Divine, the Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot, is now available to the public

A new project that brings back Vine’s 6-second loop videos is now available for download on the App Store and Google Play. This Vine reboot is called Divine and will provide access to an archive of approximately 500,000 Vine videos restored from the original service’s backups and allow creators to post new Vines again.

Divine was funded by and Other Stuff, a nonprofit founded in May 2025 by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. This nonprofit focuses on funding experimental open source projects that have the potential to change the social media landscape. Dorsey’s backing of Divine does not make him a traditional investor because he has no intention of making a profit here. Rather, his goal is to right an earlier mistake he made as Twitter CEO: shutting down Vine in the first place.

To create Divine, Evan Henshaw-Plath, an early Twitter employee and member of “and Other Stuff,” scoured Vine archives. Henshaw Plath, who goes by “Rabble” online, explained that much of Vine’s content was originally backed up by a community archive project known as the Archive Team.

Because these videos were stored as large binary files of 40-50 GB, Rabble needed to create a big data script that understood how the files worked and how to reassemble them along with user engagement such as views, likes, and comments associated with the original video.

Although not all data was recovered, progress was made. The app originally launched with about 100,000 top Vine videos for testers last November, and has since grown to about 300,000 videos just before today’s release, Rabble told TechCrunch. The app is now publicly available for the first time and hosts approximately 500,000 videos from approximately 100,000 original Vine creators.

The effort caught the attention of early Vine creators, including Lele Pons, JimmyHere, MightyDuck, and Jack and Jack. (If you don’t have the Divine mobile app, you can still view your Divine user profile on the web.)

Rubble said the original plan was to launch the app soon after doing some initial testing, but early Byners encouraged the team to delay.

“The Viners actually said, ‘No, this is much more than just nostalgia,'” he explains. Users said they wanted something like Vine to reset social media and remove AI slop. “They told us to wait and do it right, and that’s what we did.”

The team worked hard to revisit and rewrite parts of the code and focus on the design of the app.

The version of Divine released today is the result of those efforts, and includes features such as a compiled mode that reflects how much of today’s youngest generation grew up watching Vines. This mode allows users to create their own list of videos and create their own compilations.

To use the compilation, hit a hashtag like #cats and a stream of matching Vine videos will autoplay. You can also stop the stream and interact with the content, such as reposting and liking the video, or just sit back and watch.

Another key aspect of Divine’s value proposition is the absence of AI-generated content.

“I decided to exclude AI content because I personally don’t like watching AI content. I don’t like feeling cheated,” Rabble says. “I don’t like the idea that tons of content can be created instantly, with very little humanity or thought required.”

To protect the network from this unwanted content, or “AI slop” as it is often called, Divine requires users to either record videos directly within the app or verify how uploaded videos were created using C2PA, an open industry standard that establishes the origin and editing of digital content.

In addition to providing a reviving Vine experience, the app’s other mission is to promote open protocols. This fulfills Rabble’s vision to take back social media from big tech companies. Divine itself is built on the open social protocol Nostr, and the team is experimenting with integrating the open source AT protocol that powers Bluesky. In the future, Divine may also be integrated with the ActivityPub protocol, which powers alternative social networks such as Mastodon and Flipboard and is built into Meta’s Threads.

Divine has no revenue model and is structured as a public benefit corporation. However, Rabble believes digital creators can regain some control over their online presence and potentially monetize it through brand deals and collaborations, just as they are doing now. He also likes the idea of ​​a Patreon model to support creators directly and a Pro account to provide additional features.

“A lot of us came from Vine, and this is where it all started,” OG Viner’s Lele Pons said of the app’s relaunch. “It’s an iconic app. This was a pivotal moment in my own personal journey. I’m thrilled to see these early classics come back to life in internet culture and have the opportunity to create something new.”

Divine is available for free download from the App Store, Google Play, and Zapstore powered by Nostr. Roll out access initially to users on your waitlist and gradually grant access to others using invitation codes.