Why
Every Instagram tool I tried wanted an account, a subscription, and full access to my profile. Social Cockpit runs entirely on your own machine. Nothing is sent to a third party, there is no service to sign up for, and the data stays on disk where you can read it.
What it does
- Analytics — follower growth, video views, posts per day, and best time to post.
- Publishing — queue posts and reels, schedule them, and let the background worker handle the upload.
- Inbox — read and reply to DMs and comments from one view instead of the app.
- Automations — rule-based engagement that runs unattended, with rate limiting you control.
Running it
Clone the repo, add your credentials to a local .env, and start the stack. It
serves a dashboard on localhost and keeps a background worker alive for
scheduled jobs.