nostratui

A terminal user interface (TUI) for browsing Nostr posts, written in Rust.

nostratui is a minimalist, responsive, and highly efficient terminal client for the nostr protocol.

Installation

Clone and Build

git clone https://github.com/adamm-xyz/nostratui.git
cd nostratui
cargo build

Config

You must create a config.json at:

~/.config/nostratui/config.json

Then, you can add your private key, the list of relays you use and public keys you follow.

{
    "key":"nsec1...",
    "relays":[
        "wss://myrelay.xyz",
        "wss://nostr.example.net"
    ],
    "contacts":[
        [
            "npub1...",
            "matthew"
        ],
        [
            "npub1...",
            "mark"
        ],
        [
            "npub1...",
            "luke"
        ]
    ]
}

Usage

Run

cargo run

Keybindings

keybind	Description
k	navigate up
j	navigate down
Ctrl-r	refresh feed
n	create new post
r	reply to selected post
q	quit

Roadmap

• NIP-01, fetch and display basic notes
• NIP-02, fetch follow list
• Display contacts page
• NIP-05 display user name handles
• Key generation with NIP-06
• NIP-08 display mentions in posts
• NIP-09 issue delete requests
• NIP-10 show note threads (still WIP)