A fresh initiative to revive Vine’s six-second looping clips is now accessible for download on the App Store and Google Play. Named Divine, this Vine reimagining provides access to an archive of approximately 500,000 Vine videos, retrieved from a backup of the original platform, and enables creators to share new Vines once more.

Divine received funding from “and Other Stuff,” a nonprofit established in May 2025 by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. This nonprofit aims to support innovative open source projects that have the potential to reshape the social media environment. Dorsey’s support for Divine doesn’t categorize him as a conventional investor as he seeks no financial return. Instead, he aims to rectify a previous error made during his tenure as CEO of Twitter: the closure of Vine.

To develop Divine, Evan Henshaw-Plath, an early Twitter team member and participant in “and Other Stuff,” delved into the Vine archive. Henshaw-Plath, known online as “Rabble,” clarified that a significant portion of Vine’s material had been preserved by a community archiving endeavor called the Archive Team.

These videos had been archived as substantial, 40-50 GB binary files, necessitating Rabble to develop large data scripts to understand the functionality of the files and how to reconstruct them, alongside the user interactions such as views, likes, and comments linked to the original videos.

While not every piece of data could be recovered, significant strides have been achieved. The app initially debuted for testers last November with around 100,000 of Vine’s top videos, then expanded to roughly 300,000 videos just before today’s launch, Rabble informed TechCrunch. Currently, the app features about 500,000 videos from nearly 100,000 original Vine creators as it launches to the public for the first time.

This initiative has garnered interest from various early Vine creators, including Lele Pons, JimmyHere, MightyDuck, and Jack and Jack, among others. (Divine user profiles can be viewed on the web, even if users do not possess the Divine mobile app.)

Rabble mentioned that the initial strategy was to promptly launch the app after some preliminary testing, but early Vine creators urged the team to postpone.

“It was actually the Viners who were like ‘no, no — this is far more significant than just nostalgia,” he notes. The users expressed a desire for something akin to Vine that would reset social media and eliminate AI clutter. “They urged us to take our time and ensure we did it right. And that’s exactly what we did.”

The team engaged deeply, revisiting and reworking portions of the code, and concentrating on the app’s layout.

The version of Divine premiering today is a product of those efforts, featuring options like compilation mode, which mirrors how much of today’s youth grew up watching Vines. With this function, users can curate their own video lists to form compilations.

To utilize compilations, users can navigate to a hashtag, like #cats, and a stream of relevant Vine videos will autoplay. Users can halt the stream to engage with the content, such as reposting or liking the videos, or simply relax and enjoy the viewing.

Another significant element of Divine’s appeal is its exclusion of AI-generated content.

“I resolved to eliminate AI content because I personally dislike encountering it. I dislike the feeling of being deceived,” Rabble expresses. “I find it unsettling that vast quantities of content can be produced rapidly with minimal human involvement or thought.”

To maintain the platform free of such disallowed content, often dubbed “AI slop,” Divine mandates users to either film videos within the app or confirm how uploaded videos were generated using C2PA, an open industry standard that defines the origins and modifications of digital materials.

In addition to restoring Vine, the app aims to promote open protocols — aligning with Rabble’s vision of reclaiming social media from major tech corporations. Divine itself operates on the open social protocol Nostr, and the team is exploring the incorporation of the open source AT Protocol, which fuels Bluesky. Looking ahead, Divine may also integrate with the ActivityPub protocol, which supports alternative social networks like Mastodon and Flipboard, and is integrated into Meta’s Threads.

Divine lacks a conventional revenue model and is established as a public benefit corporation. However, Rabble is optimistic that it could empower digital creators to regain some control over their online identities, which they could monetize through brand collaborations or partnerships, similar to current practices. He also appreciates the Patreon model for supporting creators directly and is contemplating the notion of a Pro account that would offer extra features.

“A lot of us came from Vine, and it marked the start of everything,” remarked OG Viner, Lele Pons, regarding the app’s revival. “An iconic application. It was such a crucial moment in my own journey and in internet culture; it brings me immense joy to see these early classics revived and to have the opportunity to create new ones.”

Divine is available as a complimentary download on the App Store, Google Play, and the Nostr-powered Zapstore. Initially, it will grant access to users on the waitlist and gradually allow others in through the use of invite codes.