Lunar

Lunar is a recreation of the old Instagram API to revive old versions of the app, it functions on a custom server that isn't linked in any way to the official Instagram servers.

This code is a mess and I do apologize about that, I am still not an expert at writing backend code :/

If you need help setting this up or making it work with your phone, add me on Discord (ppvris) or DM me on Telegram

Lunar is not affiliated with Instagram/Meta in any way, this project is for educational purposes to revive older versions of the application.

Compatibility

Android: from 7.17.0 to 10.3.2

Windows Phone: 6tag: kinda works?, Instagram Beta: crashes very often

Windows 10 Desktop (UWP): Untested, and UWP version of Instagram for Windows is lost media, only PWA (web app) can be downloaded due to MS Store not serving old versions.

iOS: Crashes immediately after logging in

watchOS: Untested, lost?

Install

Make sure to have MongoDB on your computer/server first then follow these steps:

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/dialedup/lunar.git

Go to the project directory

  cd lunar

Install dependencies

  npm install

Start the server

  npm run start

Environment Variables

To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file

NODE_ENV (can be production/prod or dev)

MONGO_URL

MONGO_USER

MONGO_PASS

Configuration

host is used to make sure we get the right host link everywhere in the code where it needs it

autoFollowList is an array of user ID's that will be automatically followed everytime someone makes a new account

reservedUsernames are usernames that can't be taken when registering an account, even if an account with that username doesn't exist

Author & Contributors

Author:

• @lvuu

• with the help of GitHub Copilot (as i said i AM a beginner so copilot helped <3)

Contributors:

• None yet, contributions are always welcome!

Credits

• Some of the code was taken and rewritten in Node from @Savefade's LegacyIGN PHP code.