A curated list of tools, libraries, research, and resources for working with Threads and Instagram data.
Threads is Meta's microblogging platform, launched July 2023. This list focuses on data collection, analysis, and research use cases.
- thredly - GraphQL proxy API for Threads & Instagram data with auto session management, TypeScript SDK, and Cloudflare edge deployment.
- Threads Official API - Meta's official Threads API providing authenticated access to publishing, replies, and media endpoints.
- RocketAPI - Private API proxy service for Instagram and Threads data with Python and Node.js SDKs.
- threads-api-client - Official TypeScript/JavaScript SDK for the thredly API with full type safety and pagination support.
- junhoyeo/threads-api - Reverse-engineered Node.js/TypeScript client for Meta's Threads with web UI (1.6k+ stars, archived).
- dmytrostriletskyi/threads-net - Unofficial reverse-engineered Python API wrapper for Threads, created for academic purposes (423 stars).
- threadsjs/threads.js - Node.js library for the Threads API with support for user, post, and search operations (278 stars).
- marclove/pythreads - Python wrapper for Meta's official Threads API, covering publishing and reply management endpoints.
- rocketapi-io/rocketapi-python - Python SDK for RocketAPI's Instagram and Threads private API proxy service.
- iSarabjitDhiman/MetaThreads - Python library for fetching user threads, replies, user data, and friends from the Threads app.
- fbsamples/threads_api - Official Meta sample app demonstrating integration with the Threads API (276 stars).
- The Emergence of Threads: The Birth of a New Social Network - Quantitative study comparing Threads and Instagram user behavior, content preferences, and engagement patterns across 683K accounts and 10.8M posts (arXiv 2024).
- How Does Stress Experienced on Instagram Differ from Threads? - Comparative study of social media fatigue and stress antecedents across Instagram and Threads platforms (Computers in Human Behavior, 2024).
- Sentiment Analysis on User Reviews of Threads Applications in Indonesia - Sentiment classification of app store reviews examining user reception of Threads post-launch (IIETA 2024).
- InstaSynth: Opportunities and Challenges in Generating Synthetic Instagram Data - Study on synthetic data generation for Instagram sponsored content detection, with annotated dataset of 804 posts (ICWSM 2024).
- rocketapi-io/threads-private-api - Documented examples of Threads private API endpoints reverse-engineered for research purposes (137 stars).
- Threads Dataset Analysis (Kaggle) - Exploratory analysis notebook with accompanying social media dataset covering Threads user metrics and engagement data.
- scene-genie/instagram-dataset (Hugging Face) - Publicly available Instagram post dataset on Hugging Face for NLP and computer vision research.
- Social Media & Misinformation Dataset 2024 (Kaggle) - Synthetic dataset of social media posts with engagement, sentiment, and misinformation labels for research use.
- Zeeshanahmad4/Threads-Scraper - Python-based Threads scraper for structured data extraction from user profiles and posts (89 stars).
- junhoyeo/react-threads - React/Next.js UI components for embedding static Threads posts in web applications (50 stars).
- Dun-sin/Threstagram - Tool to convert Threads posts into shareable image cards in the style of Instagram posts.
- drawrowfly/instagram-scraper - Node.js Instagram scraper using public APIs with no login or API keys required for post and hashtag data (798 stars).
- meetmangukiya/instagram-scraper - Python scraper for the Instagram frontend covering profiles, posts, and hashtag feeds (948 stars).
- thredly Blog - Technical tutorials, API guides, and research use cases for the thredly Threads API.
- Reverse-Engineering Instagram's Threads private APIs - Documented reverse-engineering of Threads private API endpoints with curl examples (352 stars).
- Threads API Official Documentation - Meta's official developer documentation for the Threads API covering authentication, publishing, and webhooks.
- Threads Statistics & Facts (Statista) - Comprehensive statistics on Threads platform growth, user demographics, and engagement trends.
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