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Share your app

Once your app is live, Instroc gives you several ways to show it off: a share dialog with social links, an optional public Build Story page that tells how the app was made, and an embeddable stats badge with live numbers. This page covers all three.

The Share dialog​

Open your project's Overview panel in the editor and click Share (it appears once the app is published, next to Open App). The dialog gives you:

  • App Link. Your live URL with a one-click copy button.
  • Share on Social Media. Buttons for LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook that open a prefilled post in a new tab.

The dialog also mentions a small reward program: share your experience building with Instroc (200 or more characters, from an account with at least 100 followers) and submit it for review to earn 25 free credits.

There is also a Share on X button on the publish success screen right after you go live, prefilled with your new URL.

Build Story​

A Build Story is a public page that tells how your app was built: total build time, how many prompts it took, how many iterations Roc went through, and a timeline of the actual prompts you wrote along the way. It reads like a mini case study and ends with links to open your live app and to build on Instroc.

You turn it on with the Build Story toggle on the publish success screen ("Share how you built this app"). Once enabled, the story lives at your app's address followed by /_story, for example:

https://yourapp.instroc.app/_story

The page shows who built the app (your profile name), the app name, three stat tiles (Build time, Prompts, Iterations), and a numbered thread of up to your first 20 prompts with timestamps and how many files each one changed.

caution

The Build Story quotes your real prompts, up to the first 100 characters of each. Read through it before sharing if your prompts mention anything you would rather keep private, like client names or unreleased plans. The story page is public whenever the toggle is on, even if your app itself is private.

To turn it off, open the publish panel again and flip the same toggle. The story page stops being served shortly after.

The stats badge​

The stats badge is a small live image you can embed in a README, a blog post, or anywhere that renders images. It shows one metric of your choice, updated automatically:

  • Visitors: unique visitors over the last 30 days.
  • Users: registered users of your app.
  • Status: whether the app is live right now.

You will find it in two places: on the publish success screen, and in Project Settings under the Stats Badge card (once the app is published). Pick a metric and a style (Flat, Flat Square, or For the Badge), preview it live, and copy the embed code as Markdown, HTML, or a raw image URL. The badge links back to your live app, which makes it a neat "built and running" proof for a portfolio or repository.

Your public profile​

Sharing goes beyond a single app. If you claim a username, you get a public profile at instroc.com/@you that lists your published apps and templates; see Public profiles. It is an easy single link for everything you have shipped.