Instagram Clone

About Instagram Clone

Instagram Clone is a full-featured social media application built with modern web technologies by Abdallah Khattab. This project replicates core Instagram functionality with real-time features, providing an engaging and seamless user experience. The application is built with expressive, elegant syntax using Laravel's powerful backend capabilities combined with Vue 3's reactive frontend framework.

Key features that make this application special:

Real-time notifications and messaging using Laravel Reverb WebSockets

Single Page Application experience with Vue 3 and Inertia.js

Robust user authentication and authorization

Expressive database operations with Laravel's ORM

Background job processing for story expiration and notifications

Modern frontend reactivity with Vue 3 composition API

Scheduled tasks for automated story cleanup

Features

Core Social Features

User Registration & Authentication - Secure user onboarding and login system

Post Management (CRUD) - Create, read, update, and delete posts with image uploads

Stories System - Create stories that automatically expire after 24 hours

Home Feed - Personalized timeline showing posts from followed users

Explore Page - Discover new content and trending posts

Interactive Features

Follow/Unfollow System - Build your social network

Likes & Comments - Engage with posts through likes and comments

User Suggestions - Smart recommendations for new accounts to follow

Search Functionality - Find posts and users with intelligent search

Profile Management - Edit profile information and upload profile pictures

Real-time Features

Live Notifications - Instant notifications powered by Laravel Reverb WebSockets

Real-time Messaging - Chat with other users with instant message delivery

Conversation Management - Delete entire conversation threads

Live Updates - See likes, comments, and follows in real-time

Technical Features

Single Page Application - Smooth, no-refresh experience using Vue 3 and Inertia.js

Scheduled Commands - Automated cleanup of expired stories using Laravel's task scheduler

Background Processing - Queue-based processing for notifications and heavy operations

Technologies Used

This Instagram Clone leverages modern web development technologies:

Laravel 12 - Backend framework providing robust API and server-side logic

Vue 3 - Progressive JavaScript framework for building reactive user interfaces

Inertia.js - Modern monolith approach combining Laravel and Vue for SPA experience

Laravel Reverb - Real-time WebSocket server for live features

Laravel Eloquent ORM - Elegant database operations and relationships

Laravel Queue System - Background job processing for scalable operations