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  "name": "OpenReply",
  "use_label": "Instagram comment-to-DM automation",
  "one_liner": "Self-hosted ManyChat alternative: Instagram comment keyword → DM via Meta's official API.",
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    "why": "Comment 'LINK' on a reel and get the link by DM: every tool offering this one feature wants a recurring subscription. OpenReply provides the workflow as MIT software that uses only the official Instagram API with Instagram Login — no scraping, no browser automation, no password. It rate-limits per account under Meta's documented cap of 750 private replies per hour and queues the overflow instead of dropping it, and adds tracked links, a follow gate, Story-reply triggers and a dashboard inbox.",
    "take": "It replaces one subscription, but you take on the server, the database and the Meta app review yourself.",
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      "Run comment-to-DM for several client accounts under one workspace with roles, or feed the tracked-link click and CTR data into your own store's campaign analytics."
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        "role": "Small businesses selling on Instagram",
        "situation": "send the link by DM when a comment matches a keyword"
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        "role": "Creators",
        "situation": "deliver links from Story replies, gate them behind a follow"
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        "situation": "run client accounts in separate workspaces with send logs"
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        "text": "git clone https://github.com/diwenne/openreply.git"
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        "text": "cd openreply && npm install && cp .env.example .env   # then fill in the values, see docs/setup.md"
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        "text": "docker-compose up -d      # starts Postgres and Redis"
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        "text": "npm run db:generate && npm run db:migrate"
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        "text": "npm run dev   # web app on http://localhost:3000 · in a second terminal: npm run worker (this sends the DMs)"
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      "MIT licence. Only Instagram Business or Creator accounts can be connected; personal accounts are not supported. Self-hosted only: needs PostgreSQL, Redis, a public HTTPS URL, email delivery for magic-link sign-in (Resend) and an always-on worker process. openreply.diwen.dev is a dashboard demo; signing up there never sends a DM. Instagram connection is either your own Meta app (with review) or the paid sponsor Zernio; hosting costs are separate. Meta's policies, 24-hour messaging window and rate limits still apply."
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    "This file was produced by the same build, from the same data, as the tesign.com item page. The text is editorial; the numbers are stored observations.",
    "null in the JSON means not observed — never zero. The Markdown writes [unconfirmed] for it.",
    "Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours.",
    "Reconstructed from archive data, not a live discovery.",
    "A summary, not legal advice."
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