Instagram clone

Problem Statement

• To build a app similar to instagram with basic features like posting images, liking, commenting, following, unfollowing, searching, etc.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: Flutter, Dart
• Backend: Django, Python, Django Rest Framework
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Build Tools: Docker, Docker Compose

Features

• User can create an account.
• OTP will be used to verify the user.
• User can login using email and password.
• User can post images with caption and location
• User can update the post.
• User can delete the post.
• User can like, comment, save the post.
• User can follow and unfollow other users.
• User can search for other users.
• User can edit their profile by changing their profile picture, username, bio, etc.
• User can see their own profile and other users profile and followers and following.
• User can see their own posts and posts of other users.
• User can see the posts of the users they follow in the feed.

Upcoming Features

• User can send and receive messages in real time.
• User can see the stories of the users they follow.
• User can see the posts of the users they follow in the feed in real time.
• User can also post videos.
• User can also post multiple images in a single post.
• User can tag other users in their posts, comments and captions.
• User can also share posts.
• User can also save posts in collections.
• and many more...

How to run the project

• Clone the repository of both frontend and backend.
• Make sure that you have docker and docker-compose installed on your system.
• Go to the backend directory and in docker folder
• Run docker-compose up -d in the backend directory.
• The backend will start running on http://localhost/.
• Go to the frontend directory
• Run flutter pub get in the frontend directory.
• Modify the value of url in lib/data.dart to http://localhost/.
• Run flutter run in the frontend directory.
• The frontend will start running on the emulator or the device connected to your system.

Hope you liked the project and find it useful.