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Bluesky user on Android now have access to a newfangled app that work more like Instagram than X. On Tuesday , an app calledPinkskylaunched anAndroid versionof its photo - centrical social networking experience build on top of Bluesky .
The app is nowone of manyattempting to court former Instagram users by offering a alike user port to Meta ’s app , but one that ’s build on open engineering science . Many of the newcomers in this place , like Pinksky , are building on top of the existing social networkBluesky , allow them to tap into users ’ social connections and feeds .
However , this also limits the apps to Bluesky ’s own constraints of up to four pic per post and videos of up to one minute in distance .
Pinksky ’s app was ramp up by developerRamon Souza , a full - stack developer whose work has largely focused on working with WWW technologies .
He state TechCrunch that he was inspired to build Pinksky having already been drawn to unfold technologies like ActivityPub ( the communications protocol powering Mastodon ) , and another open social protocol Nostr . Bluesky , meanwhile , leverage the new AT Protocol ( or atproto ) , which is presently foster a undulation of experiment from the indie developer community .
However , while Pinksky looks and feels a lot like Instagram , Souza believes the apps will reach different audiences .
“ There are several substance abuser segment within Instagram : those who take in a tidy sum of reels , those who follow mental object creators , and those who want to connect with friends , ” he explain , in reception to a question from TechCrunch . “ I think Pinksky meet into the third section — focused more on photos and connection rather than viral and repetitious content . ”
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In other words , it ’s more of a classic , exposure - sharing - focalise Instagram experience .
Because it ’s make on top of Bluesky , user ’ social networks will already be available when they lumber into the app for the first time — presuming they have a Bluesky explanation .
For now , the app is just an experiment , but Souza says that could interchange if there ’s further interest . For instance , he ’d view integration with other applied science , like Mastodon , Pixelfed , or Nostr , or running his own instance . But as he ’s presently cover the costs of Pinksky , expansion would likely require to involve some sort of business framework — like pay for insurance premium features .
Pinksky competes with other apps being built in this space , includingFlashes , Pixelfed , Reelo , andothers .
