#9 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases
1. vnak - New Tool
vnak (Visual Nostr Army Knife) is a lightweight, visual version of the Nostr Army Knife (nak) designed to provide accessible, graphical tools for interacting with Nostr. While similar in purpose to nak, vnak is currently less feature-complete and focuses on core visual functionalities rather than the full range of capabilities.
Developed by:
@fiatjaf
Source:
GitHub
GitHub - fiatjaf/vnak: visual nostr army knife with qt
visual nostr army knife with qt. Contribute to fiatjaf/vnak development by creating an account on GitHub.
2. Coracle - 0.6.27
Coracle is a web-based Nostr client designed to explore advanced Nostr features such as intelligent relay selection, web-of-trust moderation, personalized content recommendations, and strong privacy protections. In this version, the update delivers a few small but important fixes: correcting imgproxy URL handling, preventing non-links from being incorrectly linkified, and fixing a minor typo.
Developed by:
@hodlbod
Source:
GitHub
Release 0.6.27 · coracle-social/coracle
What's Changed
Fix imgproxy urls
Don't linkify non-link highlight sources
Fix a typo
Full Changelog: 0.6.26...0.6.27
3. Amber - v4.0.3-pre1
Amber is a Nostr event-signing app for Android that keeps your nsec safely stored in one dedicated place while signing events for other Nostr apps. This release improves security, stability, and usability by fixing bunker shutdown issues, adding account export/import, separating relay requests per account, improving encryption/decryption behavior, supporting ping requests, and adding crash reporting. It also cleans up logs/history in separate databases, improves saved-account handling, and updates dependencies, resulting in smoother account management, safer key usage, and more reliable relay interactions.
Developed by:
@greenart7c3
Source:
GitHub
Release Release v4.0.3-pre1 · greenart7c3/Amber
Amber 4.0.3-pre1
Fix close application logic for bunkers
Add a Export/Import accounts method by @npub1acr7ycax3t7ne8xzt0kfhh33cfd5z4h8z3ntk00erpd7...
4. Aegis - v0.3.2 iOS & Mac release
Aegis is a simple, cross-platform Nostr signer that lets users securely sign events and connect via multiple methods. This release adds WSS support for local relays, fixes multi-account subscription issues and subscription failures after relay restarts, and improves overall user experience for smoother and more reliable operation.
Developed by:
@ZharlieW
Source:
GitHub
Release v0.3.2 iOS & Mac release · ZharlieW/Aegis
Added wss:// support for local relay
Fixed multi-account subscription issue
Fixed subscription failure after relay restart
Improved overall UX
5. Nostria - android-v1.0.6
Nostria is a decentralized social networking app built on Nostr, giving users control over their profile, data, and interactions while resisting censorship. This version adds support for Android share targets, integrates the NWC protocol handler for seamless connections, and introduces a maskable app icon for improved device compatibility and visual consistency.
Developed by:
@SondreB
Source:
GitHub
Release Nostria (Android) v1.0.6 · nostria-app/nostria
While the file version is 1.0.6, the packaged version is 1.0.5. This is same package as is released on Google Play Store.
Changes
Adds support for...
6. Keychat - v1.37.2+6475
Keychat is a chat application built on Bitcoin Ecash, Nostr, Signal, and MLS protocols, enabling secure, encrypted messaging across platforms. This release improves message handling by fixing NIP-17 message sorting and allowing users to switch logged-in identities in the browser, while adding features like in-browser file downloads, special badges for NIP-04 and NIP-17 messages, replying to NIP-04 messages, and requesting device microphone permissions, enhancing usability, interactivity, and security for users.
Developed by: kcdev
Source:
GitHub
Release v1.37.2+6475 · keychat-io/keychat-app
Keychat 1.37.2+6475
fix: NIP-17 message sorting
fix: allow switching logged-in identity in the browser
feat: support downloads file in the browser...
7. NosCall - v0.4.0
NosCall is a secure, cross-platform audio and video calling app built on the Nostr protocol, offering end-to-end encryption for private communications. This release adds Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode for Android and iOS, redesigns the video call interface for a smoother user experience, and fixes Android auto-login issues, improving usability, multitasking, and reliability for users.
Developed by:
@sana
Source:
GitHub
Release Noscall v0.4.0 release · sanah9/noscall
Now supports Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode on Android and iOS.
Redesigned video call UI for a smoother experience.
Fix Android auto-login issues
8. Vector - v0.2.2
Vector is a decentralized, end-to-end encrypted communication platform built on the Nostr protocol (NIP-17). This release adds the first Android APK, an encrypted SQLite database, Storage Manager, and Primary Device setting for Group Invites. It improves synchronization speed, file attachment and UI design, profile/message shortcuts, and settings polish, while fixing group chat bugs, media crashes, emoji panel jitter, and excessive UI re-renders, resulting in a faster, smoother, and more reliable user experience.
Developed by:
@JSKitty
Source:
GitHub
Release Vector v0.2.2 · VectorPrivacy/Vector
The new era of communication begins.
New:
📲 Android APK: the first public Android APK is now available for Vector!
📦 Storage Manag...
9. White Noise - v0.2.1
White Noise is a secure, decentralized chat app built on the Nostr protocol using MLS encryption, designed to protect privacy while providing a smooth messaging experience. This release introduces enhanced notifications with deep linking, automatic clearing, unread counts, and localization support. Image handling is improved with automatic downloads, zoom functionality, and media icons in previews. User experience refinements include unique identicons, better scroll behavior, and protection against accidental profile edits. Chat bugs and notification issues are fixed, while UI elements like avatar colors, padding, and keypackage buttons are polished. Under the hood, performance is boosted with optimized group metadata loading, non-blocking user fetches, smarter data synchronization, and more efficient notifications, resulting in a faster, smoother, and more reliable app.
Developed by:
@JeffG
Source:
https://github.com/marmot-protocol/whitenoise/releases/tag/v0.2.1%2B14
#tools_nostr_recap
According to https://stats.nostr.band,
During last week:
- Total Zaps: 33,021, compared to 38,187 zaps the week before
- Total Zap senders: 2,586, compared to 2,554 plebs the week before
- Total Zap Amount: 7,958,264, compared to 9,084,120 sats the week before
- Total Events: 3,533,128, compared to 2,783,435 events the week before
Many thanks to 
According to https://stats.nostr.band,
During last week:
- Total Zaps: 36,757, compared to 33,858 zaps the week before
- Total Zap senders: 2,462, compared to 3,379 plebs the week before
- Total Zap Amount: 10,041,432, compared to 9,838,060 sats the week before
- Total Events: 3,449,581, compared to 3,960,045 events the week before
Many thanks to 
