awesome-nostr

"nostr" stands for "Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays" and is an open protocol for censorship-resistant global networks created by @fiatjaf.

Protocol

nostr - overview and FAQ
NIPs - the "Nostr Implementation Possibilities" describe the protocol in technical detail
nostr, a basic tour - an intro to nostr
Nostr: Solucionando la censura de una vez por todas

Relays

Relays are (so far) application agnostic. You can run your own or use any or all of the public instances.

Implementations

NNostr - a C# relay
nostr-rs-relay - a minimalistic relay written in Rust that saves data on SQLite
Relayer Basic - a simple relay based on relayer backed by Postgres
nodestr - a Node.js implementation
expensive relay - a relay that requires payment for registration
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
NostrPostr Relay - a Kotlin Relay supporting both SQLite and Postgresql
nostrypy - relay, client and other tooling in python
nostr-ts-relay - a nostr relay written in Typescript backed by PostgreSQL

Instances

Instances are plenty and their availability may vary but these projects track them:

nostr relay registry - real-time checking of status of some known relays
nostr.info - real-time checking of status of some known relays
nostr.watch - real-time checking of status of some known relays with advanced checks.

Clients

branle - a Twitter-like client with chat. Some instances:
- branle.netlify.app - by fiatjaf
- nostr.rocks
- branle.wlvs.space
- branle tor - on tor
astral - a branle fork with global feed and UI makeover
- astral.ninja
damus - a twitter-like nostr client for iOS and MacOS
- damus on testflight
more-speech - desktop client for nostr written in Clojure
futr - nostr client desktop app written in Haskell
nvote, Nvote is a decentralized, vote-driven community similar to services like Reddit and HackerNews. Nvote is powered by nostr
- nvote.co
Minds - open source social network. Supports reading and creating posts using the Nostr protocol
alphaama - playground by Tiago Balas
Jester - Chess over nostr
Sendstr - shared clipboard between devices over nostr
noscl - a basic command-line client written in Go
loquaz - a desktop app written in Rust for direct encrypted chat
nostr console - a nostr command line client written in Dart. Binaries available for Windows, Linux and MacOS.
anigma - A clone of telegram built on nostr
ArcadeCity - Public group chats and P2P services (WIP) over nostr
second exchange - an experiment to work out something of like medium , something of creator economy where users are rewarded for engaging quality discussion and most importantly engaging in governance related discussion.
scalastr - A barebones nostr client written in scala
Nostros - A nostr mobile client for Android
NostrEmitter- Simple E2E encrypted client and EventEmitter object.
Lightning.Pub- A nostr daemon for Lightning nodes.
shockwallet- A Lightning wallet that uses nostr and lnurl to connect to nodes.
coracle - A nostr web client
nostrweb - another nostr web client in vanilla JS
- nostr.ch - live instance
Bija - A desktop client written python. Currently Linux only.
Nosky - A native Android client for Nostr. Still in development.

Client reviews and/or comparisons

Feature comparison of Nostr clients as of mid-2022

Libraries

NNostr.Client - a C# Nostr library for use by clients
nostr-tools - a JavaScript client that abstracts the relay management code for use by clients
go-nostr - a Go library that implements relay management, plus event encoding and signing utils
nostr_rust - Functional Rust implementation of the nostr protocol
nostr-js - a javascript implementation of the nostr protocol
nostr-rs - a Rust implementation of the nostr protocol
nostr-rs-sdk - Nostr protocol implementation, SDK and FFI written in Rust
relayer - a server framework for writing custom relays
NostrPostr - a Kotlin Nostr library for clients or relays
python-nostr - a python library for making clients
nostr-bot - a Rust library for writing bots
NostrKit - a Swift library for interacting with relays
nostr-relay-inspector - A library that returns useful information about relays based on nostr-js

Bridges and Gateways

rsslay - a bridge that puts RSS feeds into Nostr
smtp nostr gateway - a bridge that forwards emails to pubkeys as encrypted direct messages
matrix-nostr-bridge a simple Matrix-to-Nostr or Nostr-to-Matrix bridge

Tools

git-nostr-tools - A cli tool for sending code patches over nostr
nostr-cln-events - A CLN plugin to push clightning node events to nostr
nostr registry - a database of known relays with their uptime and NIP support tables
nostr-fzf - Nostr Directory; a tool for searching usernames and channels
nostr-notify - desktop nostr notifications using libnotify
nostr-launch - a tool for launching a bunch of relays and clients locally for development and testing
nos2x - nostr signer extension - a browser extension for signing events on 3rd party site without sharing your private keys with them
nostr GitHub Action - send events from GitHub Actions
wen - browser extension for website enhancer with nostr
nostrefresh - simple refresh function for nostr web pages
anonroom - anonymous chat room inside nostr
nostril - C cli tool for creating nostr events
nostr-rs-relay-compose - a Docker compose deployment for nostr-rs-relay with SSL support based on Traefik
tostr - a twitter to nostr bot
nostr.com - a nostr web gateway for viewing events by their ID
nostrandom.netlify.app - generate publish-able Nostr event with random keys
nashboard and here - a Nostr network dashboard with network statistics
nostr army knife - nostr army knife by fiatjaf
joinstr - coinjoin implementation using nostr
ndxstr - nostr's layer 2 indexing nodes, with more advanced querying capability than currently supported by relays
nostrillery - a tool for running performance tests against Nostr relays
nostr-terminal - SSH-like access to your machine via web terminal, powered by Nostr.
nostcat - cat-like nostr client for scripting and debugging written in Rust
rana - Nostr mining pubkey with multi threading
nostreq - Nostr relay event request generator
nostr.io - network statistics with last published notes, top 50 publishers and top 50 followed users
nostr-commander - simple but convenient CLI-based Nostr app for following users, sending DMs, etc.

Browser extensions

Allow you to sign Nostr events on web-apps without having to give them your keys.

Alby - Bitcoin Lightning app with nostr support
nos2x - Nostr Signer Extension

Community

Outside of nostr itself, you find the community on:

nostr telegram group - a telegram group for nostr protocol discussion
nostr reddit - a sub reddit for nostr related discussion

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