Didn't the devs behind bibliogram say they were done because of how aggressively Instagram tries to block these alternatives? Maybe I'm misremembering that
You are not misrembering. They announced it at the beginning of this month [0][1] and have officially shut down all of their hosted instances as of about a week ago [2]
I don't think it matters if there are instances up if they don't work. If the devs quit because they spent of their time trying to circumvent Instagram's blocks then if they quit, it's only a matter of time before it stops working due to Instagram's interference.