=========================== #3 🌱 Ecosystem Growth =========================== Nostr is growing fast! According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr, there are now over 140 Nostr clients and over 450 Nostr apps running in more than 40 countries around the globe. According to https://nostr.watch, there are more than 850 relays online in more than 40 countries at the moment. According to https://npub.world/stats, During last week: - Total Users: 2,580, compared to 2,552 zaps the week before According to https://stats.nostr.band, During last week: - Total zaps: 40,668, compared to 37,499 zaps the week before - Total zap senders: 2,668, compared to 2,847 plebs the week before - Total zap amount: 8,246,204, compared to 6,831,789 sats the week before - Total events: 2,764,277, compared to 2,654,882 events the week before Many thanks to

statistics - npub.world

by @Pip the WoT guy and @franzap, https://stats.nostr.band by @npub1xdtd...ntxy, all the contributors of

GitHub

GitHub - aljazceru/awesome-nostr: nostr.net - awesome-nostr is a collection of projects and resources built on nostr to help developers and users find new things

nostr.net - awesome-nostr is a collection of projects and resources built on nostr to help developers and users find new things - GitHub - aljazce...

and https://nostr.watch for providing these insights. #eco-growth_nostr_recap

============================ #6 📰 Nostr in the Media ============================ 1. First-ever Nostr World Unconference in Uvita, Costa Rica in 2023 : Q&A session @jack, @Derek Ross, 2. What’s Nostr’s Biggest Allure? @Momo, @roadx 3. NOSTR Social Media Explained: Decentralized Future with Bitcoin & Free Speech 4. What is NOSTR? Decentralized Identity & Rewards #media_nostr_recap

================================== #9 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases ================================== 1. Coracle - 0.6.25 Coracle is an experimental Nostr client designed to harness the full power of multiple relays, allowing users to browse, filter, zap, and build custom feeds for a personalized Nostr experience. This release, adds the display of “a” tags on highlights and disables imgproxy by default for improved performance and flexibility. Developed by: @hodlbod Source:

GitHub

Release 0.6.25 · coracle-social/coracle

What's Changed Show a tags on highlights Disable imgproxy by default Full Changelog: 0.6.24...0.6.25

2. Mostro - v0.15.0 Mostro is a peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange platform built on the Lightning Network and Nostr, enabling decentralized trading between users without intermediaries. This release introduces the removal of the OpenSSL dependency in favor of Rust TLS for improved security, adds manifest signature support, and refines order request handling. It also fixes issues related to trade index messaging and payment failure calculations, while improving dispute error messages and overall performance. This was the biggest release and the latest release was v0.15.1 last week. Developed by: @negrunch, @Pinball Wizard, @Catrya, Otso Hirvikangas Source:

GitHub

Release v0.15.0 · MostroP2P/mostro

Verifying the Release In order to verify the release, you'll need to have gpg or gpg2 installed on your system. Once you've obtained a copy (and ho...

3. Flotilla - 1.3.1 Flotilla is an end-user Nostr client designed like Discord, using the concept of “relays as groups” to enable chat and community interactions. This release fixes a memory leak in the storage adapter and reduces the number of annoying toast messages, improving performance and user experience. Developed by: @hodlbod Source:

GitHub

Release 1.3.1 · coracle-social/flotilla

What's Changed Fix memory leak in storage adapter Show fewer annoying toast messages Full Changelog: 1.3.0...1.3.1

4. Bitchat - v1.4.4 Bitchat is a decentralized peer-to-peer messaging app that combines local Bluetooth mesh networks for offline communication with the Nostr protocol for global messaging, requiring no accounts, phone numbers, or central servers. This release focuses heavily on localization and modularization, adding new languages, unifying string handling, and refactoring modules like Tor and PeerID services. It also improves private chat deduplication, fixes stale messages and ghost peers, optimizes performance for location notes, enhances QR verification, and addresses various test and build issues to ensure a more stable, secure, and efficient messaging experience across platforms. Developed by: @jack Source:

GitHub

Release 1.4.4 · permissionlesstech/bitchat

What's Changed Include mermaid diagrams for packet structures by @FLAK-ZOSO in #666 Add base localization infrastructure and externalize strings b...

5. Nostr Ynstant Messenger - v2.13.25 Nostr Ynstant Messenger is a lightweight ephemeral chat client built on the Nostr protocol, designed for anonymous and temporary messaging with Bitchat integration. In this release it added the ability to copy user public keys directly from context menus, introduced kind 10000 mute list support for blocking users and keywords, and fixed several bugs, including issues with blocked users’ nicks, geohash explorer resets, and nostr profile data preservation. This was the biggest release and there were also some multiple releases last week. Developed by: @Luxas Source:

GitHub

Release v2.13.25 · Spl0itable/NYM

New: allow copying user pubkey to clipboard from context menu New: added copy pubkey to user context menu and updated commands to support pubkey Ne...

6. Gitplaza - v0.14.0 GitPlaza is a desktop Nostr client specialized in handling Git-related activities within the Nostr ecosystem. In this release it added features to show repository topics, edit repository events, list maintainers, display all Git servers and websites in the repo view, include nutzap events in the inbox, and populate the hashtag filter with followed hashtags, while improving performance by preventing README.md requests from blocking subsequent actions. Developed by: @dluvian Source:

Cookie monster!

#tools_nostr_recap

=========================================== #10 🎁 Developer Tools, Updates and Releases =========================================== 1. ContextVM SDK - New Developer tool ContextVM SDK is a JavaScript/TypeScript software development kit that implements the Context Vending Machine Protocol, acting as a bridge between Nostr and the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It enables developers to create, expose, and access decentralized computational services, allowing applications to securely exchange contextual data and AI capabilities across distributed networks. Developed by: @Gzuuus Source:

GitHub

GitHub - ContextVM/sdk: ContextVM SDK for JavaScript/TypeScript

ContextVM SDK for JavaScript/TypeScript. Contribute to ContextVM/sdk development by creating an account on GitHub.

2. Nostr-java - v1.0.1 Nostr-java is a Java SDK for the Nostr protocol that enables developers to create, sign, and publish Nostr events to relays with ease. This release refines event handling, adds Sonatype Central publishing credentials, and updates Maven configuration and settings for improved central publishing and API management. This was the latest release and there was also the release of v1.0.0 last week. Developed by: @398ja Source:

GitHub

Release 1.0.1 · tcheeric/nostr-java

What's Changed Add Sonatype Central publishing credentials and refactor event handling by @tcheeric in #488 Update Maven configuration for central...

#dev-tools_nostr_recap

====================================== #11 🌐 Relay Updates and Releases ====================================== 1. Nosflare - v7.4.14 Nosflare is a serverless Nostr relay built to run on Cloudflare Workers with support for Cloudflare D1 and R2 Object Storage, offering a scalable and efficient relay infrastructure for the Nostr network. The latest update, v7.4.14, introduces a stale session expiry mechanism to improve connection stability and lowers the REQ rate limit per minute to optimize performance and prevent excessive relay load. Developed by: @Luxas Source:

GitHub

Release v7.4.14 · Spl0itable/nosflare

v7.4.14

#relays_nostr_recap

=========================== #1 🧠 Quote of the Week =========================== @Derek Ross “Nostr is a village and it's going to take all of us to build it. Don't hold back.” #quote_nostr_recap

=========================== #3 🌱 Ecosystem Growth =========================== Nostr is growing fast! According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr, there are now over 140 Nostr clients and over 450 Nostr apps running in more than 40 countries around the globe. According to https://nostr.watch, there are more than 850 relays online in more than 40 countries at the moment. According to https://npub.world/stats, During last week: - Total Users: 2,552, compared to 1,519 zaps the week before According to https://stats.nostr.band, During last week: - Total zaps: 37,499, compared to 35,950 zaps the week before - Total zap senders: 2,847, compared to 2,677 plebs the week before - Total zap amount: 6,831,789, compared to 6,292,007 sats the week before - Total events: 2,651,955, compared to 2,507,267 events the week before Many thanks to

statistics - npub.world

by @Pip the WoT guy and @franzap, https://stats.nostr.band by @npub1xdtd...ntxy, all the contributors of

GitHub

GitHub - aljazceru/awesome-nostr: nostr.net - awesome-nostr is a collection of projects and resources built on nostr to help developers and users find new things

nostr.net - awesome-nostr is a collection of projects and resources built on nostr to help developers and users find new things - GitHub - aljazce...

and https://nostr.watch for providing these insights. #eco-growth_nostr_recap

============================= #4 🎓 Educational Guides ============================= 1. HOW TO USE NOSTR | Mini tutorial using PRIMAL @Final Step Bitcoin #education_nostr_recap

============================ #6 📰 Nostr in the Media ============================ 1. Escape The Social Media Matrix with Bitcoin & Nostr @Alekandar Svetski, @walker 2. Nostr vs RSS 3. No More Nostr Service Providers (NSPs) and Why That Matters @Soapbox, @Derek Ross 4. Derek Ross is at Nostr World Unconference in Uvita, Costa Rica in 2023 5. Vibe Code Mastery for Nostr DMs 6. Identity: Passwords to PIN to Nostr! 7. Nostr in spanish @Jordi Llonch Esteve #media_nostr_recap

================================== #9 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases ================================== 1. Peridot - New Tool Peridot is a Nostr bunker application for desktop that securely stores and manages your Nostr keys locally, allowing safe signing and relay communication without exposing private keys to external clients. Developed by: @Russell Source:

GitHub

GitHub - nogringo/peridot: Nostr bunker for desktop.

Nostr bunker for desktop. Contribute to nogringo/peridot development by creating an account on GitHub.

2. Nostr Gatekeeper - New Tool Nostr Gatekeeper is a reliable Nostr Connect bunker that securely handles signing requests and key management, ensuring smooth and safe interaction between Nostr clients and your private keys. Developed by: @hzrd149 Source:

GitHub

GitHub - hzrd149/nostr-gatekeeper: A nostr connect bunker that actually works

A nostr connect bunker that actually works. Contribute to hzrd149/nostr-gatekeeper development by creating an account on GitHub.

3. Coracle - 0.6.24 Coracle is an experimental Nostr client designed to unlock the full potential of multiple relays, enabling users to browse, filter, zap, and create custom feeds for a personalized Nostr experience. This release introduces the use of a new shipyard public key and includes minor optimizations to improve performance and stability. Developed by: @hodlbod Source:

GitHub

Release 0.6.24 · coracle-social/coracle

What's Changed Use new shipyard pubkey Small optimizations Full Changelog: 0.6.23...0.6.24

4. Primal Android App - 2.5.17 The Primal Android app is an end-user tool for Nostr, providing a feature-rich Android client for browsing, interacting with, and streaming content within the Nostr ecosystem. In this version, it introduced delete repost for notes, live stream caching, rewind and fast-forward with seek bar support, deep link handling, and expanded QR code support for NEVENT, NADDR, and nprofile types. It also improved usability with collapsible stream player, stream control popups, and stream-ended state handling. Numerous fixes addressed UX issues, chat scrolling, zap/message display, stream playback, thread screen jumps, crashes, and video background behavior, while maintenance updates included an upgrade to Kotlin 2.2 and migration to PlayerSurface for note video previews. Developed by: Aleksandar Ilic Source:

GitHub

Release Primal 2.5.17 · PrimalHQ/primal-android-app

Features Implemented delete repost for notes (#673) Implemented live stream caching (#674) Implemented rewind and fast forward (#674) Implemented ...

5. Nostr Ynstant Messenger - v2.9.13 Nostr Ynstant Messenger is an end-user Nostr-based chat client designed for both ephemeral and persistent messaging, with integration to Bitchat for anonymous and temporary communications. In version v2.9.13, it introduced default image blurring with optional unblur, and added support for NIP-72 communities, enabling community-based moderation and enhanced control over shared content. Developed by: @Luxas Source:

GitHub

Release v2.9.13 · Spl0itable/NYM

New: default blurs images, but can unblur by clicking or always unblur from settings New: support for NIP-72 communities with moderation capabilities

6. Gitplaza - v0.13.0 GitPlaza is a desktop Nostr client focused on managing Git-related activities, providing features for browsing repositories, viewing users, and tracking activity with trust indicators. In this release, it added a “Repos” tab and a “People” tab with search bars, introduced a hashtag filter in the activity feed, added repo topic chips, enabled searching for repos in profile views, and displayed trust indicators in various views. It also fixed issues with the top zap chip and removed the now-obsolete “Explore” tab. Developed by: @dluvian Source:

Cookie monster!

#tools_nostr_recap

=========================================== #10 🎁 Developer Tools, Updates and Releases =========================================== 1. Nostr-java - v0.5.1 Nostr-java is a Java SDK for the Nostr protocol that provides developers with tools to create, sign, and publish Nostr events to relays. This release, introduces major improvements including enhanced documentation with API references and how-to guides, better error handling with dedicated exceptions, validation tests, and significant code refactoring for cleaner, more reliable performance. It also features CI/CD workflow enhancements, dependency updates, and automated quality checks, making it a robust and developer-friendly library for integrating Nostr functionality into Java applications. Developed by: @398ja Source:

GitHub

Release v0.5.1 · tcheeric/nostr-java

What's Changed docs: streamline README and move setup instructions by @tcheeric in #383 docs: add quick API guide by @tcheeric in #387 docs: add c...

2. Noscrypt - v0.1.13 Noscrypt is a Nostr-specific cryptography library written in C, designed to handle the cryptographic operations required by the Nostr protocol. The latest update improves compatibility and performance with updates to vnlib.core (version 0.1.3) and MSTest (version 3.11.0). It includes revised build scripts using a centralized Directory.Build.props file, modernized shell commands for Task v3.45, and enhanced testing accuracy through stricter exception handling. Additionally, parallel builds are now supported across all platforms with cmake -j, making the library faster and more efficient for developers implementing secure Nostr functionality. Developed by: @ChipTuner Source:

GitHub

Release noscrypt v0.1.13 · VnUgE/noscrypt

Security and maintenance release. See the CHANGELOG for details. Or see the full changelog Downloads Signed downloads Quick start and documentation...

3. Mostro-core - v0.6.56 Mostro-core is a Rust-based library that provides peer-to-peer functionality for building decentralized applications on Nostr, forming the foundation for the Mostro daemon. In this release, it introduced the SynchUserTradeIndex Action to synchronize the last trade index, improved verification checks and session restoration, aligned actions with updated protocol specifications, and included minor bug fixes and performance enhancements. Developed by: @negrunch, @Pinball Wizard Source:

GitHub

Release Release v0.6.56 · MostroP2P/mostro-core

Verifying the Release In order to verify the release, you'll need to have gpg or gpg2 installed on your system. Once you've obtained a copy (and ho...

4. Mostro CLI - v0.14.0 Mostro CLI is a simple command-line interface for interacting with Mostro, displaying new replaceable events, and supporting trade and order management on Nostr. In this version, it added improved error logging, rabbit fixes, enhanced gift wrap decryption, handling of user-initiated disputes, correct last trade index calculations, and support for invalid fiat currency. It also introduced a first testable version with the last_trade_index command, improved message parsing and management, refined database operations to avoid UNIQUE constraint errors, and included various refactors, CI improvements, and documentation updates for better usability and maintainability. This is the biggest update, and the latest update was v0.14.1 last week. Developed by: @Pinball Wizard, @Andrea Díaz Correia Source:

GitHub

Release Release v0.14.0 · MostroP2P/mostro-cli

Verifying the Release In order to verify the release, you'll need to have gpg or gpg2 installed on your system. Once you've obtained a copy (and ho...

#dev-tools_nostr_recap

=========================== #1 🧠 Quote of the Week =========================== @Ryan “You're free to post what you want. Relay operators are free to host what they want. You're free to host your own relay. Users are free to block what they want. Clients are free to block what they want. Users are free to use whatever client they want.” #quote_nostr_recap

=========================== #3 🌱 Ecosystem Growth =========================== Nostr is growing fast! According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr, there are now over 140 Nostr clients and over 450 Nostr apps running in more than 40 countries around the globe. According to https://nostr.watch, there are more than 850 relays online in more than 40 countries at the moment. According to https://npub.world/stats, During last week: - Total Users: 1519, compared to 1621 zaps the week before According to https://stats.nostr.band, During last week: - Total zaps: 35,950, compared to 34,070 zaps the week before - Total zap senders: 2,677, compared to 2,609 plebs the week before - Total zap amount: 6,292,007, compared to 10,279,977 sats the week before - Total events: 2,502,744, compared to 2,282,427 events the week before Many thanks to

statistics - npub.world

by @Pip the WoT guy and @franzap, https://stats.nostr.band by @npub1xdtd...ntxy, all the contributors of

GitHub

GitHub - aljazceru/awesome-nostr: nostr.net - awesome-nostr is a collection of projects and resources built on nostr to help developers and users find new things

nostr.net - awesome-nostr is a collection of projects and resources built on nostr to help developers and users find new things - GitHub - aljazce...

and https://nostr.watch for providing these insights. #eco-growth_nostr_recap

============================= #4 🎓 Educational Guides ============================= 1. NOSTR Explained for Beginners ⚡️✨ @Daniella ✨ #education_nostr_recap

============================ #6 📰 Nostr in the Media ============================ 1. This is how Nostr benefits users 2. Max Hillebrand on White Noise & Private Messaging on Nostr @Max 3. I am sure these comments will make some plebs @the8thHouse https://www.instagram.com/p/DPSED_wkqmt @Zulfaqar

Instagram

Zulfaqar on Instagram: "NOSTR is the only way forward. All of these social media platforms have been compromised. Protocols like NOSTR are about to rocket. As are in person real life communities. Posting for the sake of posting and going viral is over. Post for the few, build strong relationships."

0 likes, 0 comments - zulfeh7 on October 4, 2025: "NOSTR is the only way forward. All of these social media platforms have been compromised. Prot...

4. This is well said: 100% agree @Jake Woodhouse

X (formerly Twitter)

Jake Woodhouse (@jakewoodhouseio) on X

Social media should not have "owners." Nostr fixes this.

#media_nostr_recap

================================== #9 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases ================================== 1. Flotilla - 1.3.0 Flotilla is a Discord-like Nostr client designed around the concept of “relays as groups,” enabling users to chat, manage spaces, and interact in a decentralized way. This release introduces optional badges and sounds for notifications, improves link rendering, restores Blossom feature detection for spaces, and enhances the light theme. It also adds more signer status information, simplifies navigation for adding spaces, enables QR code scanning for invite links, streamlines wallet setup with improved receive address settings, switches mobile storage to Capacitor file API, and fixes duplicate DMs. Developed by: @hodlbod Source:

GitHub

Release 1.3.0 · coracle-social/flotilla

What's Changed Add optional badge and sound for notifications Improve link rendering Remove imgproxy Bring back blossom feature detection for spac...

2. Coop - v0.2.11 Coop is a simple and reliable Nostr client designed for secure messaging across all platforms. In this release, the focus was on improving message handling, with refactoring of the message sending process and follow-up fixes to ensure smoother and more efficient communication within the app. Developed by: @reya Source:

GitHub

Release v0.2.11 · lumehq/coop

What's Changed chore: refactor message sending by @reyamir in #172 chore: follow up on #172 by @reyamir in #173 Full Changelog: v0.2.10...v0.2.11

3. Yakihonne Mobile App - 1.9.1 Yakihonne is a cross-platform mobile app built with Flutter that provides a seamless Nostr experience, allowing users to interact with relays, manage keys securely, and engage with content across platforms. In this release, the app introduced a redesigned app bar with new Black and Ivory themes, a database-first architecture supporting offline mode, relay orbits for easier relay discovery, Nsec bunker integration, updated content boxes and video types, and default custom reactions. Performance optimizations were applied across feeds, notifications, content sharing, and searching, alongside clickable relay URLs, improved handling of Nostr schemes, and various bug fixes for a smoother user experience. Developed by: Boukhalfa Seddik Source:

GitHub

Release YakiHonne-1.9.1 · YakiHonne/yakihonne-mobile-app

[1.9.1] - 2025-10-05 Added Redesigned app bar and new themes: Black & Ivory. Database-first architecture with offline mode. Relay orbits for relay...

#tools_nostr_recap

====================================== #11 🌐 Relay Updates and Releases ====================================== 1. Nosflare - v7.4.13 Nosflare is a serverless Nostr relay built using Cloudflare Workers and the D1 database, designed for scalability and efficiency without traditional server infrastructure. In this release, a hotfix was introduced to address an issue where durable objects were not utilizing the hibernation API properly. This fix improves resource management and relay performance, ensuring more stable and cost-efficient operation. Developed by: @Luxas Source:

GitHub

Release v4.4.13 · Spl0itable/nosflare

v7.4.13

#relays_nostr_recap

=========================== #1 🧠 Quote of the Week =========================== @The Daniel 🖖 “we, here, the tiny handful of us using Nostr might be the only people in the entire world who care about free speech enough to want to protect it.” #quote_nostr_recap