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Our Instagram
A photo feed that is yours.

Our Instagram is a photo feed you run yourself. You upload a photo, write a caption, and post it to your own domain — the image is stored on your own disk, and the feed that shows it is yours, not a rented one.

A photo post needs a photo: the composer will not accept a caption on its own, because a photo feed without the photo is a text feed. Each upload is stored on your install's own disk and served from your own domain, and a delete really frees the bytes. Stories and reels are not built, and the app says so rather than implying them.

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Step by step

How to post a photo, from upload to feed

The real steps in your own install: upload, caption, publish, and the delete that frees the bytes.

  1. STEP 01

    Open Our Instagram

    From your workspace, open Our Instagram. It is the photo feed that is already part of your install.

  2. STEP 02

    Upload a photo

    Choose an image from your computer. It is written to your own server's storage.

  3. STEP 03

    Write a caption

    Add the caption people will read under the photo. It is yours; nothing is generated for you.

  4. STEP 04

    Post it to your feed

    Publish the post. It appears in your photo feed on your own domain, where anyone you share it with can see it.

  5. STEP 05

    Delete it when you are done

    Remove a photo from the same screen, and the disk space it used is freed.

What it does

Everything a movie needs, without a camera

  • Upload a photo and caption it

    Pick an image, write the caption and post it. The photo is the point, so the composer asks for one before it will publish.

  • Stored on your own disk

    Each image is written to your server's own storage and served from your domain, so your photos are files you hold rather than pixels on someone else's machine.

  • A feed of your own

    The photos appear in a feed on your own domain, in the order you posted them, with no adverts and no algorithm reordering them.

  • Delete frees the bytes

    Deleting a photo removes the file from disk. A photo you removed should not still be occupying your storage.

  • A caption people can reply to

    A post carries its caption and takes comments, so the feed is a conversation, not just a gallery.

  • One set of people

    The people who see your photos are the handles from your own install's directory, shared with your wall and your videos.

Questions

Questions people ask

Straight answers, and where something is not built yet it says so.

What is Our Instagram?
It is a photo feed running on your own server. You upload a photo, caption it and post it to your own domain, with the image stored on your own disk and no adverts or algorithm in the feed.
Do I have to upload a photo?
Yes. A photo post is the point, so the composer requires an image and will not publish a caption on its own. That is the difference between a photo feed and a text feed.
Where are my photos stored?
On your own server, in the same storage as your other media, and nowhere else. Deleting a photo frees the bytes it used.
Are there stories or reels?
Not yet. The photo feed — upload, caption, post and delete — is built and runs. Stories and reels are named in the plan rather than implied by the app being offered.
Is there an algorithm?
No. Photos appear in the order you posted them and go to the people who follow you. Nothing is reordered to keep anyone scrolling.

Our Instagram is ready on your install

It is part of Social Jinni and it runs on your own server — nothing to register, nothing to approve.

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