vu

Dead simple Instagram client for Mac

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Dead simple Instagram client for Mac

7 followers

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I made this little status bar app to have basic Instagram experience on my Mac. I know there was a couple of very similar apps presented before but I made it more robust and polished. vu supports multiple accounts and can upload photos directly from built-in camera. Yes, now you can take selfie on your Mac and post it to Instagram instantly. 👌🏻

Launch tags:Mac•Photography•Menu Bar Apps

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Hey Boris, this looks great. can be very useful. Only thing is that i can't work out how to add another account? When I go to settings it doesn't seem to be displaying the option to add another account? Thanks Boris!

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9yr ago

Maker

@amedeodamore just log out and log in to another account, it will be added to the menu automatically, same as the previous one

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9yr ago

@karulin Thanks - that works!

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9yr ago

@karulin @amedeodamore came here to ask the same question, thanks! Will the functionality to change views on your own profile and on home search work (from grid to list) be added?

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9yr ago

Maker

@amedeodamore as long as it's just a mobile website I can't modify its behavior unless Instagram add new features

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9yr ago

Is the upload photo feature fully legit with the Instagram API? I mean… there won't have any chance to see it shut down huh?

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9yr ago

Maker

@katrynvonfelsen Instagram API is not used here. All you see in the UI is just a mobile version of Instagram website, where you can upload photos.

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9yr ago

@karulin So awesome & clever

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9yr ago

This is the best so far. Still buggy like other solutions out there, like Poster https://lukamarr.github.io/Insta... but the best until this moment.

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9yr ago

Maker

@rsencion please report bugs if you found any. I did keep Poster in mind when presented vu. As long as Poster is an Electron wrapper and a "super fast" solution, it is very heavy and don't support multiple accounts as well as location selection on new posts (I might be wrong).

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9yr ago

@karulin Thanks for the response Boris. Of course, I'll let you know of the bugs (right now the app thinks you're on your phone so it asks you to download the app and it's kinda annoying, it won't show the edit tools and that's about it).

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9yr ago

Maker

@rsencion oh, yes, this is drawbacks of using mobile website

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9yr ago

Looks great! I just fear that Instagram will find some way to block your API soon and disable remote posting. But great client. 10/10. I'd love to see landscape interface setting. It looks okay as it is, but it's just a mobile app ported to desktop. A version optimized for Mac itself would be great.

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9yr ago

Maker

@brandon_mcconnell there are other full featured Mac-optimised clients. vu is just a mobile web site as you point out. why landscape?

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9yr ago

I've been using Poster all these days to see Instagram posts and post on Instagram. I guess Vu is the same as Poster. I wish Instagram opens development for third-party developers and makes it possible to build more robust apps.

Pros:

Can view and post to Instagram right from Mac's menu bar. Basically a mobile website ported as a Mac app.

Cons:

No interesting features like messages or stories, but Vu is not to be blamed. Instagram does not open up API to others. Poster is similar.

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9yr ago

LALAL.AI

ohh guys, common, you can do the same things in Chrome simply and on every platform, not only on Mac, just go to Developer Tools and switch to Mobile, select Iphone - and voila you can post directly from the browser. You don't need any other app for it.

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9yr ago

Maker

@alexandramalis also you can go to Terminal and make some requests using curl directly to Instagram API. 😉 I just did it more convenient.

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9yr ago

I think is good to go. Would love to see development with time. Great tool to keep it more centralized and easy to work when uploading high quality content to the Instagram.

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9yr ago

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