Ramme

Unofficial Instagram Desktop App

[](https://github.com/terkelg/ramme/releases/latest)

Features

Background behavior

When closing the window, the app will continue running in the background, in the dock on macOS and the tray on Linux/Windows. Right-click the dock/tray icon and choose Quit to completely quit the app. On macOS, click the dock icon to show the window. On Linux, right-click the tray icon and choose Toggle to toggle the window. On Windows, click the tray icon to toggle the window.

Dark mode

You can toggle dark mode in the Ramme menu or with Cmd D / Ctrl D.

Thanks for the help @ninjaprawn

Keyboard shortcuts

• Go Back: ⌫
• Refresh: Cmd R or Ctrl R
• Home: Cmd 1 or Ctrl 1
• Discover: Cmd 2 or Ctrl 2
• Notifications: Cmd 3 or Ctrl 3
• Profile: Cmd 4 or Ctrl 4

Install

macOS 10.9+, Windows 7+ & Linux are supported.

macOS

Homebrew Cask

$ brew update && brew tap caskroom/cask && brew cask install ramme

Manually

Download, unzip, and move Ramme.app to the /Applications directory.

Linux

Download and unzip to some location.

To add a shortcut to the app, create a file in ~/.local/share/applications called ramme.desktop with the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Ramme
Exec=/full/path/to/folder/Ramme
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/full/path/to/folder/Ramme/resources/app/static/Icon.png

Windows

Download and unzip to some location.

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Roadmap

v2.1

• Bugs ... Gotta Catch 'Em All!

v3

• Pull to refresh
• Notifications
• Update notifications

Under Consideration

• Photo Upload
• Stories Support

Dev

Built with Electron.

Commands

• Init: $ npm install
• Run: $ npm start
• Build macOS: $ npm run build:macos
• Build Linux: $ npm run build:linux
• Build Windows: $ npm run build:windows
• Build all: $ brew install wine and $ npm run build (macOS only)

Related

Inspiration from the super human Sindre Sorhus. Please check out his stuff:

• Anatine - Pristine Twitter app
• Caprine - Caprine Facebook Messenger app

License

MIT © Terkel Gjervig