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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
Apps
Mobile clients
- Damus - iOS, Android and Desktop client ⚡ zap
- Wisp - Android-only app ⚡ zap
- Amethyst - Android-only app ⚡ zap
- Primal - iOS and Android apps ⚡ zap
- YakiHonne - iOS and Android app ⚡ zap
Web clients
Protocol
- NIPs!stars - 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.how - A comprehensive non-technical beginners guide to Nostr. Available in several languages.
- nostr.com - nostr getting started guide
- nostrich.love - a normie-friendly introduction and quick start guide. ⚡ zap
- NostrHub - Your HUB for all things Nostr. Discover NIPs and publish your own Custom NIPs, Community forum, Nostr app directory, Nostr app GitHub repositories, DVMs, and more.
- nostr!stars - Overview and FAQ
- data-vending-machines!stars - DVM documentation and kind registry
- registry-of-kinds!stars - Registry of NIP kind definitions
- 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.
- Building Nostr - A guide for developers building on Nostr (PDF/EPUB available).
- persian nostr book - a book written in the Persian language about nostr, containing nips translation. ⚡ zap
- nostr-book!stars - NIPs reordered into chapters for readability. PDF, ePUB, and web.
- NosTracker
- Information about NIP support for clients, relays, tools and libraries. Like a caniuse but for NIPs.
- Grow Nostr Initiative - Empowering the future of decentralized social communication through community initiatives, education, and outreach.
- Marmot Protocol!stars - A messaging protocol specification for efficient end-to-end encrypted group messaging using Nostr's decentralized identity & relay network combined with the MLS Protocol.
- keytr!stars - KEYS TRANSMITTED OVER RELAYS Nostr login protocol using WebAuthn passkeys to encrypt and distribute nsec keys
- gozzip!stars - An open, censorship-resistant protocol for social media and messaging. Inherits Nostr's proven primitives — secp256k1 identity, signed events, relay transport — and adds a storage and retrieval layer where users own their data
- 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
- Alienos!stars - A plugin-able and manageable (NIP-86) lightweight nostr stack (relay/blossom/nip-05) designed for self-hosting. Supporting tor hidden service and full running documentation.
- Astro!stars - Elixir-based implementation built to be performant and highly distributed.
- blastr!stars - A nostr cloudflare workers proxy relay that publishes to all known relays
- Bostr!stars - Nostr bouncer relay aggregator proxy written in NodeJS
- Bostr2!stars - Nostr bouncer relay aggregator proxy written in Go
- broadcastr!stars - Nostr relay that transmits events to other relays
- Bucket!stars - in-memory-only nodejs relay for testing/hacking on. Stupid simple, <100 LOC.
- cagliostr!stars - Faster Nostr relay in C++ backend by sqlite3.
- cfrelay!stars - A personal nostr relay base on cloudflare workers.
- Chorus!stars - Rust based personal or community relay.
- Citrine!stars - Nostr relay for Android
- DDSR!stars - Dezh DSRs (Domain specific relays) is a set of lightweight relays designed to do exactly one thing, better than general relays to enhance UX:
- Denostr!stars - Deno based, cloud native nostr implemention.
- Ephemerelay!stars - An in-memory Nostr relay that doesn't store data.
- Fenrir-s!stars - a Nostr Relay written in Kotlin with PostgreSQL backend and GraalVM support. ⚡ zap
- gnost-relay !stars - nostr relay written in go backed by PostgreSQL database.
- grain!stars - A highly configurable, multipurpose relay written in Go, Storing Events in a MongoDB.
- HAVEN!stars - Four relays in one + Blossom Media Server for a modern, sovereign and personal Nostr experience.
- Immortal!stars - A relay designed for scale and high-load.
- khatru!stars . a framework for making custom Nostr relays
- knostr!stars - a nostr relay implemented in Kotlin with support for Postgres and metrics(micrometer).
- me.untethr.nostr-relay!stars - a relay written in Clojure.
- Minds Nostr Relay - a relay for Minds, an open-source social network
- monstr- python code for working with nostr
- multiplextr !stars - A custom relay designed to save bandwidth for clients with multiplexer support.
- n0str!stars - Nostr relay designed for maximum simplicity without sacrificing power
- Nerostr - A Nostr expensive relay paid with Monero and written in Go.
- netstr!stars - A general purpose Nostr relay written in C# with high test coverage, backed by Postgres DB.
- Nex !stars - A powerful and scalable Nostr relay written in Elixir with Postgres DB.
- NIP-29 Group Chat Relay!stars - NIP-29 Group Chat Relay based on fiatjaf's Relay29 and Khatru.
- NNostr!stars - a C# relay.
- Nosflare!stars - a serverless Nostr relay purpose-built for Cloudflare Workers and the Cloudflare KV store.
- Nostpy!stars - An easy to deploy/audit Python relay for beginner relay operators.
- Nostr client and relay!stars - C++ engine that allows building Nostr applications for command line, desktop or web.
- nostrcheck-server!stars - A server with relay, File Hosting, Nostr Address, Lightning Redirects, NWC and WoT.
- nostrfy!stars - High-performance Nostr relay engine written in Rust. Fast, memory-efficient, all-in-one NIPs relay & built-in Blossom server, and built for modern relays.
- nostr_relay - a nostr relay written in Python, backed by SQLite
- nostr-filter-relay!stars - 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. ⚡ zap
- nostr-relay-nestjs!stars - A Nostr relay with a clear architecture and high test coverage (PostgreSQL, MeiliSearch, NestJS)
- nostr-relay!stars - Nostr relay in Go based on relayer. Backend by sqlite3/PostgreSQL/mysql.
- nostr-rs-relay - a minimalistic relay written in Rust that saves data on SQLite
- nostream!stars - a nostr relay written in Typescript backed by PostgreSQL (renamed from nostr-ts-relay).
- nostring!stars - A Nostr relay written in Deno.
- NostrPostr Relay - a Kotlin Relay supporting both SQLite and Postgresql.
- Notra!stars - F# implementation backed by SQLite database.
- ORLY - fast relay written in Go, forked from Relayer, using highly optimized message encoders, SIMD enabled hash and hex encoding, built in blossom server, a fully configurable policy based ACL, simple follows ACL for personal relays, and a collection of tools for testing and benchmarking nostr relays, and support for dgraph and neo4j graph databases, and a simple web UI for users to search, backup and delete their events.
- PyRelay!stars - a python implementation of a Nostr relay, using asyncio.
- QNostr!stars - A Nostr protocol implementation for clients as a Qt Module in C++
- Relayer Basic - a simple relay based on _relayer_ backed by Postgres
- rely !stars - A golang framework for building super custom nostr relays you can rely on.
- rnostr!stars - A high-performance and scalable nostr relay written in Rust.
- Servus!stars - 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.
- Shugur!stars - High performance relay written in Go, uses CockroachDB.
- søstr!stars - 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!stars - C++ implementation backed by LMDB with efficient syncing of events using Merkle trees
- SuperConductor!stars - 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.
- swarm!stars - Nostr Team Relay with additional controls for kinds, blossom media mirroring
- SW2!stars - A relay with read and write whitelisting for private uses, small communities, knowledge bases, or dropboxes.
- tandem!stars - WIP: community focused relay written in Go
- Transpher!stars - experimental PHP implementation with file or sqlite storage, configurable limits
- zapstore/server!stars - A Nostr relay and Blossom server for the Zapstore ecosystem.
- zooid!stars - A multi-tenant Nostr relay designed for communities.
- WoT relay!stars - relay for every note in your web of trust
- wisp!stars - A lightweight Nostr relay implementation focused on simplicity and performance
- groups_relay - A Nostr NIP-29 Group Chat Relay implementation
- bloom - Bloom is a high-performance hybrid server for the Nostr ecosystem. It functions as both a Blossom Protocol implementation for media storage and a Nostr Relay for event distribution
- nostr-relay - AMPHP-based async WebSocket relay server for Nostr protocol
- Shirushi - A web-based Nostr protocol testing and monitoring tool built in Go. Test NIP implementations, monitor relay connections, and explore the Nostr network through an intuitive dashboard
- AlgoRelay!stars - An algorithmic Nostr relay that personalizes feeds based on user interactions, follows, and viral content.
- bcr-relay!stars - Specialized relay for the Bitcredit protocol.
- booger!stars - Nostr relay implementation by Stacker News.
- chronicle!stars - A personal Nostr relay that lets you keep your own copy of your notes.
- HORNET Storage!stars - A multimedia-focused Nostr relay with built-in support for storing larger media files.
- jingle!stars - A simple Nostr relay framework.
- mimoty!stars - A Nostr relay implementation.
- nex!stars - A Nostr relay implementation.
- nostpy-relay!stars - A Python Nostr relay.
- nostr-filter!stars - A filter proxy for Nostr relays.
- Nostrify - Nostr framework for Deno and web — relay, client, and shared utilities by the Soapbox team.
- note-mixer-relay!stars - A relay that mixes notes between users for privacy.
- noxir!stars - Nostr relay implementation in Elixir.
- Pyramid!stars - Invite-only Nostr relay built on khatru, with web-of-trust style invitation tree.
- Snowflare!stars - A Nostr relay that runs on Cloudflare Workers.
Relay lists
Websites with lists of relays and their performance/health:- georelays!stars - A collection of nostr relays and their estimated geographic locations for discovering nearby relays.
- relay.nostr.net - relay run by nostr.net
- nostr.info - real-time checking of the status of some known relays.
- nostr.watch!stars - real-time checking of the status of some known relays.
- relays.xport.top - relays list sortable by ping, activity, etc.
- trustedrelays.xyz - relays list with trust scores for known relays using Trusted Relay Assertions.
Clients
Long form clients
- untype.app
- Habla.news!stars - 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.
- Highlighter - Discover and share curated insights by people you trust.
- Breefly - A low-stimulus environment where you can read articles published on nostr.
- Decent Newsroom - Explore, publish and create long form articles and magazines on nostr. ⚡ zap
- readwithboris.com - Long form reading and highlighting app.
- blogo!stars - A simple, fast and clean blog platform powered by Nostr.
- blogstack.io - Long-form publishing platform on Nostr.
- Boris!stars⚡ zap - A Nostr long-form reading client.
- Captain's Log!stars - A Nostr-powered long-form journal application.
- MAKIMONO - Long-form writing client by the Lumilumi team.
- Manent - Long-form Nostr reading and writing client.
- Samizdat - Censorship-resistant long-form publishing on Nostr.
- readstr!stars - A Google Reader-style feed aggregator unifying RSS feeds, Nostr long-form content (NIP-23), and video channels in one place.
Video/Audio
- Corny Chat!stars - Corny Chat is an open source audio space built on Jam that integrates Nostr and Lightning.
- Divine!stars - Divine is a decentralized, short-form video sharing global discovery platform built on the Nostr protocol.
- HiveTalk!stars - Hivetalk is an open source real-time Video and screensharing platform built on mirotalk that integrates Nostr and Lightning.
- Nostr Nests!stars - Nostr Nests is an audio space for chatting, brainstorming, debating, jamming, micro-conferences and more. NostrNests.com
- nostrube!stars - Nostr based video sharing platform
- YakBak!stars - YakBak is a modern social platform built on the Nostr protocol that allows users to share and interact with voice messages. YakBak.app
- Shosho!stars - Shosho app lets users stream their phone camera and chat with friends and followers on Nostr livestreams. Streams can be viewed on Shosho.live
- zap.stream!stars - zap.stream is an interactive livestreaming service for content spanning gaming, entertainment, sports, music, and more.
- Slidestr - Image and slideshow viewer for Nostr.
- Stemstr - A music collaboration platform built on Nostr.
- Swae!stars - A short-form video client for Nostr.
- Unfiltered!stars - A Nostr video sharing platform.
- Flora!stars - Browser extension for Nostr media discovery.
Mobile
- 0xchat on iOS - 0xchat on Android- Daisy - Mobile client for Android and iOS
- nospeak!stars - A nospeak is a modern F-Droid Nostr chat client.
- Nmail!stars - Flutter email client for Nostr - send and receive encrypted emails using the Nostr protocol.
- NosCall!stars - A secure audio and video calling app built on Nostr protocol. Features end-to-end encrypted calls with cross-platform support.
- Nymchat!stars - A like iRC lightweight, yet feature-rich, ephemeral chat client built on Nostr protocol, bridged with Bitchat for anonymous, temporary messaging.
- Pika!stars - End-to-end encrypted messaging for iOS, Android, and Desktop, built on MLS over Nostr.
- Zemzeme!stars - Private, serverless messaging for Android — offline Bluetooth mesh, peer-to-peer, and Nostr relay. No accounts, no internet required
- VaultChat - Encrypted Android messenger built on Nostr. NIP-44 v2, groups, Decoy PIN. No phone number, no email, no server.
- LiberMedia!stars - Android + Web client with zaps, DMs, media and groups. ⚡ zap
- Makoré!stars - End-to-end encrypted messenger with NIP-17/NIP-44 DMs, group chats and zaps. Android + Web. ⚡ zap
Other
- Agora !stars - Follow your favorite topics in nostr-verse (and even posts from Mastodon, Reddit, Bluesky, and Twitter)
- Alexandria!stars - A Knowledge Base and future eReader app. Focuses on the implementation of NKBIP-01
- algia-web!stars - A small resource consumption oriented Nostr web client
- algia!stars - A cli application for nostr.
- alphaama!stars - alphaama is just a nostr fucking client
- Amethyst!stars - An Android client for nostr written in Kotlin
- Anonostr!stars - 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.
- Asknostr.site - A Quora/StackOverflow Q&A site using the nostr network and #asknostr content
- astraea!stars - A nostr client
- Attached!stars - Open-Source ReactNative Expo app for Nostr (iOS, Android). Currently under app store review
- badger!stars - A NIP58 nostr badge client. Create Badges view Profile Badges and more.
- Beagle!stars - 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.
- Bikel!stars - Bicycle ride tracking,sharing, and cycling event client app and webpage www.bikel.ink
- BlazeJump!stars - A fast web client boilerplate written in C# / Blazor, that uses an in-browser SQLite database.
- Bookstr- Discover, track, and share your reading journey on the decentralized Nostr network. No corporations. No ads. No data tracking. Just books.
- Buzz!stars - Workspace where AI agents and humans collaborate on their own relay.
- Bold Bitcoin Wallet!stars - A Bitcoin wallet implementing MPC TSS over Nostr for decentralized device pairing and transaction signing. Connect devices from anywhere via Nostr relays with NIP-44 encryption
- Blobbi - Your Virtual Pet on the Nostr Network. Adopt and care for your own unique digital companion that lives forever on the decentralized web.
- Blowater - A desktop Web client focusing on chat with delightful UX
- Brezn!stars - PWA client for Nostr focusing on local networking using five-digit geohash (4.9 × 4.9 km cell). Like CB radio for the internet: local communication in your area, without central control.
- caracal - Nostr client for the Gemini protocol. Use Nostr from your Gemini browser! nsite
- cassette - Portable WASM relays with standardized interface/bindings.
- Clawstr!stars - Social network for AI agents on Nostr clawstr.com
- +Chorus![stars] - +chorus is a simple space for communities to gather, share, and support each other.
- connect4!stars - connect 4 over nostr
- Coracle Chat!stars - A standalone port of Coracle's old chat functionality
- Coracle DMs!stars - A standalone port of Coracle's old DM functionality
- Coracle!stars - A nostr web client
- danmakustr!stars - a chrome extension allowing users to send special comments (弹幕, danmaku) on YouTube and display them above the video.
- Denny!stars - Secure, private, and decentralized group chat messaging client on Nostr
- Ditto!stars - A social platform for people who want to have fun, not feed the Big Tech machine. Open source, decentralized, and entirely yours to customize and build upon.
- Disgus!stars - A comment widget like Disqus, but for Nostr.
- Discerned!stars - Browser extension that lets you clip a page with its original layout intact, rate it on a five-level signal scale, and publish your evaluation to Nostr; private clips stay in your browser and publishing is always opt-in.
- dispute!stars - A cross-platform (Linux, Android, iOS, macOS, Windows and Web) client for NOSTR
- Docstr - Collaborative Documents (Google Docs Alternative)
- Dtan!stars - Distributed Torrent Archive on Nostr - A self-replicating torrent index built on Nostr protocol.
- earthly!stars - A social geojson editor with maps on Nostr
- electron-nostr!stars - 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!stars - Encrypted DMs over nostr with lightning payments integrated (WIP).
- Fevela!stars - A Nostr social client with an innovative interface that gives you back full control of your attention and time.
- Flycat!stars - A 2000s old-school style web client which support blogging on Nostr
- FSociety!stars - Portable desktop messenger offering encrypted private chats, communities, and file sharing. (windows/linux)
- Formstr!stars - A Google Forms alternative built on top of the nostr protocol.
- futr!stars - nostr client desktop app written in Haskell
- getwired.app!stars Anonymous-first client with PoW notes
- gitplaza - git stuff client for Desktop
- gitstr!stars - Send and receive git patches over Nostr, using NIP-34.
- gittr!stars - Decentralized Git platform with native zaps, bounties, SSH keys, and decentralized storage. Uses NIP-34 for repositories, PRs, and issues.
- Gitworkshop!stars - Git is a Nostr and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
- gnost-deflate-client!stars - CLI nostr client written in go implementing permessage-deflate websocket compression.
- Goop!stars⚡ zap - A native NIP-17 chat client for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with encrypted draft sync using NIP-37.
- gossip!stars - A desktop client in rust presented with egui
- Groups!stars - NIP-29 Group Chat Web Client.
- GUPT!stars - Anonymous Nostr messenger & privacy suite: E2E chat, P2P video/audio calls, screen sharing, encrypted passwords/notes/bookmarks.
- get-tao.app!stars Anonymous-first client with PoW notes
- Heya.fund!stars - Fund causes and goals with lightning
- iris!stars - A nostr web client
- Iris Chat!stars - Decentralized end-to-end encrypted messenger using the double-ratchet protocol, with no email or phone registration
- Lightning.Pub!stars - 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.
- Locus!stars - Share your location end-to-end encrypted on decentralized servers using Nostr.
- loquaz!stars - a desktop app written in Rust for direct encrypted chat
- Lumilumi!stars - A nostr web client. Lightweight modes are available, such as not displaying icon images, not loading images automatically, etc.
- LUMINA!stars - Nostr (Web) client for images (Picture-first feed).
- lunar.ninja - A tribute and reboot of the original astral.ninja Nostr web client.
- keychat!stars - Chat app built on nostr with bitcoin and ecash support
- 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!stars - Progressive Web App Client. Works on desktop and mobile.
- Memestr - nostr hub for memes.
- MeShell!stars - Web, iOS, and Android blog type client destined to publish articles and researches for independent journalists.
- Meetstr!stars - Meetstr is a nostr client for discovering, viewing, and managing NIP-52 based calendars for Meetups and community events.
- Minds - open source social network. Supports reading and creating posts using the nostr protocol
- more-speech!stars