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“nostr” stands for “Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays” and is an open protocol for censorship-resistant global networks.
Most popular
Mobile clients
- Damus - The OG nostr client for iOS
- Plebstr - Android and iOS app
- Amethyst - Android-only app
- Primal - iOS and Android apps.
- YakiHonne - iOS and Android app
Web clients
App store
Protocol
- NIPs - the “Nostr Implementation Possibilities” describe the protocol in technical detail
- nostr address book - A directory of X (formerly Twitter) users accounts and their NOSTR addresses
- nostr, a basic tour - an intro to nostr
- Nostr: Solucionando la censura de una vez por todas
- nostr.guide - A guide to all things on Nostr
- nostr.how - A comprehensive non-technical beginners guide to Nostr. Available in several languages.
- nostr - overview and FAQ
- tinkering with nostr without any client
- UseNostr - A small guide for anyone who wants to learn more about how nostr works and what it can do.
- persian nostr book - a book written in persian language about nostr, containing nips translation.
- NosTracker - Information about NIP support for clients, relays, tools and libraries. Like a caniuse but for NIPs.
Relays
Relays are (so far) application agnostic. You can run your own or use any or all of the public instances.
Implementations
- Astro - Elixir based implementation built to be performant and highly distributed.
- Bostr - Nostr bouncer relay aggregator proxy written in NodeJS
- Bostr2 - Nostr bouncer relay aggregator proxy written in Go
- Bucket - in-memory-only nodejs relay for testing/hacking on. Stupid simple, <100 LOC.
- cagliostr - Faster Nostr relay in C++ backend by sqlite3.
- cfrelay - A personal nostr relay base on cloudflare workers.
- Chorus - Rust based personal or community relay.
- Denostr - Deno based, cloud native nostr implemention.
- Ditto - Mastadon server and Nostr relay in one
- Ephemerelay - An in-memory Nostr relay that doesn’t store data.
- gnost-relay - nostr relay written in go backed by postgresql database.
- grain - A highly configurable, multipurpose relay written in Go, Storing Events in a MongoDB
- immortal - A relay designed for scale, performance, correctness, and configuration.
- knostr - a nostr relay implemented in Kotlin with support for Postgres and metrics(micrometer).
- me.untethr.nostr-relay - a relay written in Clojure
- Minds Nostr Relay - a relay for Minds, an open-source social network
- Minds Engine - Nostr - relevant Minds API code for reading/writing Minds posts using Nostr
- monstr- python code for working with nostr
- multiplextr - A custom relay designed to save bandwidth for clients with multiplextr support.
- netstr - A general purpose Nostr relay written in C# with high test coverage, backed by Postgres DB.
- Nex - A powerful and scalable Nostr relay written in Elixir with Postgres DB.
- NNostr - a C# relay
- nostr_relay - a nostr relay written in python, backed by SQLite
- nostr-filter-relay - A nostr relay docker image package which filter content based on content type (SFW/NSFW), user type, language, hate speech (toxic comment), sentiment, topic, and various rules.
- nostr-relay - Nostr relay in Go based on relayer. Backend by sqlite3/postgresql/mysql.
- SuperConductor - Java Nostr-Relay Framework & Web Application. Java 20, Spring WebSocketSession 3.2.2, Spring Boot 3.2.4, atop nostr-java library. Simple. Clean. OO.
- nostr-relay-nestjs - A Nostr relay with a clear architecture and high test coverage (PostgreSQL, MeiliSearch, NestJS)
- nostr-rs-relay - a minimalistic relay written in Rust that saves data on SQLite
- nostream - a nostr relay written in Typescript backed by PostgreSQL (renamed from nostr-ts-relay)
- nostring - A Nostr relay written in Deno.
- NostrPostr Relay - a Kotlin Relay supporting both SQLite and Postgresql
- Nostpy - An easy to deploy/audit Python relay for beginner relay operators
- PyRelay - a python implementation of a Nostr relay, using asyncio.
- QNostr - A Nostr protocol implementation for clients as a Qt Module in C++
- Relayer Basic - a simple relay based on relayer backed by Postgres
- rnostr - A high-performance and scalable nostr relay written in Rust.
- Servus - A self-contained, single executable, CMS/blogging engine reminiscent of Jekyll which also acts as a personal Nostr relay for your blog posts. Written in Rust.
- søstr - a private Nostr relay written in rust, saves all notes from one pubkey and publish them to anyone that requests them
- sovereign-stack - a tool that helps you deploy nostr relays and create self-hosted (bitcoin-only) Value4Value websites.
- strfry - C++ implementation backed by LMDB with efficient syncing of events using Merkle trees
- Notra - F# implementation backed by SQLite database.
- Nerostr - A Nostr expensive relay paid with Monero and written in Go
- Nostr client and relay - C++ engine that allows building Nostr applications for command line, desktop or web.
- Nosflare - a serverless Nostr relay purpose-built for Cloudflare Workers and the Cloudflare KV store.
- NIP-29 Group Chat Relay - NIP-29 Group Chat Relay based on fiatjaf’s Relay29 and Khatru.
- Live instance: wss://relay.groups.nip29.com
- WoT relay - relay for every note in your web of trust
Relay lists
Websites with lists of relays and their performance/health:
- relay.nostr.net - relay run by nostr.net
- nostr.info - real-time checking of the status of some known relays.
- nostr.watch - real-time checking of the status of some known relays.
- relays.xport.top - relays list sortable by ping, activity, etc.
Clients
- algia-web - A small resource consumption oriented Nostr web client
- Agora - Follow your favorite topics in nostr-verse (and even posts from Mastodon, Reddit, Bluesky, and Twitter)
- algia - A cli application for nostr.
- alphaama - alphaama is just a nostr fucking client
- Amethyst - An Android client for nostr written in Kotlin
- ArcadeCity - Public group chats and P2P services (WIP) over nostr
- Astral - a branle fork with global feed and UI makeover
- Attached - Open-Source ReactNative Expo app for Nostr (iOS, Android). Currently under app store review
- badger - A NIP58 nostr badge client. Create Badges view Profile Badges and more.
- Beagle - Decentralized real-time Text/Audio/Video chat client for iOS, using nostr relays for users to share information and moments by posts of text, image and video.
- BlazeJump - A fast web client boilerplate written in C# / Blazor, that uses an in-browser SQLite database.
- Blockcore Notes - Progressive Web App that can be installed on mobile and desktop, organize following in circles and have both public and private following lists. Dynamic interface for different uses, such as optimized for photograph viewing
- notestack.com - Blogging site for nostr, supports markdown
- Blowater - A desktop Web client focusing on chat with delightful UX
- bolt.fun - A bitcoin lightning makers community that supports reading and creating comments using Nostr
- Coracle - A nostr web client
- Coracle Chat - A standalone port of Coracle’s old chat functionality
- Coracle DMs - A standalone port of Coracle’s old DM functionality
- Corny Chat - Corny Chat is an open source audio space built on Jam that integrates Nostr and Lightning.
- Daisy - Mobile client for Android and iOS
- damus - a twitter-like nostr client for iOS and MacOS
- danmakustr - a chrome extension allowing users to send special comments (弹幕, danmaku) on YouTube and display them above the video.
- Denny - Secure, private, and decentralized group chat messaging client on Nostr
- Disgus - A comment widget like Disqus, but for Nostr.
- dispute - A cross-platform (Linux, Android, iOS, macOS, Windows and Web) client for NOSTR
- Docstr - Collaborative Documents (Google Docs Alternative)
- docstr.app - live instance
- earthly - A social geojson editor with maps on Nostr
- electron-nostr - A bare-bones desktop nostr client using electron-react-boilerplate. The goal is to be an easy template for people to experiment with different ideas on decentralized ratings, reputation, and web of trust
- emon - Encrypted DMs over nostr with lightning payments integrated (WIP).
- Flycat - A 2000s old-school style web client which support blogging on Nostr
- Formstr - A Google Forms alternative built on top of the nostr protocol.
- formstr.app - live instance
- futr - nostr client desktop app written in Haskell
- Groups - NIP-29 Group Chat Web Client.
- Live Instance: groups.nip29.com
- gitstr - Send and receive git patches over Nostr, using NIP-34.
- gnost-deflate-client - CLI nostr client written in go implementing permessage-deflate websocket compression.
- gossip - A desktop client in rust presented with egui
- getwired.app Anonymous-first client with PoW notes
- HiveTalk - Hivetalk is an open source real-time Video and screensharing platform built on mirotalk that integrates Nostr and Lightning.
- hivetalk.org - live instance
- iris - A nostr web client
- iris.to - live instance
- Android app
- Jester - Chess over nostr
- JiYou - A nostr PWA client with a highly customizable UI
- JiYou.social - live instance
- Lightning.Pub - A nostr daemon for Lightning nodes
- Listr - Curate, organize and discover everything Nostr has to offer. Listr is the best way to create, manage, and browse Nostr lists.
- loquaz - a desktop app written in Rust for direct encrypted chat
- LUMINA - Nostr client for images.
- mapstr - Find local businesses which accept BTC and add reviews to those businesses as a customer. Allows ability to receive Zaps for your reviews. You can also add Nostr notes with coordinates which allows them to be mapped to your location.
- Member - Progressive Web App Client. Works on desktop and mobile.
- member.cash - live instance
- Memestr - nostr hub for memes.
- MeShell - Web, iOS, and Android blog type client destined to publish articles and researches for independent journalists.
- MeShell.io - Landing page for more information
- Minds - open source social network. Supports reading and creating posts using the nostr protocol
- more-speech - desktop client for nostr written in Clojure
- nblog - a self-host nostr ghost blog
- ni.py - CLI post only client for Nostr, Activity Pub, and the AT Protocol written in Python.
- Nootti - Cross-posting iOS & iPad client app for Bluesky, Mastodon and Nostr
- Nos - A UX-focused iOS / MacOS app written in Swift based on planetary.social
- nosbin - pastebin over nostr
- noscl - a basic command-line client written in Go
- Nosky - A native Android client for Nostr. Still in development
- nostr.kiwi - nostr.kiwi is a progressive web app to share notes and curate content in communities.
- NostrChat.io - NostrChat is a chat app where you can have group chats, DM, threads, and emojis.
- nostr console - a nostr command line client written in Dart. Binaries available for Windows, Linux, and macOS
- Nostr Nests - Nostr Nests is an audio space for chatting, brainstorming, debating, jamming, micro-conferences and more.
- nostr-chat-widget-react - A React component that provides a live-chat widget over nostr that can be embedded into any website.
- NostrEmitter - Simple E2E encrypted client and EventEmitter object
- Nostribe.com - Nostr client web app built with Next.js 13 and TypeScript.
- Nostribe.com - Live instance.
- Nostr Playground - A simple and user-friendly playground for Nostr.
- playground.nostr.com - Live instance.
- Nostrid - Multi-platform client currently offering binaries for Android, Windows, MacOS and Linux.
- Nostrid.Web - Web version running completely on the browser. It can be installed locally as PWA.
- nostromat - A Twitter-style Nostr web client, written in Clojurescript/React
- nostrom.at - live instance
- Nostros - A nostr mobile client for Android
- Nostrmo - A flutter nostr client for Android, IOS, MacOS, Windows, Web and Linux.
- Nostree - nostree.me A Nostr-based application linktree-style to create, manage and discover link lists, show notes and other stuff.
- nostr.time - A calendar app built on nostr
- Nostrtium - Post to Nostr directly from within WordPress
- noStrudel - hzrd149’s personal nostr client.
- nostrweb - another Nostr web client in vanilla JS
- nostr.ch - live instance
- nostr-relay-tray - a simple nostr relay tray app written in Electron
- nostter - Twitter-like web client
- Nostur - Nostr client app for iOS and MacOS. (Apple Store link)
- nostui - A TUI client for Nostr
- notebin.org - Nostr UI created with NextJS, support for markdown and code highlighting
- Nostr Web - React web client for static hosting
- franzos.github.io/nostr-ts - preview from
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- franzos.github.io/nostr-ts - preview from
- Nuxstr - Starter template for building a Nostr client with the Nuxt Vue framework and Nostr Dev Kit (NDK).
- nuxstr.nostrver.se - demo
- Oracolo - Oracolo is a minimalist blog, powered by Nostr, that consists of a single html file.
- OstrichGram - OstrichGram is a Telegram-style desktop app for Linux and Windows featuring group chats and DMs.
- Pinstr - Pinstr is a decentralized and open-source social network for curating and sharing your interests with the world.
- Pinstr.app - live instance
- Postr For Nostr - Post to Nostr directly from within WordPress using NIP-07
- Pretty Good Apps - A desktop Nostr client for Linux, macOS, and windows with a focus on decentralized reputation and web of trust. First application: crowdsourced decentralized list curation.
- Primal - Lightning-fast web client for Nostr. Features extensive analytics, vanity profiles, and more.
- Pollerama - A polls implementation on nostr, with features like Proof of Work Filtering, Followset filtering, and more. -Github Repo
- Pollstr - A nostr web client with a focus on polls.
- pollstr.online - live instance
- Rabbit - A nostr client like TweetDeck
- Satellite - Nostr web client with Reddit-style threads
- satellite.earth - live instance
- scalastr - A barebones nostr client written in scala
- second exchange - an experiment to work out something of like medium, something of creator economy where users are rewarded for engaging in quality discussion and most importantly engaging in governance-related discussion
- Sendstr - shared clipboard between devices over nostr
- Shipyard - Write, schedule, and boost your notes.
- shockwallet - A Lightning wallet that uses nostr and lnurl to connect to nodes
- SIGit - An open-source, self-hostable solution for secure document signing and verification.
- Snort - Nostr UI written in react
- Spring Browser - Nostr-focused browser app for Android.
- Stackerstan - A decentralized organization built on Bitcoin and Nostr, implemented as a replicated state machine in Golang
- Tamga - An offline first nostr contact & profile manager for iOS!
- uBlog - A minimalist blog on nostr that allows anyone to easily create their own personal micro-blog.
- Votestr - Poll web app with nostr authentication and blind signature unlinkability
- wikistr - A “wikipedia” client for nostr
- Written - Self hosted blog using nostr long-form content (NIP-23) and it shows only posts by selected authors.
- yakihonne.com - YakiHonne is a Nostr-based decentralized content media protocol that supports blogs, flash news, curation, videos, uncensored notes, zaps, and other content types. Join us now and experience the joy of decentralized publishing, review, and settlement media networks.
- YakiHonne mobile app – iOS and Android app
- zapddit - Reddit-style client for nostr where you can follow topics (similar to subreddits), mute certain topics (like #bitcoin), upzap and downzap notes using your hard-earned sats.
- Highlighter - Discover and share curated insights by people you trust. Highlight Books, articles, tweets, anything!
- Habla.news - Habla allows you to read, write, curate and monetize long-form content over Nostr, a censorship-resistant protocol for social media that uses long-form Nostr content.
- 0xchat - a telegram/wechat-like nostr client for iOS and Android
- Plebstr - Nostr client Reimagined, the most beautiful Twitter-like nostr client for iOS & Android.
- Swarmstr - Your knowledge hub for curious minds
- Swarmstr - live instance
- zephyr - A meditative nostr feed reader
- Voyage - Lightweight Android client with a Reddit-like UI
- Locus - Share your location end-to-end encrypted on decentralized servers using Nostr.
- Wherostr - A decentralized geo-social for iOS & Android.
- Anonostr - Anonostr allows users to send anonymous notes to the Nostr network without revealing their identity. For each note submission, the app generates a new key pair, sends the note through select relays, and then securely burns the key pair. It supports tagging, threading, quoting, and replying to existing notes.
- Yana - Yana is a nostr client focused on performance in slower devices and modularity of features.
Nostr Marketplace clients (NIP-15 & NIP-99)
- LNBits Nostrmarket - Nostrmarket extension for LNBits allows you to sell items directly from your LNBits instance
- Plebeian Market - The Bitcoin-native self-sovereign marketplace built on top of NIP-15 includes fixed-price items and auctions
- Shopstr - The Lightning and Cashu-native self-sovereign marketplace built on top of NIP-99 includes fixed-price items
Client reviews and/or comparisons
Libraries
- amberflutter - A Flutter wrapper for Amber (Offline Signer).
- arduino-nostr - An Arduino nostr library.
- dart_nostr - A developer experience Dart library for Nostr
- dart-nostr - a Dart library for Flutter
- go-nostr - a Go library that implements relay management, plus event encoding and signing utils
- navigatr - A utility for discovering relays and scraping events
- nip07-awaiter - Minimal utility to access NIP-07 interface safely.
- NIP-44 - NIP44 spec and implementations of encrypted messages for nostr
- nmostr - a Nim library for Nostr
- NNostr.Client - a C# Nostr library for use by clients
- nostr_rust - Functional Rust implementation of the nostr protocol
- nostr-bot - a Rust library for writing bots
- nostr-connect - Nostr Connect SDK for TypeScript is a library that allows you to easily integrate Nostr Connect into your web application
- nostr-deno - a client library for Deno javascript runtime.
- nostr-development-kit - NDK - NDK is a nostr development kit that makes the experience of building Nostr-related applications, whether they are relays, clients, or anything in between, better, more reliable.
- nostr-fetch - A utility library that allows JS/TS apps to effortlessly fetch past events from Nostr relays.
- nostr-java - A nostr client library, written in java, for generating, signing and publishing events.
- nostr-js - a javascript implementation of the nostr protocol
- nostr-ts - a Typescript implementation of the nostr protocol plus toys
- nostr-hooks - React hooks for developing Nostr clients. It’s simple and intelligent.
- nostr-one - A reusable web component that provides a simple way to integrate with nostr NIP 98 HTTP Auth.
- nostr-php - a PHP library for nostr
- nostr-react - React Hooks for Nostr
- nostr-relay - A typescript library that helps you easily build your customized Nostr relay.
- nostr-relay-inspector - A library that returns useful information about relays based on nostr-js
- nostr-relaypool-ts - a TypeScript relay pool library on top of nostr-tools that simplifies handling subscriptions to multiple servers
- nostr-ruby - a Ruby implementation of the nostr protocol
- nostr-tools - a JavaScript client that abstracts the relay management code for use by clients
- nostr-types - a rust library defining types useful for the nostr protocol
- nostr-typedef - Type definition files to develop Nostr applications in TypeScript
- nostr - a Ruby Nostr gem for use by clients
- NostrKit - a Swift library for interacting with relays
- NostrPostr - a Kotlin Nostr library for clients or relays
- schorr_snap - A snap plugin for Metamask Flask, supports nostr
- Nostra - a F# library, available as a NuGet package, for interacting with relays. Nostra relay is built on top of it too.
- nostr-geotags - NPM module that generates geotags for nostr events given data points such as GPS/DD, an ISO-3166-1 countryCode and/or an ISO-3166-2 regionName, as well as many passthroughts. Supports ISO-3166-1/2/3
- noscrypt - A C89 library for nostr specific cryptography operations.
- notemine demo - A wasm note miner written in rust
- Osty
- npm create osty@latest - Osty on NPM
- osty.dev - Landing Website of Osty
- paravel - an abstract toolkit for writing nostr clients.
- pynostr - a python library for nostr
- python-nostr - a python library for making clients
- relayer - a server framework for writing custom relays
- rust-nostr:
- Nostr protocol implementation:
- Rust: https://crates.io/crates/nostr
- Kotlin:
io.github.rust-nostr:nostr
- Swift: https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr-swift
- Python: https://pypi.org/project/nostr-protocol
- High-level client library:
- Rust: https://crates.io/crates/nostr-sdk
- Kotlin:
io.github.rust-nostr:nostr-sdk
- Swift: https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr-sdk-swift
- Python: https://pypi.org/project/nostr-sdk
- Nostr protocol implementation:
- rx-nostr - Supports high quality and flexible communication with multiple Nostr relays.
- nostr-spring-boot-starter - Spring boot starter projects for building Nostr applications.
- mostro-core - common types used by mostro and clients (WIP)
- dart NDK - Nostr Development Kit for dart applications
Bridges and Gateways
- matrix-nostr-bridge - a simple Matrix-to-Nostr or Nostr-to-Matrix bridge
- Mostr - a bridge between Nostr and the Fediverse (Mastodon, ActivityPub, etc.)
- nostrss - A flexible and lightweight application to broadcast RSS feeds on Nostr
- smtp nostr gateway - a bridge that forwards emails to pubkeys as encrypted direct messages
- Nostr over LoRa - a gateway that can relay off-grid Meshtastic messages to NoStr.
- atomstr - RSS/Atom gateway to Nostr. Live at https://atomstr.data.haus
- nostr-to-rss - nostr to RSS bridge, enabling you to subscribe to nostr events in RSS clients
- nostr-to-rss - live instance
Cache services
- Primal - Caching service for Nostr connects to the specified set of relays, collects all events in real time, stores them locally, and makes them available to nostr clients through a web socket-based API.
Tools
- advanced-nostr-search - A tool to search Nostr notes.
- anonroom - anonymous chat room inside nostr
- Bech32 for Nostr - bech32 Nostr converter.
- Nosflare’s Send It - A nostr cloudflare workers proxy relay that publishes to all known relays using nostr.watch API.
- blogsync - Self-host blog articles from long-form notes e.g. via Caddy server.
- cafe-society.news - Self-sovereign machine learning training tool for nostr global feed. Trained models can be monetized/distributed over nostr private messages. Your pre-paid model subscribers register via lightning payments.
- Cloud Seeder - A 1-click deployment and management tool for nostr-rs-relay and other appliances.
- contact cloud - Discover the Nostr contact list graph and your own pubkey in it.
- Contact list backup - Backup and restore your contacts
- granary - Convert nostr content into atom, html, rss, json, indieweb feed, mastodon, microformats2, activitystreams, activitypub/fediverse, jsonfeed, and bluesky’s atproto all with web and rest-api.
- granary.io - live instance
- git-nostr-tools - A cli tool for sending code patches over nostr
- git-nostr - A tool to enhance git cli with nostr communications. Publish patch content, prs, repo name, issues, etc to nostr relay.
- heyxynip5 - A CLI helper for converting nostr npub/nsec to their hex format for NIP-05 verification.
- homebrew-nostr - Homebrew tap for Nostr software.
- http-nostr-publisher - A Cloudflare worker to publish Nostr events to relays through a non-blocking HTTP interface .
- knob - command line tool to post text files to nostr
- keystr-rs - An application for managing Nostr keys. Written in Rust, with simple UI (Iced).
- lnpass - A key manager for Lightning and nostr.
- Nostr profile manager - Backup your nostr profile and metadata
- nashboard - a Nostr network dashboard with network statistics, reachable here
- ndxstr - nostr’s layer 2 indexing nodes, with more advanced querying capability than currently supported by relays
- njump - a nostr static gateway, it displays notes and other stuff from inside nostr as HTML with previews.
- NIPF - A Python facilities manager for NOSTR ecosystem.
- nip06-cli - a Node.js CLI to generate or restore NIP-06 seed phrases
- nip06-web - a website to generate or restore NIP-06 seed phrases
- nip06.jaonoct.us - by jaonoctus
- nkcli - A CLI tool for nostr key manage and serve NIP-46.
- nos2x - nostr signer extension - a browser extension for signing events on 3rd party site without sharing your private keys with them
- nostcat - cat-like nostr client for scripting and debugging written in Rust
- nosdump - A command line tool which dumps (download) events stored in Nostr relays
- nostrame - Nostr Signer and Account Management Extension
- NostrAirTracker - Elonjet on Nostr
- Nostr action - Send events from GitHub Actions
- nostr army knife - nostr army knife by fiatjaf
- nostr-crdt - Use Nostr for collaborative, decentralized, local-first applications with nostr-CRDT Yjs provider.
- nostr GitHub Action - send events from GitHub Actions
- nostr registry - a database of known relays with their uptime and NIP support tables
- NostrReply - Bot that replies to specified text on nostr global feed using NIP50
- nostr_simple_publish - Drupal module to publish content to Nostr.
- nostr-broadcast - This tool lets you take your events from some relays and broadcast them to another relay. Could be helpful for backing up your notes to a private relay.
- nostr-bulk-dms - A tool that allows you to send DMs over nostr to many recipients in bulk.
- nostr-cln-events - A CLN plugin to push clightning node events to nostr
- nostr-commander - simple but convenient CLI-based Nostr app for following users, sending DMs, etc.
- nostr-delete - generate delete events requesting relays drop and delete content you’ve published. Blasts out delete request to many relays.
- nostr-follow-bundler This tool lets you create lists of profiles that other users can then see and follow themselves.
- nostr-fzf - Nostr Directory; a tool for searching usernames and channels
- nostr.json generator - Generate NIP-05 nostr.json from NIP-65 or NIP-07
- nostr-launch - a tool for launching a bunch of relays and clients locally for development and testing
- nostr-notify - desktop nostr notifications using libnotify
- nostr-proxy - Push and get events to your Proxy, get results from multiple Nostr relays.
- nostr-post-checker - check if event exists on relays
- nostr-post-checker - live instance
- NostrP2P - Pure peer-to-peer distributed microblog system on NAT transparent overlay network implemented in Golang based on idea of Nostr
- nostr-rs-relay-compose - a Docker compose deployment for nostr-rs-relay with SSL support based on Traefik
- nostr-spam-detection - An experiment in building a machine learning model to label Nostr spam content for filtering and relay rejection.
- nostr-terminal - SSH-like access to your machine via web terminal, powered by Nostr.
- nostr-tool - Rust CLI tool to generate and publish events
- nostr-wtf - A set of nostr tools available and deployed on a web app including a pubkey converter and relay query tool.
- nostr.directory - searchable database of nostr users and their other social media links.
- nostr.guru - a nostr web gateway for viewing events by their ID
- nostr.io - network statistics with last published notes, top 50 publishers, and top 50 followed users
- nostrandom.netlify.app - generate publish-able Nostr event with random keys
- nostrefresh - simple refresh function for nostr web pages
- nostrends - Trending on Nostr, like Twitter trends. Live at nostrends.vercel.app.
- nostreq - Nostr relay event request generator
- NostrFlu - A tool to collect and resend following lists from relays. You can also check badges.
- nostrit - A tool to publish time delayed nostr events based on triggers.
- nostrit-push - Blaster tool that will take a signed nostr event and push it to many (most?) open relays.
- nostrich.fun - A feature-rich directory of nostr projects. A fork of LightningNetworkStores.com
- nostrify - A Core Lightning plugin that sends events (forwards, connect, disconnect, etc.) to nostr.
- nostril - C cli tool for creating nostr events
- nostrillery - a tool for running performance tests against Nostr relays
- nostro - nostr osint (open source intelligence) tool
- osint-user-discovery - OSINT Discovery is a set of Python scripts designed to search for users or URLs across different social media platforms(nostr, mastodon) and caching services.
- NostrSwap - NostrSwap is a fully decentralized exchange built on Nostr Protocol.
- nostrview - A nostr search engine. Search by content, tags, events or pub keys.
- hostr - nostr-webhost is a tool for hosting SPA on nostr
- nsecbunkerd - Keep your nostr keys in a single place and provide fine-grained access to your team members.
- Obsidian Nostr Writer - A free Obsidian plugin that allows writers to seamlessly publish to Nostr
- powrelay.xyz - A proof of work based nostr explorer.
- rss.nostr.band - Create custom RSS feeds with posts matching your keywords and consume using your favorite RSS reader.
- sb.nostr.band - Search bots that you can create and follow to receive new posts matching a keyword right into your feed.
- Sendbox - A tool to help clients delayed publish your nostr event.
- scoop-nostr - Scoop bucket for Nostr software.
- secret-border - A safe Nostr identity generator.
- strfry policies - A collection of moderation & antispam policies for the strfry relay developed in TypeScript/Deno.
- Spamster - Spamster is for testing relays and spam filters.
- tostr - a twitter to nostr bot
- Undelete my Nostr - Simple tool for restoring deleted nostr account.
- Embed widget - Embed Nostr notes or profiles into any website with just a line of code.
- nostri.chat - An embeded chat widget for your website. (seriously simple like copy/paste)
- NostrTool - a tool to play with keys.
- Nostr NIP-36 Image Redirector - Reverse proxy server which blocks accesses to NIP-36 marked image files from NOT NIP-36 compliant clients.
- LikZap - A nostr bot to zap a note when you like it.
- Zapper - Nostr micro-app for zapping
- Replies - Nostr micro-app for viewing replies and reactions to events
- Chief - A Strfry write policy plugin that provides blacklists for public keys, event kinds and words/sentences.
- nostr-badges - Nostr badge microservice for managing self-awarded badges. Live at app.akaprofiles.com
- nostpy-cli - A Python command line nostr client/tool for relay development
- metadata_updater - Scans all known online nostr relays for stale kind 0 metadata notes, rebroadcasts latest verified note
NIP-05 identity services
- bitcoiner.chat - A free NIP-05 ID registration service.
- getalby.com - Lightning wallet with NIP-05 ID registration service.
- iris.to - A Nostr client that provides a free NIP-05 ID
- lifpay.me - Lightning wallet with NIP-05 ID registration service.
- nanostr - A NIP-05 name server written in Deno.
- nip05.social - A free and anonymous NIP-05 ID registration service
- nostr-relay.org - A NIP-05 ID registration service
- zaps.lol - A free and open source NIP-05 ID registration service. Run your own.
- easyNostr - NIP-05 ID provider: Use your own domain, or one of ours: nostr.ly, mynostr.io, easyNostr.com.
- easyNostr-NIP05 - WordPress plugin to enable your site as a NIP-05 endpoint for every registered user on your system using your own domain.
- nostrcheck.me - A free NIP-05 ID (nostr address) registration service, lightning redirection and media uploads.
- Nostr-Check.com - A free NIP-05 ID registration service.
- nostrplebs - A NIP-05 ID registration service.
- nostrprotocol.net - A free NIP-05 identifier service.
- plebs.place - A NIP-05 ID registration service (in portuguese).
- pleroma2nip05 - A Python based service to link pleroma ID’s to nostr keys.
- younostr.com - A NIP-05 ID registration service (in portuguese).
- onlyzaps.club - A free, open-source and anonymous NIP-05 ID registration service for all
- nip05.nostr.band - A NIP-05 ID registration service.
- nostrich.love - A Nostr Address registration service.
- swarmstr.com - A free Nostr Address registration service.
- siamstr.com - A free NIP-05 ID registration service, lightning redirection.
- toastr.space - Paid NIP-05 and Reputation Badge service. Verify and link your identity from Twitter or GitHub to your Nostr account, and get a badge to prove it.
- Nostrich House - Paid NIP-05 service with nostr bot interface. Buy your nostr address with DM to [email protected] for 1 sat/hour, anonymous, immediate.
- NostrAddress.com - Free and Paid Nostr Address (NIP-05) identifier service with premium relay and vanity domains.
Offline signers
- keechain - Bitcoin application to transform your offline computer in an AirGap Signing Device (aka Hardware Wallet) with support to
NIP-06
andNIP-26
. - nostr-signing-device - Signing device for Nostr built on ESP32
- nostrum - Nostrum it’s a mobile app that allows you to sign transactions and messages with your Nostr keys. Nostrum is the reference implementation for a remote signer app (ie. Wallet) of the Nostr Connect protocol.
- amber - Amber is a nostr event signer for Android. It allows users to keep their nsec segregated in a single, dedicated app. The goal of Amber is to have your smartphone act as a NIP-46 signing device without any need for servers or additional hardware. “Private keys should be exposed to as few systems as possible as each system adds to the attack surface,” as the rationale of said NIP states. In addition to native apps, Amber aims to support all current nostr web applications without requiring any extensions or web servers.
Vanity pubkey mining
- glasnostr - CLI tool to mine a vanity prefix for your nostr npub
- go-pubmine - Multithreading nostr keypair generator which gives pretty (vanity) public keys. Both cli and web app are available.
- key-generator - A simple tool to generate nostr keypair.
- noclvag - OpenCL cli tool to mine vanity keys on gpu
- nostr-pubminer - A simple tool to mine nostr vanity pubkeys
- nostr.rest - Mine proof of work public keys with user specified prefixes
- nostr-vanity-address-generator - Cross-platform nostr vanity address generator
- nostrogen - simple web based nostr vanity address generator
- powpub - A decentralized protocol to buy Nostr vanity pubkeys or sell hashrate
- WebLN demo - Simple web demo where clients can pay with WebLN
- rana - Vanity pubkey miner based on nip13
Peer-to-peer markets
- crusty-n3xb - Rust library implementing the n3xB Bitcoin exchange protocol
- mostro - Daemon for Lightning Network peer-to-peer exchange platform on Nostr (WIP)
- mostro-cli - CLI client to operate with Mostro (WIP)
- mostro-web - Web client to operate with Mostro (WIP)
- n3xB - Proposal for a Bitcoin exchange protocol and a globally shared order book on Nostr
NIP-07 Browser extensions
Allow you to sign Nostr events on web-apps without having to give them your keys
- Aka Profiles - Nostr Signing Extension for Chrome supporting multiple key pairs based on nos2x.
- Alby - Bitcoin Lightning app with nostr support
- Blockcore - Multi wallet browser extension with nostr support
- horse - hardware remote nostr event signer with webserial
- Keys.Band - Multi-key Nostr signing extension for Chrome with a sleak UI/UX. Based on NOS2X.
- NIP-07 Signing Extension Tester - This Next.js app tests NIP-07, showing supported functions and raw results for the current signing extension.
- nodestr - A nip07 provider and polyfill for NodeJS
- nos2x - Nostr Signer Extension
- nos2x-fox - A Firefox add-on that lets you manager your Nostr keys in one place, and then sign events in websites without exposing your private key
- nostrame - Nostr Signer and Account Management Extension
- Nostore on GitHub - Nostr Signer Extension for iOS/macOS Safari (Nostore on Mac App Store)
- nostr-keyx - A NIP-07 browser extension that uses the OS’s keychain or YubiKey to protect your private keys.
- nostr - A free, open source, and decentralized password manager, powered by NOSTR
- nowser - A secure nostr key management and signing app for iOS and Android that supports NIP-07, NIP-46 and NIP-55
- OneKey - Open-source crypto wallet with nosrt support.
- Signum XT Wallet - Metamask-like browser extension for Signum blockchain with full NIP07 support and multi-account management
- Spring Browser - Nostr-focused browser app for Android.
- TokenPocket - Multi wallet browser extension with nostr support. https://tokenpocket.pro
- wen - browser extension for website enhancer with nostr
NIP-47 Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) implementations
Clients (apps using NWC to access a LN wallet)
- Damus - The OG nostr client for iOS
- Amethyst - Android only app
- Lume - Cross-platform desktop app
- Nostur - A nostr client for iPhone and macOS
- Nostrmo - A flutter nostr client for Android, IOS, MacOS, Windows, Web and Linux.
- nostter - Twitter-like web client
- Spring Browser - Nostr-focused browser app for Android.
- YakiHonne - iOS and Android app
- Yana - Yana is a nostr client focused on performance in slower devices and modularity of features.
- Alby Go - A simple lightning mobile wallet interface that works great with Alby Hub.
Endpoints (services or apps that expose a LN wallet via NWC)
- Alby NWC (Umbrel) - Umbrel app for exposing your self-custodial Umbrel LN Wallet over NWC
- Alby NWC (Web) - Web portal for exposing your custodial Alby account over NWC
- Mutiny - Self-custodial LN wallet that runs in the browser
NIP-57 Zaps compatible wallets and solutions
- Alby - Bitcoin Lightning app with nostr support
- Bipa - User-friendly Bitcoin wallet for buying and selling bitcoin with lightning and pix support
- Blink - Blink (ex Bitcoin Beach Wallet)
- btcpayserver - btcpayserver has NIP-57 support for LN addresses since 1.9 version
- Current - nostr client + lightning wallet
- LifPay - Bitcoin Lightning app with personalized features
- LNbits - Bitcoin Lightning accounting system, zappable LNaddresses
- nostdress - Lightning addresses server based on satdress. Adapted to work with Nostr features (NIP05, NIP57)
- Wallet of Satoshi - Custodial lightning wallet
- Zebedee app - Zebedee’s wallet/lightning app
- ZeusLN - A mobile Bitcoin/Lightning app for LND, Core Lightning, and Eclair node operators
- zap_server - An LNURL server to recieve zaps to tor hosted node and generate kind 9735 zap receipt events
NIP-90 Data vending machines
- data-vending-machines.org - This website provides specs of the different NIP-90 Data Vending Machine kinds
- data vending machine example - Nostr data vending machine example by Pablof7z
- dvm references - reference implementation of a DVM (Data Vending Machine) backend
- nostr-dvm-ts - Typescript examples of Nostr Data Vending Machines
- vendata.io - data processing AI marketplace with nostr data vending machines
- tasktiger.io - another DVM provider
- DVM Clients and Services Tutorial - Nostr Data Vending Machine Clients and Services Tutorial by Kody Low
- NostrDVM - NostrDVM: Nostr NIP90 Data Vending Machine Framework in python
- DVMDash - Monitoring & debugging tool for data vending machines; tracks dvm performance and payments
- ezdvm - Quickly put any python code in a DVM! Simple library built on nostr-sdk python bindings
NIP-96 File Storage Servers
- nostrcheck.me
- nostrage
- sove
- nostr.build
- sovbit
- void.cat
- nostpic
- mockingyou.com
- nostr.onch.services
-
Updated list of NIP-96 servers here
Nostr Web Services (NWS)
- nws - route TCP over Nostr relays
Adjacent protocols
- Blossom - Blobs stored simply on mediaservers
Games on Nostr
- NostrDice - NostrDice is a provably fair betting game combining the power of Lightning and Nostr.
- Live: app.nostrdice.com
Communities
Outside of nostr itself, you find the community on:
- Discord - a discord server for nostr enthusiasts and developers
- Matrix: nostrdev - a matrix server for nostr developers
- Reddit /r/nostr - subreddit for nostr related discussion
- Telegram: nostr Protocol - telegram group for nostr protocol discussion
- Telegram: nostr CN - chinese telegram group for nostr
- Telegram: nostr ES (Español/Spanish) - spanish telegram group for nostr
- Telegram: nostr FR (Francophone/French) - french telegram group for nostr
- Telegram: nostr NL (Dutch, Nederlands) - Dutch nostr group
- Telegram: nostr RU/UA/BY - an Eastern European community in telegram group for nostr
- Telegram: YakiHonne Daily Featured - telegram group for YakiHonne discussions
Tutorials
- Build your first nostr app - Nostr Dev course by Super Testnet
- Reddit clone by Super Testnet - part 1,part 2 - building a reddit clone by Super Testnet
- How to set up a paid nostr relay
- How to: Run your own nostr relay (nostr-rs-relay, Caddy, no Docker)
- Nostr Newcomers Most Common Questions and Answers
- nostr workshop with super testnet
- Set up a nostr relay server in under 5 minutes
- Step-by-Step guide to set up a relay on your server (AWS, DigitalOcean, RaspBerry… )
- strfry personal relay - 10 minute setup of a personal nostr relay on a vanilla Linux VPS. Adds support for NIP-65.
- SuperConductor - Creating Java Nostr-Relay Framework & Web Application event-handlers
Recommended reading/watching
- Nostr, an introduction - written by scsibug
- Why I’m Betting Big On Nostr - written by Max Webster, Hivemind VC
- Why Nostr Matters - written by Jameson Lopp
- A vision for content discovery and relay usage for basic social-networking in Nostr - written by fiatjaf
- Nostr Documentary - Social Media is broken. Can we fix it?
- What is Nostr? - Uncle Bob explains nostr
- Decentralizing Global Markets with Nostr - Guy Swann and Pablof7z
-
[FEDSTR: Money-In AI-Out A Decentralized Marketplace for Federated Learning and LLM Training on the NOSTR Protocol](https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15834) - written by Konstantinos E. Nikolakakis, George Chantzialexiou, Dionysis Kalogerias. - Exploring the Nostr Ecosystem: A Study of Decentralization and Resilience - written by Yiluo Wei, Gareth Tyson.
Podcasts
- Nostrovia Podcast - A Nostr podcast covering all the new projects, all the new cool stuff, all the new NIPs
- Nost talks - Nostr related news and interviews
- Thank god for nostr - The Thank God For Nostr podcast explores the ins and outs of Nostr, the decentralized social protocol, through a Christian lens
- La Cosa Nostr - A podcast about the nostr decentralized communications protocol.
- No Strings - freedom tech podcast
- Plebchain Radio - weekly live audio show made for plebs, by plebs which focuses on the intersection of Nostr protocol and Bitcoin plebs.
Other links
- inosta api - Expensive Image Hosting Service
- api.inosta.cc - Backend live instance
- inosta.cc - Demonstrator live instance
- logseq-nostr-sync - Logseq plugin to receive new entries as DM.
- Media caching server for Nostr - caches resized profile pictures and banners to save bandwidth for clients
- nostr icons - Purple, white, and black icons in various formats designed for nostr.
- nostr icons 2 - Another repository of nostr icons (rounded, rectangular)
- Nostr playground - JSON-based web client written in vanilla JavaScript
- nostr playground in Ruby
- nostr-book - NIPs compiled into a book
- nostr-logo - Logo and icons for the nostr protocol.
- nostr.build - nostr image uploader
- nostrability - The practical documentation of how various nostr apps play together.
- RSS feeds for news on Nostr - a curated list of news press channels RSS feeds that we can follow on Nostr
- search posts/profiles by keyword - posts from major relays indexed and searchable in real-time
- Summaries of all Nostr Improvements Proposals - ChatGPT generated summaries of all NIPs by k00b
- Tracker for Undocumented Nostr Event Kinds - monitors undocumented event kinds in the nostr network
- vanilla-js-nostr - a demo of posting and viewing a feed in nostr using vanilla javascript
- Zaplife - Real-time feed for nostr zaps. The best tool to shut up the “lightning doesn’t work” people.
- wellorder nostr datasets - Public standardized nostr datasets for benchmarking, data science, or other analysis.
- ostrich.work - nostr job board
- njump.me - hosted http gateway for browsing profiles, notes and relays
- awesome-nostr-japan - awesome nostr japan
- awesome-nostr-possibilities - Nostr will fail if it stays just another social media protocol. This repo lists ideas for non-social-media applications.
Deprecated
- branle - a Twitter-like client that was discontinued but lives on in its fork “Astral”.
- Bija - A desktop client written in python. Currently Linux only
- Flamingo - Nostr browser extension with a focus on UX
- Listr - A Nostr Web Client for Making Lists.
- expensive relay - a relay that requires payment for registration
- nodestr - a Node.js implementation
- Nozzle - A lightweight Android client
- Hamstr - A twitter-style web client built with Vue.js
- nostr-pass - experimenting with nostr priv/pub key pairs for replacing passwords
- nostrpy - relay, client, and other tooling in python (No longer being developed.)
- rsslay - fork of the rsslay by @fiatjaf. a bridge that puts RSS feeds into Nostr optimized, more funcionalities and UI improvements. Live at rsslay.nostr.moe
Related Resources
To explore other aspects of the Bitcoin and freedom tech ecosystem, check out these additional resource directories:
- dlc.wiki - Everything you need to know about Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs), an innovative Bitcoin smart contract technology.
- ungovernable.tech - A curated collection of resources on encryption, privacy tools, and decentralized technologies.
- pubkey.tech - Pubky resources, libraries, tools and applications. Pubky is an open protocol for per-public-key backends for censorship resistant web applications
- lightning-network.tech - A curated collection of essential tools, guides, and communities for Bitcoin Lightning Network node operators.
- liquidnetwork.wiki - A curated list of Liquid Network resources, libraries, tools and applications
Contributing
If you’d like to add something to this list, please submit a Pull Request on GitHub.
This resource guide is maintained by aljaz. Your contributions help keep this information up-to-date and valuable for the nostr community.