreamStash takes care of the schedule for you by default. The smart schedule adapts cadence per creator — accounts that post often are checked more frequently, dormant accounts less — to stay inside Instagram's rate limits and minimise the risk of account challenges. If you want to override the default for a specific creator, you can set a manual interval anywhere from 30 minutes to 24 hours.
Active creators on the smart schedule typically get checked frequently enough to catch Stories during their 24-hour window. If a particular creator posts Stories you really don't want to miss, you can override the default with a manual interval (e.g. 30 minutes) for that monitor. Once a Story is in your library, the file stays there even after Instagram has retired the original.
StreamStash saves every item in the carousel and keeps them grouped together as a single library entry, so a 10-item album shows up as a 10-item set rather than ten unrelated downloads.
No. Personal is a one-time purchase that includes lifetime updates. There is no recurring charge.
No. StreamStash is local-first. Your downloaded files and library database live on your Windows machine.

Set the monitors. Walk away.

Personal unlocks Instagram archiving and Telegram. One-time purchase, runs on your machine, every update included.

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