A feature-rich iOS modification for the Instagram app. This project is a personal fork of RyukGram (which originates from SCInsta), maintained for standalone sideloading and future personal tweaks.
Version: v1.0.0
\ Tested Instagram iOS App Version: 429.0.0
This fork is focused on non-jailbroken devices using IPA sideloading, since I don't own any jailbroken iPhone..
- Follow the Build instructions below to compile your custom IPA.
- Sign and install the generated IPA using your preferred installer (Feather, AltStore, SideStore, or TrollStore).
- Compile the project as a rootless or rootful package.
- Install the resulting .deb via Sileo, Zebra, or TrollStore.
| Category | Features |
|---|---|
| General | - Hide ads - Hide Meta AI - Hide metrics (likes, comments, shares counts) - Disable app haptics - Copy description - Copy comment text from long-press menu - Download GIF comments - Profile copy button - Replace domain in shared links for embeds (Discord, Telegram, etc.) - Strip tracking params from shared links - Open links in external browser - Strip tracking from browser links - Do not save recent searches - Open link from clipboard — long-press the search tab - Use detailed (native) color picker - Enable liquid glass buttons - Enable liquid glass surfaces - Enable teen app icons IG Notes: - Hide notes tray - Hide friends map - Enable note theming - Custom note themes Focus/Distractions: - No suggested users - No suggested chats - Hide trending searches - Hide explore posts grid Live: - Anonymous live viewing - Toggle live comments Privacy: - Hide UI on screenshots, screen recordings, and mirroring |
| Feed | - Hide stories tray - Hide suggested stories - View profile picture from story tray long-press menu - Hide entire feed - No suggested posts - No suggested for you (accounts) - No suggested reels - No suggested threads posts - Disable video autoplay - Media zoom — long press media to expand in full-screen viewer - Custom date format — feed, notes/comments/stories, and DMs - Disable background refresh, home button refresh, and home button scroll - Disable reels tab button refresh - Hide repost button in feed |
| Reels | - Modify tap controls - Auto-scroll reels mode - Always show progress scrubber - Disable auto-unmuting reels - Confirm reel refresh - Unlock password-locked reels - Hide reels header - Hide repost button in reels - Hide reels blend button - Disable scrolling reels - Prevent doom scrolling (limit maximum viewable reels) Enhanced Pause/Play mode: - Mute toggle auto-hidden - Audio forced on in reels tab - Play indicator hidden during playback - Playback toggle synced with overlay during hold/zoom - Optional tap-to-mute on photo reels |
| Action buttons | - Context-aware action menu on feed, reels, and stories - Configurable default tap action per context - Carousel and multi-story reel support with bulk download - Repost via IG's native creation flow - Full-screen media viewer with zoom and swipe - Story playback pauses when menus are open |
| Profile | - Zoom profile photo — long press to view full-screen - Save profile picture - View highlight cover from profile long-press menu - Profile copy button - Follow indicator — shows whether the user follows you - Copy note on long press - Fake profile stats — verified badge and follower/following/post counts |
| Profile Analyzer | - Follower and following scans with progress and cancel - Mutuals and non-followbacks lists - New and lost followers/following trackers across scans - Profile change history — username, name, bio, pfp - Searchable lists with batch follow/unfollow |
| Saving | - Enhanced HD downloads up to 1080p • Quality picker with preview playback • Audio-only and raw photo download options • Fallback to 720p without FFmpegKit - Download pill with progress bar and bulk counter - Save to custom album - Download confirmation dialog - Output filenames formatted as @username_context_timestamp- Legacy long-press gesture (customizable finger count + hold time) |
| Stories & Messages | - Keep deleted messages - Hide trailing action buttons on preserved messages - Warn before pull-to-refresh clears preserved messages - Manually mark messages as seen (button or toggle mode) - Long-press the seen button for quick actions - Auto mark seen on send - Auto mark seen on typing - Mark seen on story like - Mark seen on story reply - Advance to next story when marking as seen - Advance on story like - Advance on story reply - Per-chat read-receipt exclusion list with Block all / Block selected mode - Send audio as file from DM plus menu - Download voice messages - Disable typing status - Disable vanish mode swipe - Hide voice/video call buttons (independent toggles) - Unlimited replay of direct stories - Full last active date - Send files in DMs (experimental) - Notes actions — copy text, download GIF/audio - Copy note text on long press - Disable view-once limitations - Disable screenshot detection - Disable story seen receipt - Keep stories visually seen locally - Manual mark story as seen (button or toggle mode) - Long-press the story seen button for quick actions - Per-user story seen-receipt exclusion list with Block all / Block selected mode - Story audio mute/unmute toggle - View story mentions - Stop story auto-advance - Reveal poll/slider vote counts and quiz answers on stories and reels before interacting - Force legacy Quiz sticker back into the story composer tray - Disappearing DM media overlay — action button, mark-as-viewed eye, and audio toggle - Download disappearing DM media - Upload audio as voice message with built-in trim editor - Disable instants creation |
| Navigation | - Modify tab bar icon order - Modify swiping between tabs - Hiding tabs (Hide feed tab, Hide explore tab, Hide reels tab, Hide create tab, Hide messages tab) - Messages-only mode — inbox + profile only, launch straight into inbox (with floating settings gear) - Launch tab — pick which tab the app opens to |
| Confirm actions | - Confirm like: Posts/Stories / Reels - Confirm story emoji reaction - Confirm follow / unfollow - Confirm repost - Confirm voice call / video call - Confirm voice messages - Confirm follow requests - Confirm vanish mode - Confirm posting comment - Confirm changing direct message theme - Confirm sticker interaction (stories / highlights, separate toggles) |
| Fake location | - Override location app-wide for any IG feature reading coordinates - MapKit picker with search + reverse-geocoded names - Saved presets - Quick toggle button on the Friends Map |
| Theme | - Force dark mode - Full OLED — pure black app-wide - OLED chat theme — pure black DM thread and incoming bubbles - Keyboard theme — dark or OLED - Apply & restart button |
| Tweak settings | - Search bar with breadcrumbs across nested pages - Pause playback when opening settings - Quick-access via long-press on feed tab |
| Advanced Features | - Toggle hidden Instagram experiments: QuickSnap (Instants), Direct Notes reply types, Friend Map, Homecoming, Prism - Batched changes with an Apply & restart button - Auto-reset after 3 consecutive launch crashes |
| Backup & Restore | - Export settings as JSON - Import settings from JSON - Preview before saving or applying |
| Localization | - Multi-language UI with fallback to English - Built-in language picker in Settings - Currently shipping: English, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional) |
| Optimization | - Clear Instagram cache on demand with optional auto-clear interval |
To access the configuration panel, long-press the Home/Feed tab icon within the Instagram app.
| Feed Shortcut View | Settings Menu View |
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Install the following components in the exact order listed below.
- macOS with Xcode and Command-Line Developer Tools installed.
- Homebrew
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
- CMake
brew install cmake
- Theos Development Environment
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theos/theos/master/bin/install-theos)"
- Pipx
brew install pipx
pipx ensurepath
- Cyan
pipx install --force https://github.com/asdfzxcvbn/pyzule-rw/archive/main.zip
- IPAPatch
brew install ipapatch
- Download the required iOS SDKs (e.g., iPhoneOS16.2.sdk) and place the folder inside
~/theos/sdks/. - Clone this repository with all its dependencies:
git clone --recurse-submodules [https://github.com/KayJannOnGit/CapsuleGram](https://github.com/KayJannOnGit/CapsuleGram)
cd CapsuleGram- Acquire a decrypted Instagram IPA file from a trusted source (Such as Decrypt Store), rename it exactly to
com.burbn.instagram.ipa, and place it inside a new folder namedpackagesat the root of the project.
Run the automated build script matching your target environment:
chmod +x build.sh
./build.sh sideload(Replace sideload with rootless or rootful if compiling a jailbreak package).
- @KayJannOnGit — creator and maintainer of CapsuleGram, this personal fork
- @faroukbmiled — creator of RyukGram, modifications and additional features this fork is built upon
- SCInsta by @SoCuul — original tweak RyukGram is based on
- @BandarHL — creator of the original BHInstagram project
- @euoradan (Radan) — experimental Instagram feature flag research
- @erupts0 (John) — testing and feature suggestions
- BillyCurtis/OpenInstagramSafariExtension — base for the bundled Safari extension
- @asdfzxcvbn — ipapatch and zxPluginsInject
- Furamako — Spanish translation
- @ch1tmdgus (N4C) — Korean translation
- ZomkaDEV — Russian translation
- @bruuhim — Arabic translation
- @jaydenjcpy — Chinese (Traditional) translation
- @KayJann — French translation