#9 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases
1. Snort - v0.4.0
Snort is a high-performance Nostr client built with React, focused on fast content discovery, media handling, and social interactions. This update adds a Discover page for trending content, a media tab for multiple media note types, and a Follow Sets page for browsing connections. It integrates Nests audio rooms, replaces NIP-96 with Blossom storage, and upgrades the build system to Bun. Other improvements include better profile caching, query handling, auto-translation, and WoT filtering, making content loading faster, media management smoother, and social interactions more seamless.
Developed by:
@Kieran,
@sandwich
Source:
GitHub
Release v0.4.0 · v0l/snort
Highlights
Discover Page: New discover page with DVM-powered trending posts and content suggestions
Media Posts: Support for kind 20, 21, 22 media...
2. Amber - v4.0.6-pre2
Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android that securely manages and signs Nostr events. In this release it improves stability and performance by fixing crashes on permission and app editing screens, handling decryption parsing errors gracefully, adding a signer cache for faster operations, and optimizing screen recomposition and task finishing, enhancing reliability and responsiveness for end users. This was the latest and there was also the releases of v4.0.6-pre1 and v4.0.5 last week.
Developed by:
@greenart7c3
Source:
GitHub
Release Release v4.0.6-pre2 · greenart7c3/Amber
Amber 4.0.6-pre2
Remove get_public_key from content provider
Handle parsing errors when trying to decrypt content to show the content for the user...
3. Nostria (Android) - v1.0.8
Nostria is a decentralized social networking app that lets users fully control their profiles and data while exploring a censorship-resistant network. In this release, it fixes the “Share to Nostria” feature, enabling users to seamlessly share photos and videos directly from their devices, improving usability and content sharing for end users. This was the latest release and there was also the release of v1.0.7 last week.
Developed by:
@SondreB
Source:
GitHub
Release Nostria (Android) v1.0.8 · nostria-app/nostria
Fixes Share to Nostria, allowing you to share photos and videos directly from your device.
Full Changelog: android-v1.0.7...android-v1.0.8
4. 0xchat App - v1.5.2
0xchat is a secure chat app built on the Nostr protocol. In this release it introduces major usability improvements such as an updated image picker, Markdown support in posts, GIF uploads, custom emojis, and global posts with relay-based filtering. It also integrates new Napps (Mutable, Grimoire, Nym, Nostube) and Filedrop file server support, while fixing bugs related to contact sorting, account switching, login splash screens, and language translation, enhancing both functionality and user experience.
Developed by:
@water783
Source:
GitHub
Release v1.5.2 release · 0xchat-app/0xchat-app-main
Improvements & New Features
Updated the image picker implementation
Renamed Moments to Posts
Improved note search performance
Added support for gl...
5. Plebs App - v2.7.12
Plebs is a censorship-resistant, decentralized video platform built on the Nostr protocol. This release features a complete redesign and refactor, adding a following list, watched history, live and shorts videos, draft-saving before publishing, content filter packs, multiple language support, profile editing, zaps in comments, mute and reporting features, and a real watched count for videos. It also introduces an analytics dashboard and fixes light/dark mode issues and page-loading bugs, significantly improving usability, content management, and user experience. This was the biggest release of the week and there was also some more releases last week. (v2.7.31, v2.7.30, v2.7.28, v2.7.27, v2.7.26, v2.7.25, v2.7.24, v2.7.23, v2.7.22, v2.7.21, v2.7.20, v2.7.18, v2.7.15, v2.7.14, v2.7.13)
Developed by:
@Luxas
Source:
GitHub
Release v2.7.12 · Spl0itable/plebs-app
New: complete refactor and redesign
New: show following list
New: show watched history
New: disable warning popups from settings
New: mute and repo...
6. Vector - v0.2.3
Vector is a decentralized communication platform on the Nostr Protocol, offering end-to-end encryption, zero metadata leakage, and plausible deniability. This release adds Web Profiles, redesigned voice messaging, file previews, image compression, window persistence, and a polished UI with animated headers and mini-avatars. On-demand decryption improves performance, while bug fixes address startup flash, logout issues, unread markers, download stability, and emoji search, giving users a smoother, faster, and more reliable chat experience.
Developed by:
@JSKitty
Source:
GitHub
Release Vector v0.2.3 · VectorPrivacy/Vector
The new era of communication begins.
New:
🪪 Vector Web Profiles: you can now share your profile "Contact Card" over the web, with one...
#tools_nostr_recap
2. Digital Freedom with Nostr & Bitcoin - January 2026
📅 Date: Sunday, February 1, 2026
⏰ Time: 12.00 PM - 1.00 PM MST
📍 Location: Jives Coffee Lounge
16 Colbrunn Ct, Colorado Springs, CO, United States
🤹♀️ Organizers: @fractalchris
🔗 Event: 
3. Nostr Nights #1 - February 2026
📅 Date: Monday, February 2, 2026
⏰ Time: 6.00 PM - 8.30 PM CST
📍 Location: 1910 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN, USA
🤹♀️ Organizers: @Derek Ross, @Shawn, @OpenMike, @ajdav21, @Rod
🔗 Event: 
#events_nostr_recap
According to 
👉 Total Zap senders: 4,107, compared to 3,118 plebs the week before
👉 Total Zap Amount: 8,696,789, compared to 7,097,182 sats the week before
👉 Total Events: 3,849,431, compared to 3,704,444 events the week before
Many thanks to 
According to 
- Total Zap senders: 3,118, compared to 2,589 plebs the week before
- Total Zap Amount: 7,097,192, compared to 7,961,647 sats the week before
- Total Events: 3,702,272, compared to 3,536,158 events the week before
Many thanks to