Changelog
Features
- Open Instagram links in app (Safari extension) — bundled Safari web extension (sideload IPA only). Enable in Safari → Extensions; instagram.com links open in the app.
- Localization — every user-facing string flows through a central translation layer. Globe button in Settings; missing keys fall back to English. Ships English only — see the "Translating RyukGram" section in the README to add more.
- Action buttons — context-aware menus on feed, reels, and stories (expand, repost, download, copy caption, etc.) with per-context default tap action and carousel/multi-story bulk download
- Enhanced HD downloads — up to 1080p via DASH + FFmpegKit with quality picker, preview playback, encoding-speed options, and 720p fallback
- Repost, media viewer, media zoom (long-press), download pill (frosted glass, stacks concurrent downloads)
- Fake location — overrides CoreLocation app-wide, map picker + saved presets, optional quick-toggle button on the Friends Map
- Messages-only mode — strips every tab except DM inbox + profile
- Launch tab — pick which tab the app opens to
- Full last active date in DMs — show full date instead of "Active 2h ago"
- Custom date format — 12 formats with per-surface toggles (feed, notes/comments/stories, DMs)
- Send files in DMs (experimental)
- View story mentions
- Hide suggested stories
- Story tray long-press actions — view HD profile picture from the tray menu
- Advance on story reply — auto-skip to next story after sending a reply or reaction
- Mark story as seen on reply or emoji reaction
- Hide metrics (likes, comments, shares counts)
- Hide messages tab
- Hide voice/video call buttons in DM thread header (independent toggles)
- Disable app haptics
- Disable reels tab refresh
- Disable disappearing messages mode in DMs
- Follow indicator — shows whether the profile user follows you
- Copy note text on long press
- Zoom profile photo — long press opens full-screen viewer
- Notes actions — copy text, download GIF/audio from notes long-press menu
- Confirm unfollow
- Feed refresh controls — disable background refresh, home button refresh, and home button scroll
Improvements
- Default tap action: added copy URL, repost, and view mentions options; dynamic menu generation per context
- Settings pages reordered: General → Feed → Stories → Reels → Messages → Profile → Navigation → Saving → Confirmations
- Fake location picker: native Apple Maps-style UI (search, long-press to drop pin, current location)
- Liquid glass floating tab bar + dynamic sizing
- Upload audio: FFmpegKit re-encode + trim for any audio/video input
- Settings reorganized with per-context action button config; new Profile page
- Highlight cover: full-screen viewer replaces direct download
- Switched HD encoder to
h264_videotoolbox(hardware) — no GPL FFmpegKit required - Legacy long-press download deprecated (off by default), replaced by action buttons
Fixes
- Hide suggested stories no longer removes followed users' stories on scroll
- Settings search bar transparency with liquid glass off; auto-deactivates on push
- HD download cancel: tapping pill aborts in-flight downloads + FFmpeg sessions cleanly
- Download pill stuck state on background/foreground, progress reset per download
- Disappearing messages mode confirmation not firing on swipe
- Detailed color picker not working on story draw
† - DM seen toggle menu not updating after tap
- Reel refresh confirmation appearing on first app launch
† - Reels action button displacing profile pictures on photo reels
- Disappearing DM media download (expand, share, save to Photos with progress pill)
- Carousel "Download all" not showing item count in feed
- Encoding speed setting being ignored for HD downloads
- Various upstream SCInsta merges (Meta AI hiding, suggested chats hiding, notes tray) — marked
†
†Merged from upstream SCInsta by SoCuul
Credits
- Thanks to @erupts0 (John) for testing and feature suggestions
- Thanks to @euoradan (Radan) for experimental Instagram feature flag research
- Safari extension forked/cleaned from BillyCurtis/OpenInstagramSafariExtension
Known Issues
- Preserved unsent messages can't be removed via "Delete for you"; pull-to-refresh clears them (warning available in settings)
- "Delete for you" detection uses a ~2s window after the local action — a real unsend landing in that window may be missed (rare)
Downloads
| File | Description |
|---|---|
RyukGram_rootless.deb
| Rootless .deb (Dopamine/palera1n). Also works for sideloading via Feather/cyan. |
RyukGram_rootful.deb
| Rootful .deb (unc0ver/checkra1n). |