#6 📰 Nostr in the Media 1. Soapbox Sessions Episode 10: It Should Just Work @heatherlarson 2. Nostr Valley 2.0: Panel: The State of Nostr @Derek Ross 3. Nostr and the End of Fake Engagement @Momo 4. Nostr Gives You Data Ownership & Security 5. Nostr Valley 2.0:Derek & Seth: Closing Remarks #media_nostr_recap

#9 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases 1. Vector - v0.2.1 Vector is a decentralized communication platform built on the Nostr protocol (NIP-17), providing fully encrypted, metadata-free messaging for text, media, and files. This release introduces OpenMLS-encrypted group chats, a redesigned emoji panel, enhanced markdown support, image zooming, new privacy options like tracker stripping, and Blossom-based decentralized media storage, along with faster uploads, improved profile syncing, refined UI, and multiple bug fixes. Developed by: @JSKitty Source:

GitHub

Release Vector v0.2.1 · VectorPrivacy/Vector

The new era of communication begins. New: 💬 Group Chats: chat with up to ~100 people at once, with OpenMLS-powered encryption. 🐱 E...

2. Oni - New Tool Oni is a fork of Owncast that adds Nostr integration for decentralized live streaming. It extends Owncast’s self-hosted broadcasting features with Nostr-based authentication, event publishing, and Lightning payment support, allowing creators to stream live while remaining fully decentralized and censorship-resistant. Developer tool: @Tekkadan, ゲロゲロ! 🐸 Source:

GitHub

GitHub - TekkadanPlays/oni: owncast + nostr

owncast + nostr. Contribute to TekkadanPlays/oni development by creating an account on GitHub.

3. Coracle - 0.6.26 Coracle is an experimental Nostr client designed to leverage multiple relays for a curated social experience, allowing users to browse, filter, zap, and create custom feeds. In this release the client improves performance, becomes more permissive when parsing NIP-05 identifiers, stops publishing notes with e-tag mention markers, restores global feeds, enhances negentropy support, and fixes the help link. Developed by: @hodlbod Source:

GitHub

Release 0.6.26 · coracle-social/coracle

What's Changed Be more permissive when parsing nip 05s Stop publishing notes with e-tag mention markers Improve performance Fix help link Bring gl...

4. Corny Chat - v2025.11 Corny Chat is an open-source audio space built on Jam that integrates Nostr and Lightning, offering interactive public audio rooms. This release adds Lightning zaps, enhanced slides with video and iFrame support, auto-advancing slides, user-targeted reactions, customizable avatar sizes, and a points-based game. Improvements include a better audio player, room access controls, admin tools for room management, and bug fixes for avatars, slides, and privacy, providing a more stable and engaging experience. Developed by: @Nice and Kind Vic Source:

GitHub

Release 2025.11 · vicariousdrama/cornychat

November 2025 release of Corny Chat 🌽 Corny Chat is an open source audio space built on Jam that integrates Nostr and Lightning. A publicly runn...

5. Alby Lightning Browser Extension - v3.14.0 (🧹✨🌌 The Witch’s Broom Nebula) Alby Lightning Browser Extension is a Bitcoin Lightning wallet and Nostr key signer for web use, supporting Lightning, Liquid, and on-chain transactions. In this release it received a visual rebranding, added the ability to display kind descriptions when signing events, and introduced support for sub-satoshi amounts, while also hiding the built-in swaps option and removing the Chrome theme icon section. Developed by: @npub1gv5s...hgdr Source:

GitHub

Release 🧹✨🌌 The Witch’s Broom Nebula · getAlby/lightning-browser-extension

⚡️ TL;DR (v3.14.0) 🎨 Extension rebranding with fresh visuals ✍️ Shows kind description when signing events 💰 Supports sub-satoshi (su...

6. Flotilla - 1.5.0 Flotilla is a Discord-like Nostr client that organizes chats around “relays as groups,” allowing users to join rooms, manage memberships, and interact in private or public spaces. In this release Flotilla introduced restyled mobile dialogs, room and space membership lists, an edit room form, support for closed/private/restricted/hidden rooms, a hosting services page, performance and UI improvements, fixed push notifications, enhanced error handling, invite links on the discover page, a link to Landlubber for admins, and clearing of reply/share/edit actions with the Escape key. This was the biggest release of the week and there were also the releases of 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 last week. Developed by: @hodlbod Source:

GitHub

Release 1.5.0 · coracle-social/flotilla

What's Changed Restyle mobile dialogs Add room membership lists Add space membership lists Add edit room form Support closed/private/restricted/hi...

7. OXChat App - v1.5.0.95 0xChat App is a Nostr-based secure chat client that provides end-to-end encrypted messaging with user-friendly features. This latest release adds built-in Tor support for accessing onion relays and Cashu mints, introduces NIP-17 DMs with message delivery status, redesigns the Discover tab to include NApps with NIP-07 integration for seamless access to Nostr web apps, and restores NIP-28 Channels, allowing users to create and search for channels. Developed by: @water783 Source:

GitHub

Release v1.5.0.95 release · 0xchat-app/0xchat-app-main

Built-in Tor SDK — now supports accessing onion relays and Cashu mints. NIP-17 DMs — message delivery status view added. Redesigned Discover ta...

8. Nostr Ynstant Messenger - v2.18.52 Nostr Ynstant Messenger is a Nostr client that provides both ephemeral and persistent messaging, bridging with Bitchat for anonymous and temporary chats. This release adds a GIF selector for richer messaging. This was the latest release and there were also multiple releases last week. Developed by: @Luxas Source:

GitHub

Release v2.18.52 · Spl0itable/NYM

New: GIF selector

9. Iris Client - v2.3.1 Iris is a web client for Nostr protocol that provides chat and interaction features. This release focuses on improving WebRTC peer-to-peer connectivity and enhancing logging for better performance and debugging. This was the latest release and there was another release of v2.3.0 last week. Developed by: @Sirius Source:

GitHub

Release App v2.3.1 · irislib/iris-client

Webrtc p2p connectivity and logging improvements

10. Keychat - v1.36.5+6460 Keychat is a chat application that integrates Bitcoin Ecash, Nostr, Signal, and MLS protocols for secure messaging. This release replaces the Cashu SDK with the official implementation, adds local profiles and profile sharing within chats, improves browser performance, supports device authentication, and redesigns message sending status and the raw data page. This was the latest release and there was also the release of v1.36.5+6459 last week. Developed by: kcdev Source:

GitHub

Release v1.36.5+6460 · keychat-io/keychat-app

Keychat 1.36.5+6460 Replaced the Cashu SDK with the official implementation. Feature: Local profile, sending Profiles within chats. Built-in brows...

#tools_nostr_recap

#2 🔥 Community Highlights 1. These are the signals that indicates Nostr grows 😍 View quoted note → View quoted note → 2. You should listen to Rabble’s new one if you are a lover of Nostr and free speech 🎙️ View quoted note → 3. Yeah that’s 100% true 💯 View quoted note → 4. A Nostr Bitcoiner is becoming the iron man 🏆 View quoted note → 5. Celebrating 1000th order with Nostr 🥳 View quoted note → 6. This new pleb will realize that there are no rules here 👇 View quoted note → 7. This is how you can invest in Nostr for the future 👇 View quoted note → 8. We are serving to people on Nostr, not algos 👈 View quoted note → 9. A fat zap within one hour for the performances 🎙️ View quoted note → 10. This is a great question 🤔 View quoted note → 11. Aza brought Bitcoin culture to the Bitplebs Summit 2025 😍 View quoted note → View quoted note → View quoted note → #community_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 790 relays online in more than 40 countries at the moment. According to https://npub.world/stats, During last week: - Total Users: 4,412, compared to 3,851 users the week before According to https://stats.nostr.band, During last week: - Total zaps: 33,541, compared to 47,962 zaps the week before - Total zap senders: 2,799, compared to 3,865 plebs the week before - Total zap amount: 9,124,949, compared to 7,656,984 sats the week before - Total events: 4,090,071, compared to 10,271,175 events the week before Many thanks to

statistics - npub.world

by @Pip the WoT guy and @franzap, https://stats.nostr.band by @brugeman, 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

#5 📅 Upcoming Events 1. Nostrshire - November 2025 📅 Date: Friday, November 21, 2025 ⏰ Time: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM 📍 Location: Pendulum Hotel Sackville St, Manchester M1 3BB, United Kingdom 🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @Bitfest 🔗 Event:

Bitfest 2025 - 21-23 November MANCHESTER UK

Bitfest 2025

21-23 November 2025 | Manchester, UK. A five-part celebration of Bitcoin & Nostr creativity and open-source culture.

2. Nostrasia - November 2025 📅 Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025 ⏰ Time: 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM GMT+9 (Doors open at 12:30 PM) 📍 Location: Crypto Lounge GOX 6F Tenam Town Building, 2-19-15 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0021, Japan 🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @Nostrasia 🎟️ Admission: Free 🔗 Event:

Nostrasia 2025

#events_nostr_recap

#6 📰 Nostr in the Media 1. Shakespeare: AI-Powered App Creation on Nostr @Derek Ross 2. What makes apps built on Nostr different @primal, @ODELL 3. How Nostr & Bitcoin Upgrade the Internet @Alekandar Svetski 4. Fully Open Source Social Media built on Nostr 5. How to get started using Nostr @ForrestHODL 6. Shadrach: Peer-to-Peer Physical Package Delivery Over Nostr 7. NOSTR Revolution: Why Every Twitter User Needs to Switch TODAY! 8. Arkinox: Fanfares & New Tools for Creators @heatherlarson 9. NOSTR identities 10. TKay: Vibe Coding Nostr Onto Niche Hardware 11. How Nostr Achieved Massive Growth 12. Nostr Web of Trust (WoT) Can Be B2B 13. Has AI Broken the Internet? #media_nostr_recap

#9 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases 1. Flotilla - 1.4.0 Flotilla is a Discord-like Nostr client built around the concept of “relays as groups,” enabling users to join and interact within community-based relay spaces. This release introduces message editing, improved synchronization logic, and room management features such as creation permissions, icon picking, and deletion. It also enhances navigation, performance, and mention suggestions while adding support for relay and group member lists, connection status indicators, and fixes for modals and zapper loading. This was the biggest release of the week and the latest release was 1.4.1. Developed by: @hodlbod Source:

GitHub

Release 1.4.0 · coracle-social/flotilla

What's Changed Allow "editing" chat messages Check for room create permission Re-work space navigation Show all messages in non-nip29 chat Improve...

2. Primal Android App - 2.5.22 Primal Android App is Primal’s Android client for the Nostr protocol, designed to deliver a fast, social, and media-rich Nostr experience on mobile. This latest release focuses on stability improvements, specifically fixing a crash issue that occurred when parsing invalid Lightning Network (LN) invoices. Developed by: Aleksandar Ilic Source:

GitHub

Release Primal 2.5.22 · PrimalHQ/primal-android-app

Changes Fixed crash when parsing invalid LN invoice

3. Nostr Ynstant Messenger - v2.16.45 Nostr Ynstant Messenger is a lightweight ephemeral and persistent chat client built on the Nostr protocol, designed to bridge with Bitchat for anonymous and temporary messaging. This release delivers a hotfix resolving an issue where the user context menu failed to correctly identify the right user for blocking or slapping. This was the latest release and there were also some more multiple releases within the week. (v2.16.44, v2.16.42, v2.16.41. v2.16.40) Developed by: @Luxas Source:

GitHub

Release v2.16.45 · Spl0itable/NYM

Hotfix: user context menu not correctly getting the right user for blocking or slapping

4. Iris - v2.2.4 Iris is a Nostr client that provides a decentralized interface for messaging, posting, and networking on the Nostr protocol. The v2.2.4 release introduces key improvements, including support for Lightning and Nostr URI handling, a fix for Lightning payment receiving, enhanced profile editing stability, and the ability to send ecash directly within DM view. It also includes refinements to mint metadata, listings, and group metadata transmission, ensuring smoother decentralized interactions and payments across the network. This was the biggest release of the week and the latest release was v2.2.5. Developed by: @Sirius Source:

GitHub

Release App v2.2.4 · irislib/iris-client

Lightning & nostr URI handler Lightning payment receiving fix Profile edit fixes Send ecash in DM view Mint metadata & listing improvements Group m...

5. Noscall - v0.2.0 Noscall is a secure audio and video calling application built on the Nostr protocol, offering end-to-end encrypted communication and cross-platform compatibility for private, censorship-resistant calls. This release introduces several updates, including a new user profile settings page, optimized profile and avatar fetching logic, portrait mode enforcement, and improvements to relay and ICE server lists. It also resolves key issues like contact list refresh errors and the auto-login bug, ensuring a smoother and more reliable communication experience. Developed by: @sana Source:

GitHub

Release Noscall v0.2.0 release · sanah9/noscall

What's New in v0.2.0 New Features: Add user profile settings page Improvements: Optimize user profile and avatar fetching logic Force portrait m...

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#10 🎁 Developer Tools, Updates and Releases 1. Replicatr - New Developer Tool Replicatr is a background daemon designed to automatically monitor Nostr relay selections and replicate user events according to the outbox model. It ensures that a user’s published Nostr events are efficiently synchronized and distributed across multiple relays, maintaining data consistency, redundancy, and availability within the decentralized Nostr network. Developed by: @hodlbod Source:

GitHub

GitHub - coracle-social/replicatr: A daemon that monitors nostr relay selections and replicates user events based on the outbox model

A daemon that monitors nostr relay selections and replicates user events based on the outbox model - coracle-social/replicatr

2. Aegis - v0.3.0 Aegis is a simple and cross-platform Nostr signer designed to securely manage keys and sign events while supporting multiple connection methods for seamless interoperability across clients. This introduces the ability to set up a local relay directly within the app and expands support to iOS, Android, macOS, Linux, and Windows, making it more versatile for users across platforms. Developed by: @ZharlieW Source:

GitHub

Release v0.3.0 release · ZharlieW/Aegis

You can now set up a local relay in the Aegis app. Multi-platform releases: iOS, Android, macOS, Linux, and Windows.

3. Gitplaza - v0.17.0 Gitplaza is a desktop Nostr client specialized in handling git-related activities and repositories within the Nostr ecosystem. This release introduces several major upgrades, including follow/unfollow functionality, enhanced profile editing (covering relays, contact lists, and hashtags), npub copying, and improved UI elements. It now integrates blog posts into inbox and activity feeds, refines git issue and patch displays, and improves performance by prioritizing key event publishing and data loading while reducing unnecessary allocations. The update also simplifies the interface by removing the Upvote section and noisy reactions/reposts. Developed by: @dluvian Source:

Cookie monster!

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============================ #6 📰 Nostr in the Media ============================ 1. How to Build Something New on Nostr @nextblock, @Derek Ross 2. Nostr For Content Creators @heatherlarson 3. Nostr For Social Apps @ManiMe 4. Nostr Events in PNG 5. Hivetalk: The Nostr-enabled video conferencing tool @HiveTalk, @BITKARROT 6. Nostr & Zaps Explained #media_nostr_recap

=========================================== #10 🎁 Developer Tools, Updates and Releases =========================================== 1. Nostr Web Publisher (nw-publisher) - New Developer tool Nostr Web Publisher (nw-publisher) is a full-featured command-line interface (CLI) tool for managing static websites on Nostr. It allows developers and creators to deploy sites as signed Nostr events, track versions, monitor relay status, synchronize content across multiple relays, and clean up outdated deployments, all through a single, streamlined interface. This tool empowers users to efficiently maintain decentralized websites while ensuring authenticity, version control, and smooth multi-relay operation. Developed by: Karim Hassan Source:

GitHub

GitHub - Shugur-Network/nw-publisher: CLI tool to publish static websites to Nostr relays - Decentralize your web presence

CLI tool to publish static websites to Nostr relays - Decentralize your web presence - Shugur-Network/nw-publisher

2. Mostro CLI - v0.14.2 Mostro CLI is a command-line interface tool for Mostro, allowing users to view all new replaceable events from the Mostro platform. This release introduces automatic updates of child orders in the database to prevent errors in flow, a major cosmetic refactor that beautifies terminal output for better readability, and various bug fixes including corrections in the getdm command and GH Actions tests. Additional improvements include 78 new unit tests with documentation, clippy error fixes, race condition adjustments, and removal of OpenSSL dependency for cleaner builds, enhancing both usability and reliability. Developed by: @Pinball Wizard, @negrunch Source:

GitHub

Release Release v0.14.2 · 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...

3. Gitplaza - v0.16.0 GitPlaza is a desktop Nostr client specialized in managing git-related content. This release adds a dropdown for copying event IDs, rebroadcasting events, and viewing event JSON, displays information toasts, allows opening events directly from Nostr URIs, highlights code syntax in markdown, and increases event title size. It also stops banning relays on event mismatch and improves performance by showing loaded events immediately. The release removes the buggy "Show more/less" toggle to simplify the interface and improve reliability. This was the latest release and there was also the release of v0.15.0 last week. Developed by: @dluvian Source:

Cookie monster!

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============================= #4 🎓 Educational Guides ============================= 1. This video will answer some of your questions about relays @Bohemia 2. What Are Nostr Signer Apps and How They Protect Your Nostr Private Key @Momo #education_nostr_recap

================================================ #10 🎁 Developer Tools, Updates and Releases ================================================ 1. Nostr Java - v0.1.0 nostr-java is a comprehensive Java library designed to help developers generate, sign, and publish Nostr events with ease. This release introduces broad support for key NIPs including NIP-07, 09, 30, 33, 44, 46, 57, 60, and 61, along with major refactors and improvements to event handling, filters, and tag serialization. It adds support for Android compatibility, customizable relay configurations, JSON validation, and enhanced WebSocket reliability. With improved unit and integration tests, updated documentation, and Spring Boot support, this release makes nostr-java a solid foundation for building secure and feature-rich Nostr applications in the Java ecosystem. Developed by: @npub1y8hs...fqyr, @398ja, kuiperanon, nick avlo, brito, Jon Austen, Rene Malmgren, 1440000bytes Source:

GitHub

Release v0.1.0 · tcheeric/nostr-java

What's Changed Refactored NIPs 01, 04, 05, 08, 09, 16, 25, 33 by @guilhermegps in #91 Feature/#92 nip 30 by @guilhermegps in #93 Fixing NIP01 sear...

2. Nowser - 1.2.0 Nowser is a secure Nostr key management and signing application available across iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Linux. This release upgrades the Nowser SDK, improves web input handling on desktop, and initializes Nostr support with a new user info provider. This version also introduces username display alongside npub, enhances relay handling, and adds new web app pages, streamlining cross-platform authentication and key management for developers. Developed by: @DASHU Source:

GitHub

Release 1.2.0 · haorendashu/nowser

Upgrade nowser sdk version. Fix weburl input can submit at pc. Init nostr and add userinfo provider. Change npub to usename and npub. getRelays met...

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============================== #1 🧠 Quote of the Week ============================== @ODELL “as the internet gets further infested with ai slop, the nostr webs of trust we are building out today become much more important” #quote_nostr_recap