Setup Video Tutorial & Stable Onboarding

⚡ InstaAuto v1.0.0 - Initial Release & Setup Video Tutorial

Welcome to the first official release of InstaAuto—the self-hosted, open-source ManyChat alternative for Instagram automation.

🎬 Step-by-Step Video Tutorial

Get your self-hosted setup up and running in under 18 minutes!
👉 Watch the Setup Video Tutorial on YouTube

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✨ Features included in v1.0.0

• Instagram DM Automation: Reply to keyword triggers, buttons, and story mentions.
• Comment-to-DM Funnels: Set up auto-reply to post comments and send targeted private messages.
• AI Auto-Replies: Built-in Groq/OpenAI integration for automated natural conversation fallbacks.
• Step-by-Step Automation Wizard: Clean, intuitive UI step-form to easily configure automation logic.
• Dev Login Bypass: Local development bypass login to test dashboard features instantly without setting up Meta OAuth.
• Supabase Integration: DB schema configuration with unified database tables.

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🚀 Quick Deployment Guide

1. Fork this repository.
2. Create a project on Supabase and run schema.sql inside the SQL Editor.
3. Create a developer app at developers.facebook.com and add the Instagram Graph API product.
4. Deploy the fork to Vercel and input the environment variables from .env.example.
5. Connect your account and launch!

Thank you to our early users and contributors! If you like the project, please leave a ⭐ on GitHub.

🚀 InstaAuto v1.1.0 — Major UI Overhaul + Sponsors

✨ What's New

🎨 Complete UI Redesign

• New Landing Page — Instrument Serif + JetBrains Mono fonts, yellow accent (#ffe14d), marquee animation, 3x3 feature grid, community section, footer
• Redesigned Sidebar — Yellow active states, Instagram gradient avatar ring, Telegram support link
• Dark theme polish — New background colors, refined borders, better contrast

⚡ Automation Enhancements

• Toggle to pause/enable automations with Switch component
• Edit & Duplicate buttons on each rule card
• Reply mode badges — DM only, Public only, or Both
• Delay timer support with visual badge
• Typing indicator option for human-like responses

📱 ManyChat-Style Flow Builder

• Live phone preview — See your automation as users will experience it
• Media response type — Send images, videos, or audio
• Quick replies — Chip-style response options
• Public comment replies — Configure multiple rotating public responses
• Edit mode — Modify existing automations without recreating

❤️ GitHub Sponsors

• Added GitHub Sponsors support — sponsor the project directly!
• First sponsor: @Divypratap93 🇬🇧

📊 Project Stats

• 30+ stars ⭐
• 8 forks 🍴
• Active Telegram community

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Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v1.1.0

🚀 InstaAuto v1.0.0 — Launch Day

⚡ InstaAuto v1.0.0

🎉 First stable release — launching on Product Hunt!

Open-source Instagram automation for DMs, comments, stories, AI replies, inbox, and Reels scheduling.

A self-hosted, AI-ready, developer-friendly alternative to paid Instagram automation tools like ManyChat.

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✨ What's included

• Instagram DM Automation — keyword-based auto-replies, multi-keyword matching, postback handling
• Instagram Comment Automation — auto-reply to comments, comment-to-DM funnels
• Instagram Story Automation — story mention/reply/reaction automation
• AI Instagram Auto-Replies — AI fallback when no keyword matches, custom personality context
• Instagram Ice Breakers — up to 4 ice breakers with auto-response
• Built-in Inbox — conversation list, message history, manual DM replies
• Reels Publishing & Scheduling — create, poll, publish Reels containers
• Dashboard — automation count, active triggers, audience reached, messages sent

🧱 Tech Stack

• Next.js 16 App Router
• React 19, TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS
• Supabase Postgres
• Instagram Graph API v24.0
• Groq/OpenAI-compatible AI gateway

🚀 Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/ayuuxh2/insta-p8.git
cd insta-p8
npm install
npm run dev

📎 Links

• Product Hunt: instauto on Product Hunt
• Discord: Join the community
• GitHub: ayuuxh2/insta-p8

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MIT License — Use it, fork it, self-host it, customize it, and build on top of it. 🔥

v0.1.0 - Initial Open Source Release

Initial open-source release of InstaAuto.

Features:

• Instagram DM keyword automation
• Comment-to-DM automation
• Story automation
• AI auto-replies
• Ice Breakers
• Live inbox
• Reels publishing/scheduler
• Supabase + Vercel self-host setup