How to make instagram clone using HTML, CSS. Fully responsive.

Hello, Today we'll see how to make instagram UI clone using HTML, css. No library. Our clone looks very similar to instagram and has post element. With status, and recommendation section.

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So, without wasting more time let's see how to code this.

Code

So to start, we have two files, index.html and style.css. And an image folder contains all icons and post images. You can download image folder from here.

So let's start writing code. Let's make navbar first.

Navbar

Start with writing basic HTML structure. And link style.css. After that make navbar like this.

<nav class="navbar">
    <div class="nav-wrapper">
        <img src="img/logo.PNG" class="brand-img" alt="">
        <input type="text" class="search-box" placeholder="search">
        <div class="nav-items">
            <img src="img/home.PNG" class="icon" alt="">
            <img src="img/messenger.PNG" class="icon" alt="">
            <img src="img/add.PNG" class="icon" alt="">
            <img src="img/explore.PNG" class="icon" alt="">
            <img src="img/like.PNG" class="icon" alt="">
            <div class="icon user-profile"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</nav>

Add styles to it.

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:wght@300;400;500;700;900&display=swap');

*{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

*:focus{
    outline: none;
}

body{
    width: 100%;
    background: #fafafa;
    position: relative;
    font-family: 'roboto', sans-serif;
}

.navbar{
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 50px;
    background: #fff;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #dfdfdf;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    padding: 5px 0;
}

.nav-wrapper{
    width: 70%;
    max-width: 1000px;
    height: 100%;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: center;
}

.brand-img{
    height: 100%;
    margin-top: 5px;
}

.search-box{
    position: absolute;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
    width: 200px;
    height: 25px;
    background: #fafafa;
    border: 1px solid #dfdfdf;
    border-radius: 2px;
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
    text-align: center;
    text-transform: capitalize;
}

.search-box::placeholder{
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

.nav-items{
    height: 22px;
    position: relative;
}

.icon{
    height: 100%;
    cursor: pointer;
    margin: 0 10px;
    display: inline-block;
}

.user-profile{
    width: 22px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background-image: url(img/profile-pic.png);
    background-size: cover;
}

Output

Now let's make status section. For that code HTML structure like this.

<section class="main">
    <div class="wrapper">
        <div class="left-col">
            <div class="status-wrapper">
                <div class="status-card">
                    <div class="profile-pic"><img src="img/cover 1.png" alt=""></div>
                    <p class="username">user_name_1</p>
                </div>
                <div class="status-card">
                    <div class="profile-pic"><img src="img/cover 2.png" alt=""></div>
                    <p class="username">user_name_2</p>
                </div>
                <div class="status-card">
                    <div class="profile-pic"><img src="img/cover 3.png" alt=""></div>
                    <p class="username">user_name_3</p>
                </div>
                // +5 more status card elements.
        </div>
    </div>
</section>

.main{
    width: 100%;
    padding: 40px 0;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    margin-top: 50px;
}

.wrapper{
    width: 70%;
    max-width: 1000px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 60% 40%;
    grid-gap: 30px;
}

.left-col{
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
}

.status-wrapper{
    width: 100%;
    height: 120px;
    background: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #dfdfdf;
    border-radius: 2px;
    padding: 10px;
    padding-right: 0;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    overflow: hidden;
    overflow-x: auto;
}

.status-wrapper::-webkit-scrollbar{
    display: none;
}

.status-card{
    flex: 0 0 auto;
    width: 80px;
    max-width: 80px;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    margin-right: 15px;
}

.profile-pic{
    width: 70px;
    height: 70px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    overflow: hidden;
    padding: 3px;
    background: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(255, 230, 0), rgb(255, 0, 128) 80%);
}

.profile-pic img{
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit: cover;
    border-radius: 50%;
    border: 2px solid #fff;
}

.username{
    width: 100%;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 12px;
    margin-top:5px;
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)
}

Output

Now make posts inside left-col element.

section class="main">
    <div class="wrapper">
        <div class="left-col">
            // status wrappers

            <div class="post">
                <div class="info">
                    <div class="user">
                        <div class="profile-pic"><img src="img/cover 1.png" alt=""></div>
                        <p class="username">modern_web_channel</p>
                    </div>
                    <img src="img/option.PNG" class="options" alt="">
                </div>
                <img src="img/cover 1.png" class="post-image" alt="">
                <div class="post-content">
                    <div class="reaction-wrapper">
                        <img src="img/like.PNG" class="icon" alt="">
                        <img src="img/comment.PNG" class="icon" alt="">
                        <img src="img/send.PNG" class="icon" alt="">
                        <img src="img/save.PNG" class="save icon" alt="">
                    </div>
                    <p class="likes">1,012 likes</p>
                    <p class="description"><span>username </span> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur, adipisicing elit. Pariatur tenetur veritatis placeat, molestiae impedit aut provident eum quo natus molestias?</p>
                    <p class="post-time">2 minutes ago</p>
                </div>
                <div class="comment-wrapper">
                    <img src="img/smile.PNG" class="icon" alt="">
                    <input type="text" class="comment-box" placeholder="Add a comment">
                    <button class="comment-btn">post</button>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="post">
                <div class="info">
                    <div class="user">
                        <div class="profile-pic"><img src="img/cover 2.png" alt=""></div>
                        <p class="username">modern_web_channel</p>
                    </div>
                    <img src="img/option.PNG" class="options" alt="">
                </div>
                <img src="img/cover 2.png" class="post-image" alt="">
                <div class="post-content">
                    <div class="reaction-wrapper">
                        <img src="img/like.PNG" class="icon" alt="">
                        <img src="img/comment.PNG" class="icon" alt="">
                        <img src="img/send.PNG" class="icon" alt="">
                        <img src="img/save.PNG" class="save icon" alt="">
                    </div>
                    <p class="likes">1,012 likes</p>
                    <p class="description"><span>username </span> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur, adipisicing elit. Pariatur tenetur veritatis placeat, molestiae impedit aut provident eum quo natus molestias?</p>
                    <p class="post-time">2 minutes ago</p>
                </div>
                <div class="comment-wrapper">
                    <img src="img/smile.PNG" class="icon" alt="">
                    <input type="text" class="comment-box" placeholder="Add a comment">
                    <button class="comment-btn">post</button>
                </div>
            </div>
            // +5 more post elements
        </div>
    </div>
</section>

.post{
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    background: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #dfdfdf;
    margin-top: 40px;
}

.info{
    width: 100%;
    height: 60px;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: center;
    padding: 0 20px;
}

.info .username{
    width: auto;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #000;
    font-size: 14px;
    margin-left: 10px;
}

.info .options{
    height: 10px;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.info .user{
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
}

.info .profile-pic{
    height: 40px;
    width: 40px;
    padding: 0;
    background: none;
}

.info .profile-pic img{
    border: none;
}

.post-image{
    width: 100%;
    height: 500px;
    object-fit: cover;
}

.post-content{
    width: 100%;
    padding: 20px;
}

.likes{
    font-weight: bold;
}

.description{
    margin: 10px 0;
    font-size: 14px;
    line-height: 20px;
}

.description span{
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-right: 10px;
}

.post-time{
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
    font-size: 12px;
}

.comment-wrapper{
    width: 100%;
    height: 50px;
    border-radius: 1px solid #dfdfdf;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: center;
}

.comment-wrapper .icon{
    height: 30px;
}

.comment-box{
    width: 80%;
    height: 100%;
    border: none;
    outline: none;
    font-size: 14px;
}

.comment-btn,
.action-btn{
    width: 70px;
    height: 100%;
    background: none;
    border: none;
    outline: none;
    text-transform: capitalize;
    font-size: 16px;
    color: rgb(0, 162, 255);
    opacity: 0.5;
}

.reaction-wrapper{
    width: 100%;
    height: 50px;
    display: flex;
    margin-top: -20px;
    align-items: center;
}

.reaction-wrapper .icon{
    height: 25px;
    margin: 0;
    margin-right: 20px;
}

.reaction-wrapper .icon.save{
    margin-left: auto;
}

You can see action-btn on the style. Don't worry we'll make that next.

Output

Now last last thing we want to make recommendations.

<section class="main">

    <div class="wrapper"> 

        // left col element

        <div class="right-col">

            <div class="profile-card">

                <div class="profile-pic">

                    <img src="img/profile-pic.png" alt="">

                </div>

                <div>

                    <p class="username">modern_web_channel</p>

                    <p class="sub-text">kunaal kumar</p>

                </div>

                <button class="action-btn">switch</button>

            </div>

            <p class="suggestion-text">Suggestions for you</p>

            <div class="profile-card">

                <div class="profile-pic">

                    <img src="img/cover 9.png" alt="">

                </div>

                <div>

                    <p class="username">modern_web_channel</p>

                    <p class="sub-text">followed bu user</p>

                </div>

                <button class="action-btn">follow</button>

            </div>

            <div class="profile-card">

                <div class="profile-pic">

                    <img src="img/cover 10.png" alt="">

                </div>

                <div>

                    <p class="username">modern_web_channel</p>

                    <p class="sub-text">followed bu user</p>

                </div>

                <button class="action-btn">follow</button>

            </div>

            <div class="profile-card">

                <div class="profile-pic">

                    <img src="img/cover 11.png" alt="">

                </div>

                <div>

                    <p class="username">modern_web_channel</p>

                    <p class="sub-text">followed bu user</p>

                </div>

                <button class="action-btn">follow</button>

            </div>

            <div class="profile-card">

                <div class="profile-pic">

                    <img src="img/cover 12.png" alt="">

                </div>

                <div>

                    <p class="username">modern_web_channel</p>

                    <p class="sub-text">followed bu user</p>

                </div>

                <button class="action-btn">follow</button>

            </div>

            <div class="profile-card">

                <div class="profile-pic">

                    <img src="img/cover 13.png" alt="">

                </div>

                <div>

                    <p class="username">modern_web_channel</p>

                    <p class="sub-text">followed bu user</p>

                </div>

                <button class="action-btn">follow</button>

            </div>

        </div>

    </div>

</section>

.right-col{

    padding: 20px;

}

.profile-card{

    width: fit-content;

    display: flex;

    justify-content: center;

    align-items: center;

    margin-bottom: 10px;

}

.profile-card .profile-pic{

    flex: 0 0 auto;

    padding: 0;

    background: none;

    width: 40px;

    height: 40px;

    margin-right: 10px;

}

.profile-card:first-child .profile-pic{

    width: 70px;

    height: 70px;

}

.profile-card .profile-pic img{

    border: none;

}

.profile-card .username{

    font-weight: 500;

    font-size: 14px;

    color: #000;

}

.sub-text{

    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);

    font-size:12px;

    font-weight: 500;

    margin-top: 5px;

}

.action-btn{

    opacity: 1;

    font-weight: 700;

    font-size: 12px;

}

.suggestion-text{

    font-size: 14px;

    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);

    font-weight: 700;

    margin: 20px 0;

}

@media (max-width: 1100px){

    .right-col, .search-box{

        display: none;

    }

    .nav-wrapper,

    .wrapper{

        width: 90%;

    }

    .wrapper{

        display: block;

    }

}

@media (max-width: 500px){

    .nav-items .icon{

        margin: 0 5px;

    }

    .post-image{

        height: 300px;

    }

}

Final Output

So that's it. I hope you understood each and everything. If you have doubt or I missed something let me know in the comments.

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Comments

[Clément Gaudinière]

Great, you're thinking bigger than me, I had already done that for one publication only 😂 :

[Modern Web]

Great job👍👍. It is looking perfect 👏

[Clément Gaudinière]

Thanks

[Gustavo Scarpim]

Niceee!

[Aayush Patil]

Cool.Can you tell me the text editor font??

[Modern Web]

Its jet-brains mono ☺️

[Gleisser]

amazing, thanks for sharing!

[Raita Dezideriu]

Y’a da best