Twine

WIP open-source backend reimplementation for Vine (NOT READY FOR PROD!)

Demo Video

Working:

• Registering new account
• Logging in
• Modifying settings
  • Profile photo
  • Username, description, location, email, phone number
  • Setting or unsetting profile to private or sensitive
• Timelines
  • Main feed
  • Per-user/profile
  • Liked vines from user
  • Editor's Pick
  • Popular Now
  • On The Rise
• Posting
  • Making & deleting posts
  • Adding location/venue
  • Adding to channel
• Interactions
  • Revining
  • Notifications
  • Blocking/unblocking
  • Reporting (profiles and vines)
  • Following/unfollowing
• Exploring
  • Exploring users
  • Exploring tags
  • Explore page
  • Looking at channels
• Activity (all types)

Not working:

• VMs
• Integration with FaceBook and Twitter
• Password reset through app
• Follow requesting immediately is approved; I can't figure out the /users/:id/notifications/followRequests endpoint for the life of me

Compatible Versions

Version	Status
1.x.x	Fully supported
2.5.1	Planned
5.7.0	Planned
Other	Unknown, not planned0

⁰ If you'd like to improve on the project, please make a pull request.

Setup

If you're not comfortable managing an Apache web server and handling basic management tasks without step-by-step guidance, you should not host an instance. Please do not contact me for support in regards to hosting an instance.

I use Apache to host the server, with the SQLite3 and PDO_SQLITE PHP extensions installed (XAMPP will automatically have these enabled). Be sure to also have ffmpeg usable through your system's command line.

Drop the server in /var/www/html (or htdocs if using XAMPP), write your DMCA contact email in _config.php, make sure your app is pointed to the server, and register a new account through the app. The db file will be created automatically.

To make the app point to the server, I use bag.xml's VineRedirect, which works for jailbroken iOS 5-7 devices. A guide on patching for Android and other platforms can be found here.

When patching domains in the binary, make sure that when you need different length domains (i.e. api12.example.com and api1234.example.com), they both redirect to your same server.

Disclaimer

This project does not claim ownership of, or affiliation with, the Vine trademark or any official Vine clients or applications.

If you choose to host an instance of this backend, you acknowledge and agree that:

• You accept all risks and responsibilities associated with operating the instance.
• You have configured a valid and reachable DMCA contact email in $emailForDmca within _config.php.
• You are solely responsible for content moderation, DMCA compliance, security, and legal obligations related to your instance.

Attribution

Big thanks to bruhdude's clematis, bag.xml's VineX, and Savefade's osm2foursquare.