Social Switch

Redirect Instagram and TikTok URLs to anonymous viewers. Access any profile, posts, tagged posts, stories profile or tags on Instagram or any profile on TikTok and the extension will redirect automatically to web viewers.

From Instagram URLs to Picuki.com or Imginn.com, and from TikTok URLs to UrleBird.com or Xaller.com.

Note

For those seeking an alternative redirection for open-source instances, I recommend using the LibRedirect extension. The Social Switch extension aims to streamline access to web viewers that are more stable and facilitate the download of assets from both Instagram and TikTok. It targets users who prefer these anonymous but closed-source platforms.

It's necessary to add that despite being anonymous for accessing Instagram and TikTok, the web services Picuki, Imginn, UrleBird, and Xaller are commercial and may track users. For this reason, it is recommended to use these services with VPNs, ad blockers, and other methods to inhibit trackers.

This extension is not affiliated with Instagram, TikTok, Picuki, Imginn, UrleBird, and Xaller and does not take responsibility for any actions of these web services.

Installation

• Firefox Add-ons

• Chrome Web Store

• From the ZIP File

  • Firefox for Desktop
  • Download the latest version of the socialswitch-firefox.xpi file
  • Open Firefox and navigate to about:addons
  • From the settings cog, press "Install Add-on From File..." (located at the top-right corner)
  • Select the extension file
  • Chrome
  • Download the latest version of the socialswitch-chrome.zip file
  • Extract the ZIP file
  • Open Google Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions
  • Enable "Developer Mode" (located at the top-right corner)
  • Click on the "Load Unpacked" button (located at the top-left corner)
  • Navigate to the directory where you extracted the ZIP file containing the extension
  • Select the extension folder

Usage

Select a viewer option and enable or disable redirection through the popup.

For Instagram post URLs (instagram.com/p/short_code) and Instagram stories profile URLs (instagram.com/stories/handle), regardless of the redirection option, the extension will redirect to Imginn.com. This viewer uses the original post short code, and it has the option to view only stories via URL. However, for tag URLs (instagram.com/explore/tags/tag_name), irrespective of the redirection option, the extension will redirect to Picuki.com, as only this viewer supports tag search.

Supported URLs

• Instagram:

instagram.com/handle

instagram.com/handle/tagged

instagram.com/stories/handle (only Imginn)

instagram.com/p/short_code (only Imginn)

instagram.com/handle/p/short_code (only Imginn)

instagram.com/reel/short_code (only Imginn)

instagram.com/handle/reel/short_code (only Imginn)

instagram.com/explore/tags/tag_name (only Picuki)

• TikTok:

tiktok.com/@handle

Development

Requirement

Node.js 20 or higher

$ git clone git@github.com:claromes/socialswitch.git

$ cd socialswitch

$ npm install

Common files

The files for each browser are in their respective directories. The files for Google Chrome are all in the chrome directory, and some are shared with Firefox.

The common files between Google Chrome and Firefox are in the chrome directory and consist of chrome/popup.html, chrome/support.html, and the chrome/icons directory.

Firefox for Android

Set up your computer and Android emulator or device.

Then, run:

$ cd firefox

$ web-ext run -t firefox-android --adb-device <CODE> --firefox-apk org.mozilla.fenix

Testing with Puppeteer

To test each group of URLs (Instagram profile, tagged, stories, post and tag, and TikTok profile), it's necessary to pass the group and the browser as options when running the script. This applies only to Firefox for Desktop and Google Chrome.

The groups are: ig_profile, ig_tagged, ig_post, ig_stories, ig_tags, and tt_profile.

The browsers are: chrome, and firefox.

Run the test with the desired group:

$ npm test [group] [browser]

Example

To test Instagram profile URLs on Firefox, run the command npm test ig_profile firefox.

Roadmap

• [x] Tags URL
• [x] Post URLs
• [ ] TikTok options
  • [x] User
  • [ ] Video
• [x] Firefox extension

Contributing

You're welcome to contribute, whether it's through bug reporting, feature suggestions, or code contributions.

Credits

• Claromes, author and maintainer
• MagicPattern, background image of the promotional assets