# Kittygram

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Kittygram and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a free, privacy-friendly way to view Instagram without an account, and as an actively developed project. One critic reports that the instances they tried no longer work.

## Why people recommend it

- Usable without an account (1 comments): "as for using it without an account, try https://codeberg.org/irelephant/kittygram" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49703883))
- Actively developed (1 comments): "kittygram seems to be actively developed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49455900))

## What people warn about

- Instances no longer work (1 comments): "I don't think it works anymore. Tried various instances out there." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49467024))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [XCancel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xcancel.md): 115 recommend
- [Nitter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nitter.md): 81 recommend
- [Redlib](https://hackerapproved.com/p/redlib.md): 33 recommend
- [Invidious](https://hackerapproved.com/p/invidious.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Kittygram", https://hackerapproved.com/p/kittygram/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).