Barinsta - That App on Android

13 Mar 2022 22:30

Our sincerest condolences to the Vanced project.

Barinsta - That App on Android

19 Oct 2021 06:31

At this point you should all be aware of Inst*gram's malicious practices. Now, encourage others to move to the FOSS fediverse (ie. Pixelfed, Mastodon, etc.)!

Barinsta - That App on Android

26 Jul 2021 23:57

They did a cease & desist on us. We're done. Thank you for your continued support. See the letter.

Barinsta - That App on Android

04 Jul 2021 06:34

If you can write fluently in a foreign language and in English, please contribute translations to Barinsta!
https://crowdin.com/project/instagrabber

Barinsta - That App on Android

27 May 2021 04:29

Two things:
1. v19.2.2 will be delayed for F-Droid due to an issue on their side, which affects some other apps as well, and I will communicate to them.
2. A reminder to not download any unauthorized copies of Barinsta on Google Play. Please continue to report those as you see them.

Barinsta - That App on Android

14 May 2021 05:44

Regular releases will return on May 19. Until then, expert users (not everyone) can try out new features (and provide valueable feedback) by grabbing a nightly build from @BarinstaBuilds.

Barinsta - That App on Android

04 Apr 2021 04:35

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/v19.2.0

See notice before updating.

Barinsta - That App on Android

21 Mar 2021 15:47

For those who download Barinsta from GitHub:
Sentry will be included in all future releases in order to catch errors for us.
It is by default disabled. You can enable it in Settings, and by doing so, you agree to their Privacy Policy. We will not send more data than what is present on current crash dumps.

This has no effect to users who download Barinsta from F-Droid since Sentry is banned from F-Droid builds. You will still have the option to email the crash dump to GitHub Issues.

Barinsta - That App on Android

13 Feb 2021 19:42

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/test-v19.1.0-a1

This version is considered unstable and will not be published to F-Droid. Read before install.

Barinsta - That App on Android

01 Jan 2021 02:26

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/v19.0.4

If you installed before, you need to redownload it.

Barinsta - That App on Android

16 Dec 2020 21:41

Regular updates will return tomorrow or Friday.

Meanwhile, Facebook decided to clash with Apple over new privacy measures on iOS. Zuckerburg should be absolutely ashamed for selling data in order to slam Apple in full-page newspaper ads. As Android users, we cannot appear weak to Facebook (and iOS users): Tell your friends to ditch official clients and switch to FOSS clients like Barinsta or Frost!

Barinsta - That App on Android

17 Nov 2020 16:36

The majority of Bibliogram instances (which also uses GraphQL anonymously) has been knocked down due to IP bans. Based on my interpretation of the discussions, it is possible that anonymous users may face extra hardship when accessing Instagram.

Barinsta - That App on Android

12 Nov 2020 22:17

F-Droid blocked v19.0.0 due to a dependency issue. We will address it in v19.0.1 hopefully in next week.

Barinsta - That App on Android

07 Nov 2020 18:53

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/v19.0.0

Please uninstall alpha versions first.
This version should directly replace v18.3.

Barinsta - That App on Android

05 Oct 2020 03:12

As of now, enrolling into the new Instagram DM experience (i.e. Messenger merger) will not affect Barinsta DM functionality, as long as you do not try to message a Facebook account (which is fixed in code but not yet released).

Barinsta - That App on Android

23 Oct 2021 22:02

https://austinhuang.me/barinsta

Barinsta - That App on Android

27 Jul 2021 03:06

Hello,

At approximately 21:33 UTC July 26 2021, I have been hit with a cease & desist letter from a law firm repsenting Facebook. The letter was sent to one of my personal email address as well as Barinsta's public inbox (and as a result, it is published). In response, the source code has been taken down, and all promotional materials within my control has been adjusted to reflect the fact.

We will still try to get as much resources as we could to navigate in this crisis. At this dire moment, I ask you to do 1 thing: Please let others know what is happening here.

It has been an honour of a lifetime to serve as one of the main contributors of Barinsta. I am forever grateful for the countless supporters along the way.

Thank you & Best Regards,

Austin Huang
https://austinhuang.me

Barinsta - That App on Android

13 Jul 2021 02:40

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/v19.2.4

Reminder that beta builds are available at @BarinstaBuilds.
Also, we need more developers! If you have the required coding skills and a heart for serving the public, come join us!

Barinsta - That App on Android

22 Jun 2021 20:24

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/v19.2.3

Reminder that nightly testing builds are available at @BarinstaBuilds.

Barinsta - That App on Android

21 May 2021 22:40

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/v19.2.2

Unrelated but important: If you're Canadian (citizen or resident), consider looking up Bill C-10, then sign this petition.

Barinsta - That App on Android

11 Apr 2021 17:44

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/v19.2.1

Reminder that nightly unstable builds are available at @BarinstaBuilds.

Barinsta - That App on Android

31 Mar 2021 21:07

There is bad news and good news. This is not April Fools, this is serious.

The bad news is that Android Studio lost my signing key, so everyone who uses the GitHub version must uninstall before update. If you have a rooted phone, are affected by the launching issue and cannot backup normally, please ask me for backup procedure. If you don't have a rooted phone, sadly you cannot backup your settings. (F-Droid users are unaffected.)
Moving on, users are generally recommended to use F-Droid builds and, in the future, Google Play builds.

The good news is that we now offer nightly GitHub builds at @BarinstaBuilds.

Barinsta - That App on Android

17 Mar 2021 21:57

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/v19.1.0

Barinsta - That App on Android

06 Jan 2021 20:16

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/v19.0.5

Barinsta - That App on Android

23 Dec 2020 16:46

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/v19.0.3

If you installed before, you need to redownload it.

Barinsta - That App on Android

01 Dec 2020 00:55

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/v19.0.2

n.b. This is an interim release - Some (not all) recent bugs are fixed, that's it. Expect a full release in late December.

Barinsta - That App on Android

14 Nov 2020 00:59

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/v19.0.1

Barinsta - That App on Android

09 Nov 2020 22:46

fyi we have an official subreddit: r/barinsta

Barinsta - That App on Android

16 Oct 2020 17:53

It has come to our attention that someone posted the alpha release onto Google Play while not respecting GPLv3 conditions. We have taken appropriate actions to respond to this incident. In the future, please stay vigilant of all occurrences of copyright infringements.

Barinsta - That App on Android

26 Sep 2020 21:01

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases/tag/test-v19.0-a2

If you have not downloaded v19.0-a1, you need to read the previous release notes.