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Are there any Instagram equivalents that don't suck? People love to virtue signal by linking to Twitter proxies, but Instagram is still a walled garden that al

Are there any Instagram equivalents that don't suck? People love to virtue signal by linking to Twitter proxies, but Instagram is still a walled garden that all sorts of useful information (event details, restaurant menus, etc.) is locked inside. I occasionally have luck with whatever the top Google results are, but they're all encrusted with dodgy ads.

Marsymars 1mo ago
Depends if you want an alternate front-end and you can self-host, or you're looking for a third party. For the former, I generally look at what LibRedirect has as options: https://libredirect.manerakai.com/ https://libredirect.manerakai.com/ Proxigram seems unmaintained, but kittygram seems to be actively developed: https://codeberg.org/irelephant/kittygram https://codeberg.org/irelephant/kittygram
- bsimpson 1mo ago
  I've never had an Instagram account, and I'm trying to keep it that way.
  - inigyou 1mo ago
    Most of these front ends need to be stocked with login cookies, that's how they bypass the login wall. If you want to self host a bypass you need to create at least one dummy account on that service.
- Melatonic 1mo ago
  Something to use with a normal web browser that requires no login would be nice. Like Libreddit or Nitter.
  - Marsymars 1mo ago
    Well the description for Kittygram is: "Kittygram is an anonymous, privacy-friendly, lightweight, and open-source Instagram frontend inspired by Nitter."
    - Melatonic 1mo ago
      I don't think it works anymore. Tried various instances out there. Have you used it or found a working one ?
grishka 1mo ago
I've had people send me reels as links to ddinstagram.com and kkinstagram.com, which at least in Telegram, get transformed into a video that can be played inline from the link preview and downloaded.
- inigyou 1mo ago
  These "embed fixers" aren't hated by platforms nearly as much as alternative front-ends are.
  - grishka 1mo ago
    Yes but they do let you view the content without an account, so that does partially answer the question in the comment I was replying to.
inigyou 1mo ago
It's impossible to build a foobar equivalent unless it's literally foobar, because the value of foobar isn't the software, but the fact that other people post stuff there. There's no point having a restaurant menu platform unless you have restaurant menus on it. Have you considered going around your city and taking pictures of restaurant menus, then attaching them to a map?

Marsymars 1mo ago

Depends if you want an alternate front-end and you can self-host, or you're looking for a third party. For the former, I generally look at what LibRedirect has as options: https://libredirect.manerakai.com/ https://libredirect.manerakai.com/ Proxigram seems unmaintained, but kittygram seems to be actively developed: https://codeberg.org/irelephant/kittygram https://codeberg.org/irelephant/kittygram

bsimpson 1mo ago
I've never had an Instagram account, and I'm trying to keep it that way.
- inigyou 1mo ago
  Most of these front ends need to be stocked with login cookies, that's how they bypass the login wall. If you want to self host a bypass you need to create at least one dummy account on that service.
Melatonic 1mo ago
Something to use with a normal web browser that requires no login would be nice. Like Libreddit or Nitter.
- Marsymars 1mo ago
  Well the description for Kittygram is: "Kittygram is an anonymous, privacy-friendly, lightweight, and open-source Instagram frontend inspired by Nitter."
  - Melatonic 1mo ago
    I don't think it works anymore. Tried various instances out there. Have you used it or found a working one ?

grishka 1mo ago

I've had people send me reels as links to ddinstagram.com and kkinstagram.com, which at least in Telegram, get transformed into a video that can be played inline from the link preview and downloaded.

inigyou 1mo ago
These "embed fixers" aren't hated by platforms nearly as much as alternative front-ends are.
- grishka 1mo ago
  Yes but they do let you view the content without an account, so that does partially answer the question in the comment I was replying to.

inigyou 1mo ago

It's impossible to build a foobar equivalent unless it's literally foobar, because the value of foobar isn't the software, but the fact that other people post stuff there. There's no point having a restaurant menu platform unless you have restaurant menus on it. Have you considered going around your city and taking pictures of restaurant menus, then attaching them to a map?