Putting it at the top of README.md worked, but it diverged a shared file: a probe showed main editing the adjacent line conflicts on every merge. The warning survived the conflict, so nothing was ever silently lost, but a file that only exists on this branch has no such cost at all. TOOLING.md carries the warning plus what CLAUDE.md would have said if it could — the commands, the remote policy, and the two guards, which are local and unversioned and so are absent from every fresh clone. Shared files are byte-identical to main again: CLAUDE.md, README.md and package.json. The divergence is now only files main has never had. Trade-off worth knowing: gitea renders README.md on the branch page and does not render TOOLING.md, so this warning is one click less visible than it was. The pre-push hook, not the documentation, remains the guard that actually stops a mistake. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UXfdJu7QhSJLr47K7koTDF
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# InstaArchive Viewer
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A high-performance React PWA for browsing archived Instagram data with a native-feeling interface. Supports both official Instagram exports and Instaloader archives.
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## Features
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- **Advanced Carousel**: Seamless, zero-latency transitions between slides with intelligent preloading. Navigating between different posts is now near-instant thanks to inter-post background preloading.
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- **High-Res Performance**: Handles 50MP+ images effortlessly using a background Web Worker and a memory-safe serial processing queue.
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- **Persistent Local Caching**: Uses IndexedDB to store parsed archives and generated thumbnails. **Local folders** now load instantly from cache on return visits without needing to re-upload files.
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- **Permalinks**: State is synchronized with the URL, allowing you to share direct links to archives, tabs, or specific posts. Navigating back to the explorer cleans up URL parameters automatically.
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- **Glassy Scanning UI**: A refined, translucent white terminal experience with flicker-free, double-buffered dynamic blurred backgrounds.
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- **PWA with Auto-Update**: Fully offline-capable and installable. Clients automatically receive updates when a new version is deployed to the server.
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- **Local Privacy**: All processing is done client-side. Even when using the self-hosted version, your media is processed locally in your browser and never uploaded.
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- **Smart Fallbacks**: Automatically detects usernames from folder names and uses the oldest archive image as a profile picture if one is missing.
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- **Customizable Grid**: 1:1 or 3:4 aspect ratios with adjustable "bumps" for aesthetic alignment.
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- **Story Viewer**: Native-like story experience with segmented progress bars, auto-playback, and audio controls.
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- **Navigation Protection**: Intercepts accidental browser "Back" or "Refresh" actions to protect your current session.
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## Deployment
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### Docker (Recommended)
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The easiest way to run InstaArchive is using Docker.
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```bash
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docker run -d \
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-p 3000:3000 \
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-v /path/to/your/archives:/archives:ro \
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ghcr.io/ergosteur/instaarchive-viewer:latest
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```
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> **Note for Linux/SELinux users:** If you see "Permission Denied" in the logs, append `,z` to your volume mount: `-v /path/to/archives:/archives:ro,z`
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### Docker Compose
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Create a `compose.yml` file:
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```yaml
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services:
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instaarchive:
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image: ghcr.io/ergosteur/instaarchive-viewer:latest
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ports:
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- "3000:3000"
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volumes:
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- ./archives:/archives:ro,z # ,z handles SELinux permissions
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```
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### Troubleshooting Permissions
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If the app shows "No Archives Found" and logs `EACCES: permission denied`:
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1. **Check Directory Permissions**: Ensure the archive folder is world-readable:
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```bash
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chmod -R 755 /path/to/archives
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```
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2. **SELinux (Fedora/RHEL/CentOS)**: Use the `:z` flag in your volume mount as shown above.
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3. **User Mapping**: The container runs as the non-root `node` user (UID 1000).
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If your archives are readable only by another account, run as that user
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instead — the container needs to *list* the archive directory, so `--x`
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(traverse-only) permissions are not enough:
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```bash
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docker run --user $(stat -c '%u:%g' /path/to/archives) ...
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```
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In Compose:
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```yaml
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services:
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instaarchive:
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user: "1234:1234" # a UID that can read your archives
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```
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### Archive Index
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On first start the server walks the archive root once and caches the result,
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keyed by directory mtime. This matters on network storage: for a 110k-file
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archive root, listing went from ~52s per request to ~0.1s. Mount a volume at
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`/cache` (or set `CACHE_DIR`) so the index survives restarts, otherwise it is
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rebuilt on every start.
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## Supported Archive Structure
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Place your archive folders inside the mounted `/archives` directory. The directory name will be used as the account username.
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### Example Structure:
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```text
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archives/
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├── wanderlust_explorer/ # Instaloader format
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│ ├── 2024-01-01_12-00-00_UTC.jpg
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│ ├── 2024-01-01_12-00-00_UTC.json.xz
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│ └── wanderlust_explorer_profile_pic.jpg
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└── pixel_architect/ # Instagram Export format
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├── 2023-12-25_pixel_architect - post_123.jpg
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├── 2023-12-25_pixel_architect - post_123.json
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└── pixel_architect.jpg
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```
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## Local Development
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**Prerequisites:** Node.js (LTS recommended)
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1. **Install dependencies:** `npm install`
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2. **Start dev server:** `npm run dev` (Frontend on port 3000)
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3. **Start local backend:** `npm run server` (Optional, serves `./_sample-archives` on port 3001)
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4. **Build production:** `npm run build` (Generates `./dist` for frontend and `./dist-server` for the API)
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