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HushGram

HushGram is a set of Morphe patches for Instagram on Android. You bring the Instagram APK, Morphe Manager patches it on your phone, and you get an Instagram with a settings screen full of switches the stock app doesn't have. Hide ads, suggested posts and Meta AI. Strip tracking tags from the links you share. Watch stories and lives without landing on the viewer list. Save reels, stories, photos and voice messages, lock your chats, rearrange the tab bar and a lot more.

Most switches start off, so a freshly patched Instagram looks like Instagram until you turn something on. It's the Instagram member of a small family. Hushfacebook does the same job for Facebook, and HushGram is built on its foundation.

The latest release is v0.0.9, with 101 patches. Add it to Morphe Manager with this link. That release was made for Instagram 450.0.0.50.77, so keep using 450 with it. The next release moves to 451.0.0.53.80, which the steps below describe.

Main is preparing v0.0.11, with clearer settings navigation and improved dialogs. It hasn't been released yet. What changed in each version is in the changelog.

This project has no connection to Meta or to the Morphe project. Neither endorses it, and neither wrote it.

Install

1. Install Morphe Manager 1.34.0 or newer.
2. Add HushGram as a patch source by opening this link on your phone. Or in Manager open Sources, tap +, choose Remote and enter github.com/SysAdminDoc/HushGram. Use HushGram as your only Instagram source, since mixing in another one can stop patching.
3. Get Instagram 451.0.0.53.80 from APKMirror. Take the bundle labelled (arm64-v8a) (480-640dpi) (Android 9.0+), build 385713073. The version's other builds work too (see Supported Instagram builds).
4. Uninstall the Instagram you got from the Play Store. The patched app is signed with your own key, so Android won't install it over Meta's. Uninstalling signs you out, so have your password and two-factor codes ready. On a rooted phone, Manager's Root Mount can lay HushGram over the Play Store app instead, and you stay signed in.
5. In Morphe Manager, pick the Instagram file, keep the default patch selection or change it, and patch.
6. Open HushGram settings and turn on what you want. It's at the top of Instagram's Settings and activity. A long press on the Instagram logo at the top of your feed opens it too, unless your account uses that long press for Instagram's app icon picker.

Prefer a local source? Download the .mpp file from the latest release and add it through Sources > + > Local. It won't update itself, and it's a patch bundle, not an Instagram APK.

When a patch can't find its target in your Instagram file, patching stops with a message saying what's missing instead of handing you an app that quietly does nothing. Please report a stop like that.

Before you sign in

Warning

Meta's Terms of Use don't allow modified versions of its apps, and Meta can disable accounts that break them. Nobody outside Meta knows what gets an account suspended, so nobody can promise yours won't be.

• Assume Meta can tell. A patched Instagram has a different signing certificate, and Instagram 450 carries Play Integrity and Keystore attestation code. Restore trust on re-signed builds keeps parts of the app working on a re-signed build, but it doesn't make the APK Meta-signed.
• Try a spare account first if you'd rather not put the one you care about on the line. People whose accounts were suspended on patched Instagram often describe a new or long-idle account signing in on a fresh install. That's what they saw, not a proven cause.
• Keep the sign-in you have. Update over the top with the same signing key, or use Root Mount on a rooted phone, rather than starting fresh each time.

HushGram doesn't post, like, follow or message for you, and it doesn't change how you sign in. It also leaves out Instagram Plus, saving deleted messages, saving the Instants people send you and keeping copies of stories after they expire. Other Instagram mods offer those. People using piko's Instagram patches have reported banned accounts, and I suspect features like these may be part of the reason. Nobody has proven it, so leaving them out is a precaution.

Keep your signing key

Morphe Manager signs the patched Instagram with a key it makes on your phone, and Android only installs an update over your copy when the update carries that same key. With the same key your sign-in and data survive every update.

Back it up right after your first patch. In Morphe Manager open Settings → System → Import & export → Signing key, tap Export and keep the Morphe.keystore file somewhere private, since anyone who has it can sign an APK your phone will take as an update. On a new phone, import it before you patch anything. A different key means uninstalling the patched Instagram first, which deletes its data and signs you out. Morphe's own guide is Backup and keystore.

Patches

There are 105 patches for com.instagram.android, checked against Instagram 451.0.0.53.80. Manager's simple mode includes 100 of them, so you don't need Expert mode to get any feature below. A patch that comes in this way changes nothing until you turn its switch on in HushGram settings, and each description says where that switch is. A few start on: Hide ads, Sanitize sharing links, Open links in external browser, Disable analytics, Remove build expired popup, Hide suggested posts, Hide suggested stories, Hide Meta AI's search and posts switches, Show if a profile follows you, Download any reel, Download any story and Keep the reel speed. Story ring size and Default playback quality start on too, but they keep Instagram's own size and quality until you pick one.

Five patches stay out of simple mode. Tick them in Manager's patch list (Expert mode, then Choose patches) if you want them:

• Change version code raises the version code for good. Going back means uninstalling Instagram, and every later HushGram build needs it too.
• Install next to Instagram makes the build a second app with its own package, data and sign-in (see Two Instagrams on one phone).
• Open developer options is a developer tool for Instagram's server flags, and a wrong flag can break parts of the app until you reset it.
• Pure black dark mode rewrites Instagram's colors when you patch and has no switch to turn it off.
• View DM photos and videos anonymously is a test feature until the sender's side is checked with two accounts.

In Expert mode the patches are grouped under Ads, Ghost mode, Privacy, Messages, Feed, Stories, Reels, Playback, Interaction, Profiles, Interface, Downloads, Updates, Fixes and Settings, and most of those match a section in HushGram settings.

Patch	What it does	Simple mode
Accent color	Swaps Instagram's blue on Follow buttons, links and other highlights for purple, pink, red, orange, green or teal. Restart Instagram to see a change. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Layout.	Included
Allow screenshots	Lets you take screenshots and record your screen where Instagram normally blocks it, such as disappearing photos and videos in chats. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Messages.	Included
Ask before a call	Asks you to confirm before a call starts from a chat, so a stray tap on the call button doesn't ring anyone. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Messages.	Included
Ask before a like	Asks you to confirm before the Like button under a post likes or unlikes it, so a stray tap doesn't do it for you. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Ask before a refresh	Asks you to confirm before pulling down refreshes Home, Reels or another list, so an accidental pull doesn't replace what you were reading. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Back leaves Home	Makes Back on Home leave Instagram at once, instead of first scrolling the feed to the top and reloading it. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Blur the bars around Reels	Shows a blurred copy of a reel above and below it, or beside it, where Instagram would leave black bars. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Change the like animation	Lets you pick the animation that plays when you double tap a post to like it. The choices are animations Instagram made for its Rings creators. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Change version code	Stops Google Play from offering Meta's updates over your patched Instagram. Going back to the normal Instagram later means uninstalling first, which deletes its data. Later HushGram builds need this patch too. Works as soon as you patch it in, with no switch.	Opt-in
Clean up Reels	Hides extra buttons and prompts on reels, such as Follow, Edits, templates, Meta AI, Ray-Ban Meta glasses, friends' activity, the Add a comment bar, the reply bar on reels from chats, the Save button and the Reels tab's top bar. Each one has its own switch, and Burn-in guard can dim a reel's buttons while you aren't touching the screen. Keep clear mode on carries Instagram's clear mode to the next reels. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Clear the media cache	Frees storage by deleting Instagram's saved copies of photos and videos once they pass 500 MB. Your sign-in, drafts and settings stay. A row clears them right away. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Storage.	Included
Control taps and volume on Reels	Lets you choose what a single tap on a reel does: Instagram's default, pause, or mute. Can also keep a reel muted when you press volume up. Both start at Instagram's behavior. Choose them in HushGram settings > Playback.	Included
Copy comment	Adds Copy and Copy username to the menu you get on a comment, so you can copy its text or the commenter's username. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Comments.	Included
Default playback quality	Plays videos, reels and video stories at the quality you choose, instead of the one Instagram picks as it plays. Nothing changes until you pick a quality. On by default. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Playback.	Included
Data saver	Saves mobile data by loading smaller photos and starting videos at the lowest quality. It uses Full resolution photos and Default playback quality, so it turns both on. It starts with mobile data only. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Playback.	Included
Disable analytics	Stops Instagram from sending usage reports and crash reports to Instagram and Facebook. It also skips the contacts and location setup screens. Restart Instagram after you change it. On by default. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Ads and privacy.	Included
Don't save recent searches	Keeps the accounts and tags you open from search out of your Recent list. Searches already in Recent stay until you clear them. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Explore.	Included
Don't report screenshots	Stops Instagram from telling people when you take a screenshot of their disappearing photo or video. Ghost mode, at the top of Ads and privacy, turns it on with the others. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Messages.	Included
Don't send reel watch history	Stops Instagram from learning which reels you watched and how far you got. Reels you've already watched may come back. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Download any reel	Adds Download to the menu of every reel and saves it without Instagram's watermark. You choose the quality, and best is the default. A separate Download cover switch also saves the reel's cover picture, the largest one the post carries. Download as video on a carousel with music saves every page, in order. A separate switch under Downloads puts a download icon under Save beside each reel. On by default. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Download any story	Adds Download to the menu of anyone's story. Videos save at the quality you choose and photos at their largest size. On by default. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Stories.	Included
Download any video	Adds Download to video posts in your feed, saving the video without Instagram's watermark. Other switches add Download for photos, Download cover, a Details row with the post's time and poster, a download icon beside Save under each post, and Hold to download, which saves a post or reel you hold two fingers on. Download all waits its turn, with up to ten posts queued, so two posts' pages never mix in your gallery. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Downloads.	Included
Download voice messages	Adds Save to the menu you get when you hold a voice message in a chat. It saves the recording as an audio file. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Downloads.	Included
Emoji style	Shows every emoji in Google's style instead of your phone's own. The full change shows after you restart Instagram. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Layout.	Included
Find the reel you came from	Open a creator's profile from a reel, then their Reels tab, and it scrolls to that reel and outlines it for a moment. Stop looking ends the search, and Wait for a tap to find it holds it until you tap Find the reel. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Font	Lets you pick the font Instagram's text uses: Instagram's own, your phone's, or a .ttf or .otf file. Restart Instagram to see a change. Starts on Instagram's font. Pick one in HushGram settings > Layout.	Included
Full resolution photos	Loads photos in the largest size Instagram sends instead of one picked for your screen. A second switch asks for a larger size on screens under 1440 pixels wide. Uses more data. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Full screen Reels and Home	Hides the status bar and the navigation bar while Reels shows, and optionally while Home does. Swipe in from the edge to bring them back for a moment. Back and the keyboard work as usual. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels (Full screen Reels) and Feed (Full screen Home).	Included
Glass tab bar	Draws the tab bar as a floating, rounded pill of frosted glass that blurs what's behind it (Android 12 and newer), with a highlight on the tab you're on. Content can optionally run down behind it. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Tab bar, then restart Instagram.	Included
Group Instagram's notifications	Puts Instagram's notifications in one group, or in a group for each type, so they don't fill your notification shade. Tapping one still opens it. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Notifications.	Included
Hide ads	Hides sponsored posts, reels and stories, and leaves no gap where an ad would have been. On by default. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Ads and privacy.	Included
Hide AI-labeled reels	Leaves out reels that carry Instagram's own AI label. A reel without that label stays. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Hide comments	Takes the Comment button and the comment count off posts in your feed. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Comments.	Included
Hide group buttons on the share sheet	Takes the New group button and the button that sends to several people as a group off the share sheet. You can still start a group from your messages. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Sharing.	Included
Hide highlights	Takes the row of story highlights off profiles, yours and other people's. Bios, counts and posts stay. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Profiles.	Included
Hide Instants	Takes the stack of Instants out of your messages. Instants is Instagram's no-edit camera for sharing quick photos with friends. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Messages.	Included
Hide Meta AI	Removes Meta AI from Instagram's search bars, messages, home top bar, reels menus, share sheet and feed. Each part has its own switch. The search one and the Meta AI posts one start on, the rest start off. Change them in HushGram settings > Meta AI.	Included
Hide Notes on profile pictures	Takes the Notes bubble off profile pictures, yours included. Notes in Messages stay. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Profiles.	Included
Hide Reels in the feed	Removes the rows of suggested reels from your home feed. A reel posted by someone you follow stays. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Hide the home feed	Empties your home feed on purpose, so Home shows only the stories row. Profiles, Explore and Reels still show posts. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Hide the Explore grid	Empties the grid of posts and reels on the Search tab. Search, recent searches and results stay. A second switch hides the suggested accounts that show when you tap the search bar. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Explore.	Included
Hide paid partnership Reels	Leaves out reels with a Paid partnership label, and reels Instagram marks as boosted. Ads have their own switch. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Hide suggested accounts in DMs	Takes the Accounts to follow section off the bottom of your messages. Your chats and follow requests stay. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Messages.	Included
Hide suggested accounts in Reels	Leaves out the cards of accounts to follow that Instagram puts between reels. Every reel still plays. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Hide suggested people on profiles	Takes Suggested for you and the Discover people button off profiles. Bios, counts and posts stay. More switches take Suggested for you off the followers and following lists, the Complete your profile cards off your own profile, and People you don't follow back and suggested threads and people off your notifications. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Profiles.	Included
Hide suggested posts	Removes posts from accounts you don't follow, suggested accounts, surveys and shopping rows from Home. It also takes shop tiles out of Explore and the shopping bag off posts with tagged products. Posts from accounts you follow stay. Extra switches can also hide the 'Are you interested in this post?' question, all videos, photos, carousels, posts you've liked or posts from accounts you pick. A post's menu has Hide posts from this account to add one to that list, and those posts leave Home on the next refresh. On by default. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Hide suggested stories	Removes stories from accounts you don't follow from the row at the top of Home. More switches hide rewinds and memories, or the whole row. Starts on. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Stories.	Included
Hide that you're typing	Stops the people you're chatting with from seeing when you're typing. You still see when they type. Ghost mode, at the top of Ads and privacy, turns it on with the others. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Messages.	Included
Hide the notes row	Takes the row of notes, and the Map bubble in it, off the top of your messages. Your chats stay. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Messages.	Included
Hide the Reels tab	Takes the Reels tab off the tab bar. Reels in your feed and reels people send you still open. A second switch, Show the Reels tab, puts it back after Home when Instagram built your bar without one, and Hide wins if both are on. Restart Instagram to see the change. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels. Under Tab bar, switches do the same for Home, Search, Create and Profile, two put Messages or Activity on the bar when Instagram left them off, switches take the Create and notifications buttons off Home's header, others add a Search, Messages or Ghost mode button to it or put Instagram's logo in its middle, two center the name at the top of profiles and the title on other screens, a list puts the tabs in your order, and another picks the tab Instagram opens on.	Included
Hide the Repost button	Takes the Repost button and its count off posts and reels, so nothing gets reposted by mistake. Share still works. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Sharing.	Included
Hide the Share button	Takes the Share button and its count off posts in your feed and off reels. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Sharing.	Included
Hide the Threads button	Takes the Threads button off the top of profiles. The menu and the other buttons stay. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Profiles.	Included
Hide your active status	Stops people from seeing Active now for you while you use Instagram. You still see when they're active. Ghost mode, at the top of Ads and privacy, turns it on with the others. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Messages.	Included
HushGram launch screen	Shows HushGram's logo instead of Instagram's on the screen you see while Instagram starts, on Android 13 and newer. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Layout.	Included
HushGram settings	Adds a HushGram settings page to Instagram. Open it by long-pressing the Instagram logo at the top of your feed or Instagram's icon, or from the top of Settings and activity. Turn features on or off there, pause HushGram and save diagnostics. Works as soon as you patch it in, with no switch.	Included
Install next to Instagram	Installs this build as a second Instagram beside your normal one, with its own data and sign-in. Pick its package name and app name in the patch's options, and whether its icon gets a HushGram badge. Works as soon as you patch it in, with no switch.	Opt-in
Keep a seek bar on Reels	Keeps a seek bar under every reel, short ones too, with the time played and the reel's length above it, like 0:10 / 0:55. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Keep in chat	Keeps view once and replayable photos and videos in your chats after you open them, so they don't disappear. A photo or video you send stays Instagram's own sent bubble. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Messages.	Included
Keep Reels auto scroll on	Keeps Instagram's auto scroll in Reels turned on after you leave Reels or restart Instagram, until you turn it off yourself. It can also move on to the next reel when one ends on accounts where Instagram doesn't offer auto scroll. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Keep the reel speed	Keeps the 2x speed on for the next reels after you lock a reel at 2x (hold its edge, then slide down), until you slide the lock off. On by default. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Lock your messages	Covers your inbox and chats, all of Instagram, or just the single chats you pick under Locked chats, until your fingerprint, face or screen lock says it's you. Message notifications only say that a message came. Chats you pick under Hidden chats leave your inbox and their notifications don't post. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Messages.	Included
Long press to zoom	Press and hold a photo in a feed to see it twice as big around your finger, and let go to close it. Pinch to zoom still works. Keep the zoom open leaves it up after you let go, to drag and pinch from 1x to 4x until a tap or Back closes it. While its switch is on, it takes the place of Instagram's own long press on a photo. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Loop a story	Plays a story again from the start when it ends, instead of moving on to the next one. Tap or swipe to move on. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Stories.	Included
Open developer options	A long press on the Home tab opens Instagram's own developer options, where you can change its hidden settings. A wrong change can break parts of Instagram until you reset it. On once you patch it in. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Developer.	Opt-in
Open links in external browser	Opens web links you tap in your usual browser instead of Instagram's built-in one, without Instagram's click tracker. Instagram pages and ads still open in the app. On by default. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Ads and privacy.	Included
Profile posts as a list	Opening someone's profile takes you on to their posts as a scrolling list of full posts. Back shows the grid. Your own profile keeps its grid. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Profiles.	Included
Pure black dark mode	Makes Instagram's dark mode pure black instead of dark gray, on the menus that slide up from the bottom too. It looks deeper and can save battery on an OLED screen. Buttons keep their grays so they stay easy to see. Works as soon as you patch it in, with no switch.	Opt-in
Read messages without the seen receipt	Opening a chat no longer tells people you've seen their messages. You still see when they've seen yours. Mark as read still tells them. Ghost mode turns it on too. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Messages.	Included
Remove build expired popup	Stops Instagram from locking you out with a screen that says this version is too old. A patched build can't update itself, so it would stop working after a few weeks. On by default. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Updates.	Included
Remove the advertising ID	Stops Instagram from reading your phone's advertising ID, which ad companies use to follow you between apps. Instagram gets a string of zeros instead. Works as soon as you patch it in, with no switch.	Included
Remove the empty space at the bottom	Takes away the empty gap Instagram leaves under its tab bar for a navigation bar that isn't there. Restart Instagram to see the change. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Layout.	Included
Restore trust on re-signed builds	Lets Instagram's own checks of who signed the app pass on a patched build, so the parts that need them keep working. Threads, Facebook and Messenger patched with the same key work too. Works as soon as you patch it in, with no switch.	Included
Resume long videos	A video or reel longer than two minutes picks up where you left off the next time you play it on the same account. Live videos and ads start as usual. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Playback.	Included
Rounded post corners	Rounds the corners of a post's photo, video and carousel pages in Home and Following, at a small or large size. Stories, profiles, Explore and Reels stay as Instagram draws them. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Sanitize sharing links	Removes tracking tags from the links you copy or share, and opens bio links without Instagram's click tracker. The link still opens the same post, reel, story or profile. On by default. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Ads and privacy.	Included
Save comment photo	Adds Save to the menu on a comment that has its own photo or GIF, saving the largest size Instagram sent. A GIF is saved as a .gif in Pictures/Instagram, taken from Instagram's own copy, not Giphy. If Instagram lists only an animated WebP or an MP4 for it, you get that file instead, and an MP4 goes in Movies/Instagram like a video. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Comments.	Included
Save profile picture	Adds Save profile picture, View profile picture, Copy username and Copy bio to the menu on someone's profile. View opens the picture full screen and lets you zoom. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Downloads.	Included
Saved on your profile	Adds a bookmark to the tabs on your own profile, beside posts, reels and tagged, that opens Saved. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Profiles, then restart Instagram.	Included
Show a post's exact time	Shows the date and time a post went up, like Oct 2, 3:45 PM, instead of how long ago. It does the same for comments. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Show a reel's exact time	Adds the date and time a reel was posted under the author's name, like Oct 2, 3:45 PM, with seconds if you want them. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Show a story's exact time	Shows the date and time a story was posted, like Oct 2, 3:45 PM, instead of how long ago. A choice under the switch can show the time left instead. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Stories.	Included
See who a story mentions	Adds a small label in a story's header showing how many accounts it mentions. Tap it for a list and tap an account to open their profile. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Stories.	Included
Show hidden like counts	Shows how many likes a post or reel has when its owner hid the count, as long as Instagram's server still sends the number. If it doesn't, nothing changes. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Show if a profile follows you	Adds Follows you or Doesn't follow you beside the name on someone's profile. Other switches add a chip and mark accounts on your Following list that don't follow you back. The chip is blue for Follows you, green for Following each other and red for Doesn't follow you, and it can go small under the profile picture. On by default. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Profiles.	Included
Show when someone was last active	Shows the exact time someone was last on, like Active at 3:42 PM, in your messages and in a chat, instead of Active 3h ago. Active now stays. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Messages.	Included
Start Home on Following	Opens Home on posts from accounts you follow instead of For you. A second switch removes For you from Home, and a third keeps Instagram's logo at the top of Home in place of the feed's name. Restart Instagram to see the change. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Start feed videos with sound	Starts the first video on Home with its sound on, the same as tapping the video's speaker. Your phone's ringer and volume still count. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Start on x86 devices	Stops Instagram from crashing or freezing on x86 devices that run its code through a translator, such as some Chromebooks and emulators. Phones and tablets with arm chips run it as before. Works as soon as you patch it in, with no switch.	Included
Start stories with sound	Opens stories with their sound on, the same as tapping Instagram's speaker. Your phone's ringer and volume still count. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Stories.	Included
Stop background wake-ups	Stops two alarms that wake your phone while Instagram is in the background. One goes off every minute or two only to note that Instagram is still running, and the other wakes it five minutes later to upload usage events. Messages and notifications still arrive. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Battery.	Included
Stop Reels scrolling	Stops a swipe in Reels from moving to the next reel, so you stay on the one you opened. A second switch lets you watch 20 reels, then stops swiping for 15 minutes. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Stop Story auto-advance	Keeps each story on screen until you tap or swipe. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Stories.	Included
Stop swipe to create	Stops a sideways swipe on Home from opening the camera. The + button still opens it. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Stop swiping between tabs	Stops a sideways swipe from moving between Home, Reels and the other main tabs. Tapping the tab bar still works. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Story ring size	Draws the rings in the stories row at the top of Home smaller, so more fit on screen, or larger, and the ring of a story you haven't watched in a color you pick. Nothing changes until you pick a size or a color. On by default. Turn it off in HushGram settings > Stories.	Included
Tap a feed video to pause it	A tap on the video playing in a feed pauses it in place instead of opening it in Reels. Ads keep Instagram's own tap. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Feed.	Included
Tap to play	Makes videos, reels and stories wait for your tap instead of starting by themselves, like Instagram does when it saves mobile data. A choice under the switch can leave Reels out or hold only Reels. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Playback.	Included
Turn off double tap to like	Stops a double tap on a post or reel from liking it, and the heart doesn't show. The Like button still works. Separate switches cover posts, reels, comments and chat messages. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Reels.	Included
Upload stories at full quality	Sends the video stories you post at up to 1080 pixels wide instead of 720, as Instagram does with its own Upload at highest quality setting on. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Stories.	Included
Turn off HDR brightness boosts	Stops HDR photos and reels from making the screen brighter than everything else. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Playback.	Included
View DM photos and videos anonymously	Holds back the Opened notice for view once photos and videos in messages, so the sender doesn't see you opened them. Ghost mode turns it on too. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Ads and privacy.	Opt-in
Spoof location	Tells Instagram your phone is at a place you pick, for the location sticker, nearby places and maps. Photos keep their own places. You need to pick a place too. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Ads and privacy.	Included
View live anonymously	Keeps you off the viewer list of the lives you watch, so the host isn't told you're there. Your own lives still count their viewers. Ghost mode turns it on too. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Stories.	Included
View stories anonymously	Keeps you off the viewer list of the stories you watch. Replying or reacting still shows you. An optional Mark as seen button lets you choose. Ghost mode turns it on too. Starts off. Turn it on in HushGram settings > Stories.	Included

The patches with a switch keep it in HushGram settings, so Morphe Manager includes that patch whenever any of them is picked. Seven work as soon as they're patched in, with no switch: HushGram settings, Restore trust on re-signed builds, Remove the advertising ID, Start on x86 devices, Change version code, Install next to Instagram and Pure black dark mode. Set when you patched, near the bottom of HushGram settings, lists the ones your build has.

Settings

Inside Instagram, long-press the Instagram logo at the top of your feed. A tap still does what Instagram made it do, and the long press works while HushGram is paused. From your home screen, long-press Instagram's icon and tap HushGram settings. Or open Settings and activity from the menu on your profile and tap HushGram settings at the top. The shortcut works before you sign in too. Under Settings entry you can also pick a tab, or your profile's menu button, whose long press opens HushGram.

The settings open as a list of categories: Ads and privacy, Feed, Meta AI, Explore, Messages, Reels, Stories, Playback, Sharing, Comments, Profiles, Layout, Tab bar, Notifications, Storage, Downloads, Battery, Updates and Developer. Search settings finds a control by its label in your phone's language or by its English patch name. The rows you see depend on the patches you picked. The screenshots are from the v0.0.11 development build.

Search stays available inside each category. Rotation keeps your category and position, and a change that needs a restart shows the action on that page. Place and sharing-domain editors keep an invalid entry open so you can correct it.

PIN forms keep their labels visible and scroll above the keyboard. Next moves to confirmation, and Done submits. Incomplete entries don't spend an attempt. The picture viewer keeps Close and Save below the preview, clear of system bars. Save becomes available after loading.

A few rows to know about:

• Pause turns off every feature a switch controls, all at once, without losing your choices. It's the quickest way to tell whether HushGram is behind a problem. Patch-time changes like the removed advertising ID stay in.
• Ghost mode, at the top of Ads and privacy, turns the seven switches that keep what you do to yourself on or off together. Each keeps its own switch too. Pressing and holding New message at the top of your inbox does the same.
• Downloads go to Movies and Pictures, each in an Instagram folder unless you name another, and voice messages to Recordings (Music before Android 12). Skip what's already saved remembers your newest 15,000 saves so the same post isn't saved twice.
• Settings backup exports your choices to a JSON file and brings them back later, on this install or another. Accounts, signing keys and playback history aren't included.
• Pause and diagnostics copies a quick report or saves the full one to Download/Morphe. Links, IDs, cookies and sign-in tokens are left out, but read it over for other private text before you share it. A source build also shows an hg1: build identity under Version in About and in the report.
• Developer opens Instagram's own MetaConfig flag editor and Whitehat settings, shows names for MetaConfig's numbered flags, and can export, check and import override files. It's for people who know what a server flag does.

If Instagram crashes within a minute of starting three times in a row, HushGram pauses itself and the status card says why. Turn it back on once you've patched again or left out the patch at fault.

Help

If something doesn't work

• Can't find the settings. Long-press Instagram's home screen icon and tap HushGram settings. If there's no way in at all, refresh the source in Manager and patch again.

• Switches do nothing. Refreshing a source only downloads patches. The switches live inside the patched app, so patch and install again. Some switches need Instagram restarted, and their description says so.

• Package conflict or App not installed. Android won't replace an app with one signed by a different key. Update with the key the installed build used, or uninstall the differently signed app first. That deletes its data, so make sure you can sign in again.

• Unsupported Version. Manager can only be told one build per kind of phone, so it says this for every 451.0.0.53.80 build except 385713073. The other builds in Supported Instagram builds patch the same way. Any other version may work, but nobody has checked it.

• Patching stops on one patch. Check that you're patching a supported build, and if several patch sources are enabled, try HushGram alone. If it still stops, open an issue naming the patch, your Manager version and the error.

• Instagram won't stay open long enough to reach settings. Create an empty file named hushgram-safe-mode in Android/data/com.instagram.android/files (a computer or a file manager can reach it). HushGram starts paused until you delete it.

• The Play Store keeps offering an Instagram update. Open Instagram's page in the Play Store, tap the three dots at the top right and untick Enable auto update. Change version code stops the offers for good on a standard install, but read its warning in Patches first.

• Slow right after a Root Mount install. Android's compiled copy of Instagram was made from Meta's code, so it runs Instagram uncompiled until it's compiled again. Run this in a root shell (adb shell then su, or Termux with su), reopen Instagram, and run it again whenever you mount a new HushGram build:

  cmd package compile -m speed-profile -f com.instagram.android
  

Two Instagrams on one phone

Install next to Instagram builds a second Instagram that installs beside the one you have, say for a second account. Switch Manager to Expert mode, open Choose patches and tick it under Updates. Its options hold the package name (com.instagram.android.hush unless you change it), the name under its icon (Instagram Clone) and Mark the icon, which puts a small HushGram badge on the copy's icon. Keep the package name you picked, because patching again with another one makes a third app instead of updating the second.

The copy has its own data and its own sign-in, and HushGram's settings and downloads come along. Instagram's servers can see its package name when it signs in, and HushGram doesn't hide that.

Getting help

For something that's broken, use the bug form and attach the diagnostic report it asks for. Ideas go on the feature form. Questions and setup help go in Discussions. There's no Telegram or Discord group, so nothing gets lost between places. When Morphe Manager misbehaves with every app, not only Instagram, Morphe's own tracker is the place.

Supported Instagram builds

Field	Value
Package	com.instagram.android
Version	451.0.0.53.80
arm64-v8a builds	385713073 (the one Manager is told about), 385713078, 385713082, 385713109, 385713116
x86 and x86_64 builds	385713117 (x86), 385713111 and 385713118 (x86_64), for Chromebooks and emulators
Minimum Android version	Android 9 (API 28)
Where to get it	APKMirror

Other Instagram versions haven't been checked. Meta can publish different APKs under one version name, so go by the build number too.

Meta signs genuine Instagram builds with one of two certificates, and Morphe Manager warns before it patches an APK signed with any other key. To check a file yourself, run apksigner verify --print-certs (from Android's build tools) on the base APK and look for one of these certificate SHA-256 digests:

5f3e50f435583c9ae626302a71f7340044087a7e2c60adacfc254205a993e305  Instagram Inc. (checked by Android 7 to 12L)
3a10c50c18ba937506c2875e9047be74f8fd8b86fae2ff9feaa50a81fcb4c014  Meta Platforms Inc. (checked by Android 13 and newer)

Verify a download

Each release ships SHA256SUMS.txt beside the bundle. Every line is a SHA-256 hash, two spaces and a file name, and it covers the .mpp bundle, its SBOM (.cdx.json) and the release receipt. Download them from the same tag and compare:

sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt --ignore-missing

On Windows, Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 .\patches-<version>.mpp prints the hash to compare with the bundle's line.

Privacy

HushGram doesn't collect anything and has no server. The one connection it opens itself fetches media you ask for, like a save, a picture you open with View profile picture or the small pictures in See who a story mentions. It all comes over HTTPS from Meta's media servers (cdninstagram.com, fbcdn.net and fbsbx.com), and an address anywhere else is refused. Apart from that, its code names four addresses:

• github.com, for the link to this page in settings. It opens in your browser, only when you tap it.
• ko-fi.com, for the Support HushGram row at the end of settings, again only when you tap it.
• www.instagram.com, in the link Send downloads to another app hands to the app you pick, and in the profile links See who a story mentions opens inside Instagram.
• 127.0.0.1, your phone's own loopback address. Disable analytics hands it to Instagram in place of its logging servers, so nothing sent there leaves the phone.

The diagnostic report stays on your phone until you copy or share it yourself.

Building from source

You need JDK 17 or newer and the Android SDK. The Morphe patcher comes from GitHub Packages, so you also need a GitHub token with read:packages. The build runs on Gradle 9.8.1, Android Gradle Plugin 9.1.0 and Kotlin 2.4.20, with Morphe patcher 1.15.1.

export GITHUB_ACTOR=<your GitHub user>
export GITHUB_TOKEN=<a token with read:packages>
./gradlew :patches:generatePatchesList
./gradlew :patches:buildAndroid
./gradlew :patches:test :extensions:instagram:testDebugUnitTest

The bundle lands in patches/build/release/patches-<version>.mpp, beside its SHA-256 and a CycloneDX SBOM. Run generatePatchesList before buildAndroid, or the bundle loses its Android payload. Set HUSHGRAM_FIXTURE_DIR to a folder of stock Instagram builds to run the tests that read real ones. Without it they skip and say so. To apply every patch to a real build and compare the patched manifest with Meta's, run scripts/verify-all-patches.ps1 -Apk <instagram .apks> -DesktopJar <morphe-desktop jar> -WorkDir <scratch folder>.

CONTRIBUTING.md covers the checks, the pre-push hook and the release steps.

For local phone builds, scripts/patch-for-device.ps1 accepts -Keystore and -KeyAlias. Use -KeystorePassword '' for an empty store password. A separate key password can come from HUSHGRAM_SIDELOAD_KEY_PASSWORD or -KeyPassword; otherwise it uses the store password. Passwords go through a temporary argument file that is removed when patching exits. Keep the installed app's signing key so updates preserve its data.

Where things live

• patches/src/main/kotlin/app/morphe/patches/instagram/ holds the patches, grouped by feature area. misc/extension/ has the target lookup and hook helpers they share, and shared/compat/AppCompatibilities.kt names the supported build and Meta's signing certificates.
• extensions/instagram/ is the Java code that runs inside Instagram, called from the injected hooks. extensions/shared/library/ has the settings screen, storage, translations and diagnostics.
• patches/src/test/kotlin/ and extensions/instagram/src/test/java/ hold the patch and runtime tests.
• fixtures/ is where local Instagram APKs go. They're large and ignored, so keep them out of commits.
• sources/instagram-sources.json, provenance.json and NOTICE record where code came from, under which license, and the notices the bundle carries.
• patches-list.json is the generated patch catalog, so don't edit it by hand. patches-bundle.json is the Morphe source index and only changes in a release's index commit.

Establishing a factory baseline

When a patch depends on how Instagram behaves on its own, compare against the original Meta-signed package for the exact build. Check the version name and build code, verify the base APK's certificate with apksigner verify --print-certs against the digests in Supported Instagram builds, and install it with its matching splits on a clean emulator profile with no Morphe bundle applied. Record the Android version, ABI, display density, Instagram build, locale and signed-in state with each observation, and keep those results separate from anything seen on a HushGram build. Turning every HushGram switch off still leaves the patches' hooks in the app, so it isn't a stand-in.

Translating HushGram

Translations live in UTF-8 TSV files under extensions/shared/library/src/main/l10n, with the English text as the lookup key. scripts/crowdin-l10n.py prepares review worksheets, scripts/sync-l10n.py import brings a reviewed file back, and scripts/gen-l10n.py regenerates the class the extension carries. They need Python 3.12 or newer. The translation guide has the whole workflow and the review rules.

Where the patches come from

Source	What came from it
SysAdminDoc/Hushfacebook at c15d4f7	The Gradle build, the shared extension library with its settings screen, pause and diagnostics, the bytecode helpers, the link cleaner, the launcher shortcut and the checks that apply every patch to a real Instagram build.
SysAdminDoc/Hushfacebook at 3a47363, 814acd2 and 830f949	The video and photo save pipeline behind the Download patches, the tap clock and start rule behind Tap to play, the saved points and resume rule behind Resume long videos, and the quality ladder and setting behind Default playback quality.
andrewliang25/morphe-patches at 5db2e57, by way of Hushfacebook	The fix for re-signed builds, pointed here at Instagram's own two signing certificates, and Open links in external browser, pointed at Instagram's in-app browser.
SysAdminDoc/hushfeed, tiktok-patches-for-morphe, Morphe and ReVanced	Where Hushfacebook's foundation came from: the patcher, the patch template and the shared library.

The MetaConfig flag names HushGram ships come from piko's mapping for Instagram 447, and the Recommended flags page follows piko's community-kept list (GPL-3.0), with HushGram's own names. The patches themselves, and the Instagram side of the ported features, were written here. Every source file says where it came from in its header, and provenance.json maps each file to the project and commit it came from, with its licence. docs/sources.md covers the other Instagram patch sources and what each one does, and its ledger, sources/instagram-sources.json, pins each source's licence.

License

GPL-3.0, with the Morphe section 7 notices carried in NOTICE. Instagram, Facebook and Meta are trademarks of Meta Platforms, Inc.