Self-Hosted Alternatives to Instagram

Instagram is Meta's photo and short-video network with an algorithmic feed and heavy tracking. Federated photo-sharing servers let you post and follow without ads or engagement tuning, on a server run by you or a community you choose.

3 open-source alternatives to Instagram you can host yourself, ranked by GitHub stars and updated daily.

# App Category Stars Language Updated
1 misskey-dev/misskey Social Networks & Forums 11,382 TypeScript today
2 pixelfed/pixelfed Social Networks & Forums 7,142 PHP today
3 friendica/friendica Social Networks & Forums 1,700 PHP today