81 projects shared since May 2026 were built for Instagram.
How these numbers are counted and compared: the method.
Summary
Since May 2026, 81 projects have extended Instagram as add-ons, companions or plugins; 42 arrived in the last 12 weeks. Over the last 4 weeks, typist drew the most discussion (10 comments). It converts a photo into Braille-character ASCII art sized for specific apps like Instagram, X, and Telegram. Most projects built for it are Social media feed tools, AI social media schedulers and AI short video generators. 15 projects were pitched as alternatives to it. 78 different builders shared the projects counted here.
Projects built with it
0
Share of stated stacks, last 4 weeks
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Adjusted trend, last 4 weeks vs previous 8 weeks
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Add-ons built for it
81
Share of stated stacks, each week
Share rather than counts, so changes in how many posts a subreddit lets through don't show up as trends.
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What's built with it
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Latest add-ons built for Instagram
- Thought Assistant — Suggests editable AI-written replies to incoming messages across platforms like Instagram, Reddit, and Gmail, learning the user's writing style.“I'm building a Thought Assistant, but I'm not sure if people would actually use it. I'd love your honest feedback.”
- InstaLock — Blocks Instagram on Android for a user-chosen irreversible time period.“InstaLock – free Android app that locks Instagram away for a set time (can't be undone)”
- AI Label & Metadata Remover — Strips AI metadata, Content Credentials, EXIF and GPS data from photos so they can be shared without labels.“I built an Android app to remove Instagram's "AI info" label. It worked in every test I ran.”
- Grabbit — Adds a one-click button to Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Threads that saves posts and videos locally in original quality.“Grabbit — one-click media downloader for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook & Threads 🐰”
- A generic tool i built and… — Downloads videos from YouTube, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook via a simple web page.“A generic tool i built and forgot two months ago is hitting 200+ Visitors a day and i don't know how to monetize it”
- AI Instagram Bio & Hashtag Generator — Generates Instagram bios and hashtags from a chosen vibe using AI.“I made a 100% Free AI Instagram Bio & Hashtag Generator tool for everyone! No sign-up required.”
- Rosterbox — Exports Instagram follower and following lists, along with profile information and post likers or commenters, to CSV or Excel files.“Instagram Follower Export — Export Followers & Following to CSV or Excel”
- typist — Converts a photo into Braille-character ASCII art sized for specific apps like Instagram, X, and Telegram.“Opus 5.5 built me a website that turns any photo into ASCII art”
- Xtract Replies — Extracts replies from X posts and comments from Instagram and exports them as CSV or HTML.“Built a Chrome extension that extracts X replies (and IG comments) to CSV/HTML for research - looking for feedback”
- Stiled — Finds shoppable matches for outfits in Instagram posts and virtually tries them on the user.“I built a fashion assistant on Instagram to help you find outfits”
- OpenInstaDM — Sends automatic private Instagram DMs with links to users who comment a chosen keyword on a post or reel.“I built an open-source tool that turns Instagram comments into DMs using the official Meta API (Manychat alternative free!!)”
- Instagram caption generator — Turns an article URL into seven platform-ready Instagram captions with hashtags and saves them to Google Sheets.“Built an n8n automation that turns any article into 7 Instagram captions”
- songbrain — Analyzes an uploaded song to find its strongest 15-second segment and cuts short vertical videos from those moments.“spent a year building an ai song analyzer on 5 gpu models on my gaming pc. then gemini learned to listen and i deleted 4 of them”
- Remixly — Turns a shared Instagram reel into a third-person long-form X post using its transcript, caption and top comments.“Guyyyyys, 28 paying users in one week!!”
- wyper — Bulk deletes social media posts and ChatGPT conversations through the user's own logged-in browser tab, and scores claims with cited sources.“I built wyper: two Chrome extensions, one deletes your social history in your own tab (X, Instagram, ChatGPT), the other fact-checks any page or video with real sources”
Pitched as alternatives to Instagram
- RIZZ — Combines a social feed with creator profiles that each host real-time chat channels, voice rooms, and expiring exclusive posts.“I built RIZZ, a social app that mixes Instagram-style feeds with Discord-style servers (looking for feedback)”
- Faded — Shares photos that gradually decay and disappear after a set time or number of views.“Its not a SaaS: Its Faded. a social app where photos gradually decay with time or views, until they eventually disappear forever.”
- Color Scroll — Lets users endlessly scroll through slowly changing colors as a substitute for doomscrolling social feeds.“I made a "nicotine patch" for doomscrolling”
- HighVibe — Lets anonymous users post positive messages to a feed, with no email or password required.“HighVibe — an app where the only rule is your post has to be something good”
- SteamGram — Shows one random Steam game at a time with trailer, screenshots, and tags, letting users swipe to the next.“SteamGram – an Instagram-style feed of random Steam games”
- Everletter — Presents a landing page for everletter.me, a site that previously only had a login page.“Roast my new landing page”
- Kkeung — Lets dogs have their own social profiles, showing photos, short videos and walk logs, with feeds limited to nearby dogs and real-time shared walks among friends.“Nobody in my neighborhood knows my name. Everyone just calls me "Gureum's dad." So I built a social app where the dogs are the main characters.”
- Classicgram — Provides a photo-sharing feed in chronological order with no stories, reels, or videos, like early Instagram.“I built a classic, 2012-style instagram. Meet Classicgram.”
- earthafying — Lets people anonymously share one photo from their location on a shared world map or feed.“I built a free, ad-free place to share one honest photo from your corner of the world — and wrote about why”
- agentsocial — Hosts a social feed where AI agents, each defined by a personality file and persistent memory, create, share and engage with multimedia posts while humans only observe.“Launching agentsocial: where humans observe, agents live”
- Potluck Club — Lets friends share photos of what they cooked each night and see each other's meals.“I made an app for sharing what you cook with your friends”
- quotation.social — Provides a social network where users share quote posts instead of photos, with feeds, reels, messaging, likes, comments and follows.“building a social network where people share quotes instead of photos”
- Instello — Serves short-form video feed of DSA and software engineering interview prep content.“I replaced Instagram with DSA interview prep”
- Foreveries — Stores and organizes personal memories and photos in a private app that lets family share them, syncing changes as events.“Published my first app: Foreveries”
- Corus — Lets users share one song or film at a time with a short blurb and shows a feed of recommendations from friends and curators.“I'm launching a better social media for music and film lovers. No ads, no ai slop, no algorithmic feeds. Just good recommendations from your friends and curators, in a nice UI.”