📷Instagram Clone 📷

✨ A MERN Stack Clone of the social networking giant - Instagram,Instagram Clone (Both frontend and backend) created with MERN Stack

Features

An application where users can:

• Sign up
• Sign in (authentication)
• Forget Password Functionality
• Upload pictures
• Follow other users and see their pictures
• Like other users pictures
• Comment on other users' pictures
• Delete Posts
• Update Profile Pic
• View Followed User's Uploaded Pic

TODO

• Search User's
• Message Functionality
• Suggestion Page

Tech Stack

• React Js
• Node Js
• Express Js
• MongoDB
• Context API
• React Router Dom
• Bootstrap
• Material UI
• Material UI Icons
• Send Grid
• Cloudinary
• Nodemailer

Devlopment

1. Fork this project from the top right of the screen to create a copy of the code.

2. Download your fork of the project locally on your machine or clone it using

    git clone https://github.com/robin025/Instagram-Clone.git
   

3. Navigate to the folder and run npm i for installing all packages & dependencies for the server/backend via npm.

4. Navigate to the client and run yarn to install all dependencies & packages required for the frontend via yarn.

5. This project uses external services and APIs which require a secret/API pass-key for operations. Please ensure you obtain a pass-key from all these sources before running the project locally.

   • Cloudinary : For storing & fetching images.
   • SendGrid : For sending emails to users upon signup and forget passowrd.
   • MongoDB : Either a cloud hosted cluster on Mongo Atlas or your local mongo URL.

Thank You