Instagram developpers don't make their web version good to attract people into their mobile version. This is pretty sad since this app has so much influence & potential yet is still greedy.
So I made my own prototype version of what Instagram should look like with all the potential it had.
Also, I have no life so might as well remake instagram
Right now, only the chat page is available & you can not interact with it (send messages, reply etc..) When i'll figure out sql databases. Maybe
👉 In your file explorer, go to a folder
Important
Go to a folder where you want a subfolder named "better-instagram" to get created. In my case, I have a folder named "websites" where I usually go.
👉 Ctrl + Right-click & "Open in my terminal"
Important
Don't forget Ctrl
👉 Copy past those two bad bois
$ git clone https://github.com/bimoware/better-instagram.git
$ cd better-instagram
$ npm i
$ npm run dev👉 Instructions in your window should tell you the localhost:port to connect to to see the website.
👉 End! You're ready to contribute or just test the website & share it with your friends :D
- Chat rooms
- Users
- Groups
- Custom context menu
- Notes
- Text notes
- Music notes
- Messages
- System messages
- Text messages
- Copy
- Copy ID
- Reply
- Transfer
- Voice messages
- Mute
- Tune
- Images
- Download
- Fullscreen
- Videos
- Mute
- Tune
- Fullscreen
- Download
- Mentions
- Link previews
- User profiles
- Top Panel on chats
- Input message
- Snapchat-like avatar peeking with profile picture
- Reactions
Feel free to fork this repo & make changes you like. But if it's simply changing a padding to be a pixel wider. I won't accept it 😹