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It can processes anywhere from 3-30 posts per second depending on configuration.
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## Can I make it run faster?
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Running without the `--full` and `-d` arguments is faster.
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Running without the `--full` and `-d` arguments is faster.
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Not using `--sync` and customising the `-k` option can make downloading files quicker.
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Disabling grafting with `-g=false` will make the scraping quicker at the cost of not being able to access all posts (see [here](#what-happens-if-i-disable-grafting)).
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Setting `--sleep` to a decimal number below 1 speeds up page interactions at the cost of stability, as it makes you more likely to be rate limited.
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Setting `--sleep` to a decimal number below 1 speeds up page interactions at the cost of stability, as it makes you more likely to be rate limited.
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Scraping is not parallelisable (see [here](#can-i-run-multiple-instances-at-the-same-time-rather-than-batch-scraping)).
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Using `--plugin LargeFist` is as much as 5x faster, but may result in undefined behavior.
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Using `--plugin LargeFirst` is as much as 5x faster, but may result in undefined behavior.
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If you want something *really* fast, try [Instaphyte](https://github.com/ScriptSmith/instaphyte). It's as much as 12x faster.
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