I am deeply AGAINST ANY FORM OF PIRACY! this is aimed at showing how to use apktool on your own. I repeat, NO PIRACY! the original author of script.sh is breakthescroll.com.

• The older the ig version, the higher the risk of missing official instagram security updates

The mission is is to prevent scrolling and empower the user since Meta doesn't allow you to deactivate reels. If you want to contribute just spread the word or make a pull request following the contribution guidelines at the end of the page.

HealthyIG is a modified version of instagram that BLOCKS all the toxic instagram features like

Checkout youtube video 📹: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3DQbfRWN9s

• reels
• home page
• reel chaining
• explore section

Healthy IG prevents doomscrolling behaviour and ALLOWS you to use all of the other instagram features like

• view your friend's stories
• navigate to profiles via explore search bar
• view profiles
• text your friends
• view the reels that your friend sends you

The app is safe, I installed the base instagram apk from apkmirror, decompiled it, removed the endpoints for reel fetching and recompiled it. If you don't trust my install.apk, you can build it your own with the instructions in this repository.

Requires linux with the following tools:

• apktool (install https://apktool.org/docs/install/)

• zipalign (sudo apt install zipalign -y)

• apksigner (sudo apt install apksigner -y)

• tqdm [optional, for displaying progress] (sudo pip3 install tqdm)

• install.apk is the patched ig (home, explore, reels deactivated but you can still see your friend's reels)

• ig.apk is the copy of com.instagram.android_version...apk

Note: I found com.instagram.android_version...apk on apkmirror. In alternative you can try to extract it from your phone

• get instagram apk mirror from here https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/instagram/instagram-instagram/instagram-instagram-300-0-0-29-110-release/ (I suggest you to get a nodpi version and checkout your android phone processor info )

# copy/rename it to ig.apk
sudo cp com.instagram.android_version...apk ig.apk

# decompile the apk
sudo apktool d -r -f -o ig_plain ig.apk

# break the endpoints with script.sh
sudo chmod +x script.sh
sudo ./script.sh

# recompile the apk
sudo apktool b -r -f ig_plain

sudo cp ig_plain/dist/ig.apk patched.apk

# optimize with zipalign
sudo zipalign -v 4 patched.apk install.apk

# generate keypair (insert password 'foobar', the keygen step is required only the first time)
sudo keytool -genkeypair -alias key0 -keyalg RSA -keysize 4096 -validity 10000 -keystore patched_instagram_key.jks

# sign the apk with 'foobar' as password
sudo echo foobar | apksigner sign --ks ./patched_instagram_key.jks --v1-signing-enabled true --v2-signing-enabled true --v3-signing-enabled false install.apk

• now Uninstall your current instagram
• copy install.apk to your phone and install it

• Avoid overengineering script.sh.
• Minimize changes to README.md unless absolutely necessary.
• If you find alternative methods document it into a different yourfile.md.

• ❌ Do not add untested or unstable features.
• ❌ Avoid unnecessary modifications that drastically change existing code.

• Checkout troubleshoot guide, you may find the solution to your problem
• Block reels on Instagram – Geek approach by breakthescroll.com
• Decompile, Recompile, and Sign APKs by Example
• Instagram APKs on APKMirror
• To discover new endpoints try ssl pinning bypass or burp. You can also manually decompile and search using grep command

• Instander - alternative ig version
• DFinstagram - alternative ig version
• many more

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