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mdanics/fluttergram
A fully functional Instagram clone written in Flutter using Firebase / Firestore
A Flutter Instagram clone built on Firebase/Firestore, covering the core social feed loop: follow users, post photos, like, comment, and get notified. Built as a learning project during Flutter's beta days, and the author is upfront that it doesn't reflect modern Flutter patterns.
The feature coverage is genuinely broad for a demo — custom feed via Cloud Functions, activity feed, profile editing, and Google Sign-In all wired up end-to-end. The Cloud Functions feed implementation is the interesting part: it shows how to handle fan-out reads without just dumping everything into a single Firestore collection. Includes both Android and iOS setup paths with specific SHA-1/plist steps that save real time for first-timers. The Flare animation integration for the like button is a nice touch that most clones skip.
The author's own disclaimer says it all — this was written during Flutter beta and has not been updated to reflect anything that happened since (null safety, go_router, Riverpod/Bloc, etc.). Firebase Security Rules are listed as a TODO, which means any deployed instance of this runs in test mode — open read/write to the world. The flat `lib/` structure with no feature folders doesn't scale past toy-project size. Last meaningful activity suggests it's effectively abandoned; you're not getting PRs merged or issues resolved.