🗞️ The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap 🚀 (21st September 2026)

“Some days posting here feels like nobody's listening. You write something you actually care about and it gets two reactions and a 21 sat zap from the few people who zaps everything.#
That's what early looks like, though. The people who kept stacking through 2022 weren't getting applause either, and most of their friends figured they'd lost it. The devs building clients here are shipping updates to a few thousand users and doing it anyway, because they think this matters. It does.#
No algorithm is paying anybody here to keep posting. If you're still showing up, it's because you believe in it. I'd rather build with a few thousand people like that than perform for a million who'd leave the day the feed changes.#
So keep posting, and zap accounts when they say something good. That's how most of us got found in the first place.”#

The Nostr growth indicates differently in several sources!#

According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr, there are over 240 Nostr clients and over 500 Nostr apps running in more than 40 countries around the globe now.#

According to https://nostrhub.io/stats#

👉🏻 1,037 relays on the Nostr network#

Top 3 Popular Clients by Usage (For 7 days):#

👉🏻 Amethyst - 1,723 Users#

👉🏻 Primal - 1,025 Users#

👉🏻 Ditto - 422 Users#

According to https://nostrarchives.com/analytics#

Top 3 Popular Clients by Usage (For 7 days):#

👉🏻 Primal iOS - 735 Users - 7.4k Notes#

👉🏻 Amethyst - 727 Users - 12.9k Notes#

👉🏻 Primal Android - 477 Users - 4.4k Notes#

Top 3 Popular Relays by Usage (by NIP-65 relay lists):#

👉🏻 relay.primal.net - 390.9k Users#

👉🏻 nos.lol - 338.2k Users#

👉🏻 relay.damus.io - 281.2k Users#

According to https://stats.andotherstuff.org/#

👉🏻 Publishing Users last week: 4.31M (+0.4%)#

👉🏻 New Publishing Users Last week: 5.35M (+27.5%)#

👉🏻 All-time Zap Count: 7.09M#

👉🏻 All-time Zap BTC Amount: 43.64 BTC#

👉🏻 All-time Zap Senders: 181.6K#

Top 3 Popular Relays by Usage (User Relay Preferences from NIP-65):#

👉🏻 relay.mostr.pub - 677.2k#

👉🏻 relay.primal.net - 577.9k#

👉🏻 relay.damus.io - 466.3k#

According to https://zap.observer#

Zapped for the past 7 days,#

👉🏻 Zaps - 12,242#

👉🏻 Sats - 5.4M#

According to https://npub.world/stats#

During last week:#

👉🏻 Total Users: 4,458 users, compared to 12,996 users the week before#

Many thanks to the developers of https://nostrhub.io/stats, https://nostrarchives.com/analytics, https://stats.andotherstuff.org/, by @npub1zuua...c2uc https://zap.observer by @npub137c5...k37w https://npub.world/stats by @npub176p7...vgup and all the contributors of https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr for providing these insights.

1. Nostr as cypherpunk technology#

@npub1m2mv...r8p9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHt_1b-SHks

2. Comments on every website — even where the site allows none#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bywF8yWZa3o

3. block/buzz Integrates Six Workflows in One Room: Chat, patch, and CI—All Fully Traceable#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtRPgaBwXRc

https://hackernoon.com/nostr-introducing-decentralized-social-communication

1. NOSTRSHIRE - November 2026#

📅 Date: Friday, November 20, 2026
⏰ Time: 9.00 AM - 6.00 PM (GMT)
📍 Location: Pendulum Hotel, Sackville St, Manchester M1 3BB, United Kingdom
🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @npub14muz...r84r @npub1cn67...wt8a

🔗 Event:

https://bitfest.uk/#nostrshire

1. This is How Brainstorm Stops Impersonators on Nostr#

@npub1xff8...t6y0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT8ToCh4nNQ

2. BTCmap, Gamestr, and BitFest Updates#

@npub1cn67...wt8a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c9rpqeBVw4

Nostr’s Value4Value (V4V) model is all about plebs directly rewarding creators for the value they receive, no middlemen fees, no ads, just pure community-driven support using sats via the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

Thanks to https://zaplife.lol by @npub1l2vy...ajft for providing these insights.

Here are the Top Zapped/Top Zappers from last week, showcasing the creators who received/sent the most engagement:#

🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped#

Name: @npub1hpnv...tplc
- Zaps Received: 322
- Sats Earned: 427k
Name: @npub1f4uy...r407
- Zaps Received: 250
- Sats Earned: 24k
Name: jayb
- Zaps Received: 167
- Sats Earned: 61k

🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers#

Name: @npub1dsn6...2h64
- Zaps Sent: 1176
- Sats Spent: 24k
Name: @npub137c5...k37w
- Zaps Sent: 164
- Sats Spent: 29k
Name: 匿名応援者
- Zaps Sent: 144
- Sats Spent: 891k

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received#

Name: @npub1mlzz...kygu
- Sats Earned: 849k
- Zaps Received: 59
Name: @npub1hpnv...tplc
- Sats Earned: 427k
- Zaps Received: 322
Name: Rose Otero
- Sats Earned: 229k
- Zaps Received: 31

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent#

Name: 匿名応援者
- Sats Spent: 891k
- Zaps Sent: 144
Name: Cyrill
- Sats Spent: 338k
- Zaps Sent: 74
Name: “The name is not visible”
- Sats Spent: 81k
- Zaps Sent: 11

Here are the Top Zapped from last week, showcasing notes that received the most engagement:#

🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
- Zaps Received: 105
- Sats Earned: 14k
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
- Zaps Received: 47
- Sats Earned: 21k
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
- Zaps Received: 44
- Sats Earned: 5k

🔥 Top 3: Most Sats#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
- Sats Earned: 83k
- Zaps Received: 2
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
- Sats Earned: 43k
- Zaps Received: 26
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
- Sats Earned: 32k
- Zaps Received: 3

1. PsstPsst - v0.2.2 - New Tool#

PsstPsst is a decentralized, end-to-end encrypted messaging app. This release adds swipe-to-reply, faster message composing on desktop, optional unread-message counts, and a more adaptive media gallery. It also improves scrolling and reply stability, updates conversation times while the app is open, and fixes occasional message ordering issues. While this was the latest, there was also the release of v0.2.1 last week.

Developed by: @npub1syjm...f6wl

Source: https://github.com/CodyTseng/psstpsst/releases/tag/v0.2.2

2. nReadr - v0.1.4 - New Tool#

nReadr is a KOReader plugin that publishes book highlights to Nostr using NIP-84. The release v0.1.4 updates the release-publishing tooling to match the current NIP-82 draft specification, improving how software releases and assets are tagged and discovered by NIP-82-aware Nostr clients. This was the latest, and there were also the releases of v0.1.0, v0.1.1, v0.1.2 & v0.1.3 last week.

Developed by: @npub1nrea...z28m

Source: https://gitworkshop.dev/nreadr@nostrcheck.me/relay.ngit.dev/nreadr/releases/nevent1qy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwva5hgtnyv4mqqgrqmu65xle3e3p5pcr88dpk7fsk8aetreamh5cum4uqmyz33n63vu45xsfr

3. Amethyst - v1.16.0 - My Fitness, BOLT12 Payments, and a Leaner Core#

Amethyst is a Nostr client for Android. This release adds BOLT12 offers to profile payments and the zap picker with BOLT11 fallback, introduces the My Fitness personal training dashboard through Health Connect, improves Blossom authentication and media handling, fixes relay connection counting and wallet history behavior, and significantly cleans up the core by splitting commons modules and resolving dozens of bugs and warnings.

Contributed by: @npub1gcxz...nj5z David Kaspar

Source: https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/tag/v1.16.0

4. Amber - v6.6.4#

Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android. This release improves Tor privacy and reliability by preventing clearnet leaks during startup, reducing background battery usage, recovering relay connections after Tor restarts, and ensuring relay WebSocket connections close properly. It also adds sign-event labels for Armada event kinds, including presence, typing indicators, NIP-29 group management, Buzz forums, and webxdc app data.

Contributed by: @npub1w4us...0jr5

Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber/releases/tag/v6.6.4

5. Alby Lightning Browser Extension - v3.15.0#

Alby Lightning Browser Extension is a Bitcoin Lightning and Nostr browser extension that brings WebLN payments, LNURL, and Nostr signing to the web. The release v3.15.0 is a security-focused release that hardens LNURL requests, adds stricter LNURL-auth and Schnorr-signing confirmations, fixes allowance-budget handling, removes webln.request(), and updates several security-sensitive dependencies.

Contributed by: @npub1e5tf...7mh9 Depfu, Adithya Vardhan

Source: https://github.com/getAlby/lightning-browser-extension/releases/tag/v3.15.0

6. Yakihonne Mobile App - 2.0.8#

YakiHonne Mobile App is a decentralized social platform mobile app built on Nostr for sharing posts, articles, and media. This release adds a video editor and compressor before publishing, improves the engagement chart, and fixes GrapheneOS feed loading, scrollable note previews, paid-note payments, notification handling, and replies not appearing under some notes.

Contributed by: Boukhalfa Seddik

Source: https://github.com/YakiHonne/mobile-app/releases/tag/YakiHonne-2.0.8

7. Wisp - v1.2.4#

Wisp is a minimal Android Nostr client. This release adds stricter inbox-only routing for threads and notifications, improves onboarding and account sign-in, adds full-balance on-chain wallet withdrawals, fixes token amount display, and treats NIP-22 kind 1111 comments as replies across threads, notifications, and counts.

Contributed by: @npub1utx0...50e8 @npub1aeh2...4nwx

Source: https://github.com/barrydeen/wisp/releases/tag/v1.2.4

8. Nostr WoT Extension - v0.7.2#

Nostr WoT Extension is a browser extension that provides Nostr identity management, NIP-07 signing, and Lightning payments directly in the browser. This release improves Nostr Connect account presentation by showing profile names and images, adds a remote-signer badge, and keeps the account selector and top bar consistent with support for display_name. There was also the release of v0.7.1 last week.

Contributed by: Leon Acosta

Source: https://github.com/nostr-wot/nostr-wot-extension/releases/tag/v0.7.2

9. Dark Wisp - v1.2.4#

Dark Wisp is a minimal Android Nostr client. This release adds full-balance on-chain withdrawals, improves NIP-22 comment and reply handling, lets quoted notes open directly, improves poll results and safety filtering, and updates onboarding and the compose interface.

Contributed by: @npub1utx0...50e8 @npub1aeh2...4nwx

Source: https://github.com/barrydeen/dark-wisp-android/releases/tag/v1.2.4

10. Nostr Mail Client - v0.15.0#

Nostr Mail Client is a Flutter-based encrypted email client built on Nostr. This release adds multi-account support, web push notifications, account-specific notification controls, account deletion, richer contact/profile handling, and improved relay discovery. It also reorganizes settings, improves mailbox syncing and reconnection, adds customizable animated/image backgrounds, and includes numerous accessibility, macOS, Android, and attachment fixes.

Contributed by: @npub1kg4s...w5te

Source: https://github.com/nogringo/nostr-mail-client/releases/tag/v0.15.0

11. NoorNote - v1.6.1#

NoorNote is a Nostr client for decentralized social networking. The release v1.6.1 redesigns the Addons overview with tile-based navigation, addon descriptions, active/inactive indicators, New/Updated badges, and customizable ordering. It also fixes broken rendering of URLs containing naddr references and prevents npub URLs from being incorrectly processed as mentions. Although this was the latest, there were also the releases of v1.6.0 & v1.5.5 last week.

Contributed by: @npub175nu...g6w0

Source: https://github.com/77elements/noornote/releases/tag/v1.6.1

12. Sidecar - v1.13.0#

Sidecar is a Nostr keystore and signer that runs in your browser sidebar. This release adds polls with detailed results, optional per-account proof-of-work mining, and improved visibility for replies sent as NIP-22 comments by other clients. It also improves Podcasting 2.0 boost confirmations and makes outgoing payments less intrusive with a background payment indicator.

Contributed by: @npub1aeh2...4nwx

Source: https://github.com/dmnyc/sidecar/releases/tag/v1.13.0

13. Workstr Web - v2.6.0#

Workstr Web is a static, local-first Nostr workout tracker PWA. This release adds nine-digit device-code protection for local accounts, keeping account keys inaccessible until the app is unlocked. The code is device-specific, never synced or exported, and failed attempts trigger a delay; account creation, recovery, and QR-based device pairing also require a code before saving. This was the latest, and there was also the release of v2.5.0 last week.

Contributed by: sette7blo, Workstr7blo

Source: https://github.com/Workstr7blo/workstr-web/releases/tag/v2.6.0

14. Napstr - v0.2.1#

Napstr is a file-sharing application that uses Nostr for discovery and Tor for private file sharing, with the cross-platform Napstrfy phone companion. This release improves mobile use with read-only pairing and Iroh connections, resumable downloads, proper cancellation and cleanup, and file size and availability information. It also improves track browsing, podcast and audiobook views, and includes various Android, transfer, UI, reliability, and dependency fixes. This was the biggest release of the week, and the latest one was v0.2.2.

Contributed by: @npub1c878...8avm

Source: https://github.com/lnbits/napstr/releases/tag/v0.2.1

15. Roadstr - v0.5.9#

Roadstr is an open-source, decentralised navigation and road-event reporting app for Android built on the Nostr protocol. This release hardens security and privacy by making Favorites sync opt-in, preventing unnecessary profile-visibility events, correcting inaccurate store claims, and restricting cleartext GraphHopper connections to local addresses. It also improves relay reconnection handling, caps confirmation and pending-event tracking to prevent memory abuse, and adds total timeouts for voice-model downloads. This was the latest, and there was also the release of v0.5.8 last week.

Contributed by: Lwb89dev, @npub1cwft...5mmc

Source: https://github.com/roadstrapp/roadstr-app/releases/tag/v0.5.9

1. Dart Nostr Development Kit (NDK) - v0.10.0-dev.5 (Pre-release)#

Dart Nostr Development Kit (NDK) is a Dart library for building Nostr applications, providing tools for relay connectivity, caching, and other Nostr functionality. This pre-release improves Cashu quote handling with deterministic keys, automatic recovery and resumption of pending transactions, safer mint counters, and streaming quote recovery, while also fixing broadcast authentication, relay connections, identity attribution, and quote-refresh behavior. There was also another pre-release (v0.10.0-dev.4) last week.

Contributed by: frnandu, @npub1kg4s...w5te @npub1w9ll...3tur

Source: https://github.com/relaystr/ndk/releases/tag/v0.10.0-dev.5

2. Originless - 1.0.3 (Redesigned UI & standalone agent page)#

Originless is a multipurpose, self-hosted storage backend for apps, pastebins, screenshots, static sites, and Nostr clients, with IPFS-based content-addressed storage. This release redesigns the UI with Vercel-style stat cards and a frosted-glass look, moves the Agent Prompt to a standalone /agent page, adds Cmd/Ctrl+K and / search shortcuts, adds an Umbrel App Store badge, and updates the reported application version to 1.0.3.

Contributed by: @npub1hznm...l6zh

Source: https://github.com/besoeasy/Originless/releases/tag/v1.0.3

1. GRAIN - v0.8.0-rc3 (Pre-release)#

GRAIN is a Nostr relay and Go client library for operators and developers. This pre-release adds a branded login flow with multiple signing methods, reorganizes settings into tabs, surfaces NIP-66 relay-monitor discovery and manual refresh controls, adds owner-only relay moderation, introduces GRAIN's default visual theme, and improves event lookup speed.

Contributed by: @npub1zmc6...7f60

Source: https://github.com/0ceanSlim/grain/releases/tag/v0.8.0-rc3

2. Nostr-relay - v0.0.266#

Nostr-relay is a Nostr relay built on the Relayer framework. This release adds event propagation between multiple relay instances through Redis, allowing instances to share events across a distributed setup. This was the latest, and there was also the release of v0.0.265 last week.

Contributed by: @npub1937v...haj6

Source: https://github.com/mattn/nostr-relay/releases/tag/v0.0.266

3. Citrine - v3.2.0#

Citrine is a Nostr relay for Android that lets Nostr clients send and receive events through a relay running directly on an Android device. The v3.2.0 release improves stability and memory usage by streaming relay aggregator queries in batches, bounding outbound relays and caches, and logging out-of-memory errors for easier diagnosis. It also adds an option to hide the event graph, updates dependencies including Quartz 1.15.2, and refreshes translations.

Contributed by: @npub1w4us...0jr5

Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Citrine/releases/tag/v3.2.0

1. Mostro - v0.18.8#

Mostro is a production-ready, censorship-resistant, non-custodial Lightning Network peer-to-peer exchange built on Nostr. This release fixes payout failure bookkeeping, ensures timeout bond slashes go to the correct maker, validates dispute initiators before escrow refunds, and handles terminal order statuses correctly. It also adds a design proposal for reputation portability and updates the fedimint-tonic-lnd dependency to v0.4.0.

Contributed by: @npub1qqqq...rfkq

Source: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro/releases/tag/v0.18.8

1. Din - New Workspace#

Din is a social computer that uses your Nostr account as a universal identity across desktop applications, connecting you with friends across the network. It stores encrypted data on Nostr relays and Blossom servers, while also supporting self-hosted infrastructure or fully local operation.

Developed by: @npub1q3sl...d26p @npub1scvy...68d8

Source: https://gitworkshop.dev/alex@gleasonator.com/relay.ngit.dev/din

1. Lightning.Pub - v0.0.41#

Lightning.Pub is a Nostr-native Lightning node that lets users connect and share Lightning nodes through Nostr identities with compatible applications. In v0.0.41, liquidity-provider startup is more resilient with retries and polling, invoice routing now waits for a confirmed provider balance before becoming ready, and Nostr publish failures include more detailed relay and network diagnostics.

Contributed by: @npub1xvtw...64sa

Source: https://github.com/shocknet/Lightning.Pub/releases/tag/v0.0.41

2. Nostr-VPN - v4.1.14#

Nostr-VPN is a Tailscale-style private mesh VPN that uses Nostr for coordination and an independently evolved FIPS implementation for its data plane. The release v4.1.14 improves reliability on supported platforms by using trusted ratings to help select paid-exit providers and adding clearer provider-selection controls. Paid exits are not supported on iOS. This was the latest, and there was also the release of v4.1.12 last week.

Contributed by: @npub1g53m...drvk

Source: https://github.com/mmalmi/nostr-vpn/releases/tag/v4.1.14

No Exploration Tools releases and updates for last week.#

Nostr is built by plebs, for the plebs. If you found this Nostr recap helpful, consider supporting me, Nomishka, with a zap.

I’m committed to supporting Nostr, and I split a part of the zaps I receive for this note with the plebs mentioned in this recap for all their great effort. Thank you so much for being part of this journey. Let me know your thoughts about this Ninety-Fourth Nostr Recap & share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #NostrRecap and let’s keep #GrowNostr together.

Thank you @npub1l77t...swft for this amazing idea!

A big shoutout to @npub1wmr3...g240 for your generous patronage for my Nostr Recaps!

Thank you, my younger brother @npub1nu5r...hjyn for helping me with the content and graphic stuff for my Nostr Recaps!

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🗞️ The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap 🚀 (21st September 2026)

“Some days posting here feels like nobody's listening. You write something you actually care about and it gets two reactions and a 21 sat zap from the few people who zaps everything.#

No algorithm is paying anybody here to keep posting. If you're still showing up, it's because you believe in it. I'd rather build with a few thousand people like that than perform for a million who'd leave the day the feed changes.#

So keep posting, and zap accounts when they say something good. That's how most of us got found in the first place.”#

1. Let’s name it 👇🏻#

2. It’s so nice to add another Zap Explore tool for Nostr 😍#

3. Ditto is also adapting to xaps 👇🏻#

4. Yep, this is the way 💯#

5. Hats off to these devs for making Nostr alive 🫡#

6. Nostr needs non-technical content indeed 👇🏻#

7. This is well said 👏🏻#

8. Nostr is not for these kinds of people ❌#

9. Are you an artist? So this opportunity is for you 🫵🏻#

10. What do you think? 🤔#

11. Is this true? 🤔#

The Nostr growth indicates differently in several sources!#

According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr, there are over 240 Nostr clients and over 500 Nostr apps running in more than 40 countries around the globe now.#

According to https://nostrhub.io/stats#

👉🏻 1,037 relays on the Nostr network#

Top 3 Popular Clients by Usage (For 7 days):#

👉🏻 Amethyst - 1,723 Users#

👉🏻 Primal - 1,025 Users#

👉🏻 Ditto - 422 Users#

According to https://nostrarchives.com/analytics#

Top 3 Popular Clients by Usage (For 7 days):#

👉🏻 Primal iOS - 735 Users - 7.4k Notes#

👉🏻 Amethyst - 727 Users - 12.9k Notes#

👉🏻 Primal Android - 477 Users - 4.4k Notes#

Top 3 Popular Relays by Usage (by NIP-65 relay lists):#

👉🏻 relay.primal.net - 390.9k Users#

👉🏻 nos.lol - 338.2k Users#

👉🏻 relay.damus.io - 281.2k Users#

According to https://stats.andotherstuff.org/#

👉🏻 Publishing Users last week: 4.31M (+0.4%)#

👉🏻 New Publishing Users Last week: 5.35M (+27.5%)#

👉🏻 All-time Zap Count: 7.09M#

👉🏻 All-time Zap BTC Amount: 43.64 BTC#

👉🏻 All-time Zap Senders: 181.6K#

Top 3 Popular Relays by Usage (User Relay Preferences from NIP-65):#

👉🏻 relay.mostr.pub - 677.2k#

👉🏻 relay.primal.net - 577.9k#

👉🏻 relay.damus.io - 466.3k#

According to https://zap.observer#

Zapped for the past 7 days,#

👉🏻 Zaps - 12,242#

👉🏻 Sats - 5.4M#

According to https://npub.world/stats#

During last week:#

👉🏻 Total Users: 4,458 users, compared to 12,996 users the week before#

1. Nostr as cypherpunk technology#

2. Comments on every website — even where the site allows none#

3. block/buzz Integrates Six Workflows in One Room: Chat, patch, and CI—All Fully Traceable#

4. Nostr: Introducing Decentralized Social Communication#

1. NOSTRSHIRE - November 2026#

1. This is How Brainstorm Stops Impersonators on Nostr#

2. BTCmap, Gamestr, and BitFest Updates#

Here are the Top Zapped/Top Zappers from last week, showcasing the creators who received/sent the most engagement:#

🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped#

🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers#

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received#

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent#

Here are the Top Zapped from last week, showcasing notes that received the most engagement:#

🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped#

🔥 Top 3: Most Sats#

1. PsstPsst - v0.2.2 - New Tool#

2. nReadr - v0.1.4 - New Tool#

3. Amethyst - v1.16.0 - My Fitness, BOLT12 Payments, and a Leaner Core#

4. Amber - v6.6.4#

5. Alby Lightning Browser Extension - v3.15.0#

6. Yakihonne Mobile App - 2.0.8#

7. Wisp - v1.2.4#

8. Nostr WoT Extension - v0.7.2#

9. Dark Wisp - v1.2.4#

10. Nostr Mail Client - v0.15.0#

11. NoorNote - v1.6.1#

12. Sidecar - v1.13.0#

13. Workstr Web - v2.6.0#

14. Napstr - v0.2.1#

15. Roadstr - v0.5.9#

1. Dart Nostr Development Kit (NDK) - v0.10.0-dev.5 (Pre-release)#