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ValGram is an Instagram-style profile viewer for Val Town users, showing their vals in a grid layout similar to Instagram.
- View any Val Town user profile in an Instagram-style grid
- 2:3 aspect ratio cards (portrait mode)
- Responsive design (mobile and desktop friendly)
- Circle-cropped profile pictures
- Colorful placeholder images based on project/username
- Hover effects to display val details
- Pagination for users with many vals
- Client-side routing (/@username paths)
- Custom profile configuration via moi.md files
Visit the main page and enter a Val Town username to view their profile. You can also directly navigate to:
/@username
Where username is the Val Town username you want to view.
ValGram supports custom profile configuration using a moi.md file at the root of your Val Town project. This file uses YAML frontmatter to specify custom metadata for your profile or individual vals.
---
title: "My Awesome Val Town Project"
description: "A detailed description of my project"
imageUrl: "https://example.com/my-custom-image.jpg"
author: "username"
tags: ["javascript", "react", "val-town"]
---
# My Project
Additional markdown content here will be ignored by ValGram but can be used for documentation.
imageUrl: Custom image URL to override the default profile/val image (2:3 aspect ratio recommended, e.g., 800x1200px)title: Custom display titledescription: Extended descriptiontags: Array of tags for categorizationauthor: Custom author display name
- Profile Images: Square images work best, as they will be displayed in a circle
- Val/Project Images: 2:3 aspect ratio (portrait orientation) works best, like 800x1200 pixels
- Placeholders: If no image is available, colored placeholders with the first letter of the name will be shown
- Built with React (client-side)
- Hono (server-side)
- Tailwind CSS (styling)
- Uses the Charlie's User Search API for fetching user val data
- Uses Val Town's profile picture proxy for user avatars
The app integrates with two main APIs:
- Charlie's User Search API:
https://charliesusersearch.val.run/?user=USERNAME - Val Town Profile Pic Proxy:
https://pic.val.run/USERNAME
Built by dcm31 on Val Town.