Nostrid - A Nostr client

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Nostrid is a multi-platform, open-source Nostr client. It is written in .NET and runs in Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

Also a web version is available. It runs completely in the browser, and it can even be installed locally as a PWA.

For a quick start check out the Installation section below.

Features

• Multiaccount with simple switching
• NIP-07 extensions, e.g. nos2x (Web/PWA version only)
• NIP-05 profiles
• Lightning Network (pay button and profile setup)
• Text notes with support for markdown (receive and send)
• Upload media files (uses third-party services nostr.build, void.cat, nostrimg.com and nostrcheck.me)
• Delete notes
• NIP-13 PoW (receive/filter and send)
• Reactions (receive and send)
• Hashtags (send and search)
• Customizable feeds based on hashtags
• Username and profile images (read and update)
• Follows (read and update)
• Followers (read)
• Bech32 (npub, note, nsec)
• Automatic relay management (no user intervention is required)
• Manual relay management
• Local cache of events
• Notification of unread mentions
• Display embedded images, videos and audios
• Reposts (aka Boosts)
• Embedded mentions of other accounts and notes - PARTIAL (only links, no previews)
• Proxy support (http(s), socks4/5)
• Follows editor that can recover old follows
• Import and export of follows
• Direct messages
• NIP-51 muting
• Long-form content aka blogs - PARTIAL (can read, cannot yet write)
• Channels - PARTIAL (can join and participate but can't create channels yet)
• NIP-57 zaps - PARTIAL (can display zaps but can only send standard Lightning payments)
• NIP-26 delegation - SOON

Supported NIPs

• ✅ NIP-01: Basic protocol flow description
• ✅ NIP-02: Contact List and Petnames
• ❌ NIP-03: OpenTimestamps Attestations for Events
• ✅ NIP-04: Encrypted Direct Message
• ✅ NIP-05: Mapping Nostr keys to DNS-based internet identifiers
• ❌ NIP-06: Basic key derivation from mnemonic seed phrase
• ✅ NIP-07: window.nostr capability for web browsers (Web/PWA version only)
• ✅ NIP-08: Handling Mentions
• ✅ NIP-09: Event Deletion
• ✅ NIP-10: Conventions for clients' use of e and p tags in text events
• ✅ NIP-11: Relay Information Document
• ✅ NIP-12: Generic Tag Queries
• ✅ NIP-13: Proof of Work
• ❌ NIP-14: Subject tag in text events.
• ✅ NIP-15: End of Stored Events Notice
• ✅ NIP-16: Event Treatment
• ✅ NIP-19: bech32-encoded entities
• ❌ NIP-20: Command Results
• ❌ NIP-21: nostr: URL scheme
• ❌ NIP-22: Event created_at Limits
• ✅ NIP-23: Long-form Content (read only)
• ✅ NIP-25: Reactions
• ❌ NIP-26: Delegated Event Signing
• ✅ NIP-28: Public Chat
• ✅ NIP-33: Parameterized Replaceable Events
• ❌ NIP-36: Sensitive Content
• ❌ NIP-40: Expiration Timestamp
• ❌ NIP-42: Authentication of clients to relays
• ❌ NIP-46: Nostr Connect
• ✅ NIP-50: Keywords filter
• ✅ NIP-51: Lists (muting only)
• ❌ NIP-56: Reporting
• ✅ NIP-57: Lightning Zaps (read only)
• ❌ NIP-58: Badges
• ❌ NIP-65: Relay List Metadata
• ❌ NIP-78: Application-specific data

Screenshots

Technologies & Frameworks

• .NET 7.0
• MAUI
• Blazor
• Bootstrap
• Entity Framework
• SQLite-net
• NNostr
• HtmlSanitizer
• Jdenticon.Net
• Markdig
• QRCoder
• Popper
• Photino

Contributing

Feel free to open issues and send PRs. Alternatively you can support the project by donating here:

• Lightning Network
• LNURL
• BTC: bc1p3r5yx550jprj5zzg8arlrnaregvxsxuh5jfx95awex6shx0etcxsygks7r
• XMR: 84qzqe1EW5fDvaRN9xj5HACTL6xmd1M4wNk1K1W29W5CVXuhpdVYXSU5ZfCpxJJw7MeLJyEybGSqgNwU3Rn9qm2PDKgKFmD

Getting Started

Requirements

• Android

  • 7.0 or higher

• Windows

  • 10.0.19041.0 or higher

• MacOS

  • 11 or higher

Installation

You can find the binaries in the Releases section.

• Android

  • Download APK and install.

• Windows

  • Download MSIX and install.

• MacOS

  • Download PKG and install. Since the package is unsigned you may have to control-click and choose Open with... > Installer.

• Other platforms

  • Download ZIP and run Nostrid executable.

Guides

1. How to build from source
2. How to use the Follows editor
3. How to configure a proxy

Authors

• lapulpeta npub14uc57wfq2zd0g3qh5lpvkq2svvkjl9fruzyxnz9zh95ev2japw7ql2g0sq
• danielmangia npub1aftaccjtz06z0naqxdlavwutw5ccr2x4wx3wrld7s5yd9j4kqwuq3kvrja

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details