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nostr

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The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global "social" network once and for all.

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  • FreeOpen Source

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  • International

Platforms

  • Self-Hosted
4.5 / 5 Avg rating (2)
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  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Decentralized
  2.  Ad-free
  3.  No registration required
  4.  Dark Mode
  5.  Multiple Account support
  6.  Real time collaboration
  7.  No Tracking
  8.  Support for @mentions

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  • justarandom reviewed nostr  
    3 months ago

    Asymetrical cryptographic keys enabling sovereign digital identities to people protecting them from censorship.

    For devs it means you can build a social app without dealing with authentifications, passwords or account. Having a dumb relay is enough but now you have to find a way to manage spam :) It's still early but it one of the most amazing thing I discover in social media since the Fediverse and this has the potential to go much much much further !

  • Papel added Support for @mentions as a feature to nostr
    4 months ago
  • hifeja8751 and octodi liked nostr
    4 months ago
  • drliu1202 liked nostr
    7 months ago
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    crse added nostr as alternative to Mitra
    7 months ago
  • lime360 liked nostr
    7 months ago
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    braky added nostr as alternative to ActivityPub and AT Protocol
    8 months ago
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    K0RR added nostr as alternative to Versia
    8 months ago
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nostr information

  • Developed by

    nostr-protocol
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.5
  • Alternatives

    40 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Social & Communications

GitHub repository

  •  10,619 Stars
  •  360 Forks
  •  66 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jan 20, 2025 
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about nostr, and it has gotten 17 likes

nostr was added to AlternativeTo by cattrengolazo on Dec 27, 2022 and this page was last updated Jul 25, 2023.

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Top Positive Comment
Darlene Sonalder
Feb 26, 2025
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Asymetrical cryptographic keys enabling sovereign digital identities to people protecting them from censorship.

For devs it means you can build a social app without dealing with authentifications, passwords or account. Having a dumb relay is enough but now you have to find a way to manage spam :) It's still early but it one of the most amazing thing I discover in social media since the Fediverse and this has the potential to go much much much further !

What is nostr?

The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global "social" network once and for all.

It doesn't rely on any trusted central server, hence it is resilient; it is based on cryptographic keys and signatures, so it is tamperproof; it does not rely on P2P techniques, therefore it works.


To use it you need to use any compatible client like the followings (more in the making), periodically check nostr.net which keeps a curated list of clients. Here are some I like:

nostr.rocks - Twitter-style interface (Branle) anigma.io - Telegram-style interface astral.ninja - Fork of Branle w/ different UI & global feed damus.io - Twitter-style iOS client

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