Igram alternative

Riley_Thornwell
Sun, 25 Jan 2026 04:09:05 +0000

Most reliable: yt-dlp (CLI), JDownloader or 4K Stogram — they pick the highest rendition instead of the low-res preview. Example (yt-dlp):
yt-dlp -f best “REEL_URL”

Why quality drops: Instagram stores multiple renditions and often serves compressed/preview streams. Many simple downloaders grab the preview URL, not the highest-resolution file. Use tools that fetch the direct MP4 from the CDN (or inspect DevTools to copy the video URL). DFviewer can also pull full-res Reels easily.