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Seventh Wave of Nostr Grants
We are pleased to announce our seventh round of nostr grants, supporting a new group of projects that contribute to the growth and innovation happening in this ecosystem. Nostr is evolving, with projects expanding their focus from pure social networking to secure messaging and payments, IoT integrations, trusted software distribution, and more.
The five projects of this funding wave are:
With the continued support of the nostr community, we anticipate that these projects will play a significant role in creating a more connected, open, and resilient digital landscape.
Our goal is to contribute to the development of a more open and decentralized internet that promotes creativity and collaboration. We remain committed to supporting the developers behind these initiatives.
Our support for nostr is made possible by the generosity of our donors. If you would like to help us continue supporting the nostr ecosystem, consider making a donation to The Nostr Fund:
Let's dive in and take a closer look at each project and how they align with our mission.
Nostr Arduino
Nostr Arduino is an open-source library that integrates the nostr protocol with Arduino microcontrollers, enabling embedded devices to send and receive nostr events. Led by Black Coffee, the project aims to provide Internet of Things (IoT) devices with a permissionless, distributed network without relying on centralized services or exposing them to spyware. Plans include refactoring the library for better memory stability, increasing test coverage, enhancing documentation, creating example projects, and promoting the library through media content. The team also intends to collaborate on IoT NIP use cases, make the hardware NIP-46 remote signer production-ready, add NIP-46 support to web clients, enable remote device configuration via nostr, and explore eCash integration.
Repository: arduino-nostr, hardware-nostr-connect-device
License: MIT
White Noise
JeffG is developing White Noise, a nostr-based messaging client focused on secure communication. It implements double ratchet encryption for direct messages, supports group messaging, and synchronizes conversations across multiple devices. Built on nostr's censorship-resistant backbone, White Noise aims to deliver a seamless user experience similar to Signal, but with the added benefits of open protocols and decentralized infrastructure, ensuring privacy and accessibility for users in the freedom tech space.
Repository: erskingardner/whitenoise
License: MIT
futr
Futr is a decentralized nostr client written in Haskell, focusing on public and private groups (NIP-29) and private direct messages (NIP-17). The project positions itself more like Telegram than Twitter. It's a native app that doesn't rely on a browser engine and is designed to cross-compile to Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Plans include refactoring for better performance, improving the user interface (possibly switching to Qt), implementing group and private messaging, and integrating features like voice/video calls and Lightning Network zaps with the aim of improving security and further decentralizing communications.
Repository: futrnostr/futr
License: MIT
Notedeck
Notedeck is a multi-platform nostr client for Android and desktop, inspired by TweetDeck. It offers a fully modular dashboard with customizable columns, enabling users to manage multiple accounts simultaneously. Users can view different timelines, notifications, direct messages, and bookmarks from a unified interface, rearranging columns as desired. The mobile version provides a similar experience optimized for single-column viewing. Future development includes account management, improved UI navigation, modular column support, posting capabilities, and profile viewing.
Repository: damus-io/notedeck
License: MIT
Keystache
Keystache is a desktop-native nostr signing application that offers a seamless single-sign-on experience and key management for desktop users. Similar to the Alby Chrome Extension but tailored for desktop environments, it provides a base layer for nostr desktop apps, eliminating the need for individual apps to manage private keys. Currently in alpha for Apple Silicon and supporting NIP-55 for key management, Keystache aims to reach beta soon and version 1.0 by year's end. Plans include evolving into a portal for nostr with features like an app marketplace, Fedimint wallet integration, signing permissions, and local relay support, simplifying key management, and fostering nostr desktop application development.
Repository: nodetec/keystache
License: MIT
We are proud to support these projects and look forward to their continuous contributions to the nostr ecosystem. If you're working on a nostr project that is free and open-source, don't hesitate to apply.
Our support for nostr is made possible by donors like you. Please consider donating to The Nostr Fund to help us fund the ingenious developers building toward a better future: