I self-hosted this for a while but found that I got blocked/severely limited as soon as I tried to do basically anything. I'm sure there were things I could have done to get around the limitations that very quickly got imposed, but it wasn't worth it to me. If you don't like Instagram's UI/tracking/privacy policy/closedness then really the only sustainable solution is to stop using it, in any guise.

Bibliogram was a great project but I think Instagram is too aggressive about trying to protect its walled garden. It's a losing battle. Easier to just realise that, for most people, Instagram doesn't add that much to your life anyway.