Nostr Compass is a technical resource for the Nostr protocol, helping developers, relay operators, and builders stay current on protocol evolution.
We publish weekly newsletters covering NIP proposals, client updates, relay developments, and notable code changes. Our podcast features conversations with the developers building Nostr. The topic index documents key concepts with links to primary sources.
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Recent Newsletters
Nostr Compass #39
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: ngit and GitWorkshop move signed git workflows onto Nostr and Blossom, nsite-clay makes browser publishing recoverable, and Wingman App joins browsing, local signing, authentication, and files. Shosho and Livelier connect self-hosted streams to Nostr, Communitator makes relay templates inspectable before signing, cal.emre.xyz publishes appointment slots, and Plektos encrypts private events. Tagged releases add recovery and privacy work in Vector, Primal Android, LibreNostr, and SkateSpots. Development work spans NIP-27 …
Nostr Compass #38
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: Voca 1.0 brings verified Nostr notes and long-form subscriptions to an offline Android reader that speaks articles aloud, nostream expands relay-side job routing and authenticated operation, NDK for Dart fixes negentropy and multi-relay request lifetimes, Divine Mobile makes wrapped-message deletion and signing deterministic, Conduit Relay protects gift-wrap inboxes by default, Amethyst ships portable highlights, and Mostro verifies signed orders before its spam gate. Napstr publishes audio catalogues and seeder heartbeats …
Nostr Compass #37
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: Shopstr keeps remote-signer and wallet secrets out of browser storage, Routstr SDK verifies relay-sourced provider discovery, Postr launches as a small Android composer, Infans encrypts family tracking and co-parent sync, walls.rip carries PGP-encrypted chat through public Nostr relays, and pakstr makes Zapstore publication explicit. nostr-tools binds gift-wrap rumors to their seals. Releases cover subscription isolation, profile statuses, relay-scoped leave markers, an Android mail client whose arrival notifications need no …
Nostr Compass #36
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: Amber hardens relay auth and encrypts stored secrets, Cambium signs for websites under relay-auth load, Citrine hosts groups and static sites on a phone relay, Vector queues moderation under spam and syncs mutes across devices, Sonar adds threaded mesh replies, Nostria publishes podcasts, and Nail bridges email as gift-wrapped events. Releases cover MDK group state, badge minting, QR signer pairing, Android browser signing, and shared wallet-connect. Protocol work reaches comment patches, encrypted file metadata, thread …
Nostr Compass #35
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: nostr-wot-extension adds post-quantum keys and opt-in protected messages beside existing Nostr identities. Divine tightens account isolation, private-message validation, and publish confirmation; MDK strengthens encrypted-group convergence and recovery; and Amber makes grouped signing decisions explicit. Releases improve wallet connections, encrypted chat, social discovery, device sync, and remote signing, while protocol work covers identity and encrypted communities. The deep dives explain authenticated deletion requests …
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