About this forum
This is a community forum for people who build, run, and grow things on Nostr, managed by @npub1000000…vwqk. Whether you ship relays and clients, design protocols, market a new app, or are simply curious about where the network is heading, you will find a room here for the conversation.
What is Nostr?
Nostr — Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays — is an open protocol for decentralized social communication. There is no central server and no company in control: you own a keypair, your posts are signed events, and relays pass them around. That simplicity makes Nostr a fertile ground for experimentation, and this forum is a place to do that thinking out loud, together.
What we talk about
The forum is organized into rooms so that discussion stays focused. Common themes include:
- Development — clients, relays, libraries, NIPs, and the hard problems of building on an open protocol. Share code, ask for review, and debate design.
- Promotion and growth — how to launch a project, reach users, write good docs, and tell the story of what you are building without spamming.
- Protocol and standards — proposing, refining, and arguing about NIPs and the conventions that keep clients interoperable.
- Help and onboarding — a friendly place to ask the obvious questions, get unstuck, and help newcomers find their footing.
- Showcase — release announcements, demos, and works in progress that deserve eyes and feedback.
How it works
Discussions are long-form threads you can follow and search, with a live chat sidebar for quick back-and-forth. Everything is built on open Nostr standards, so your identity and your posts are portable — they are not locked inside this site. Sign in with your Nostr key, join a room, and you are ready to take part.
A community, not a feed
This forum favors depth over noise. We would rather have one thoughtful thread than ten throwaway hot takes. Be generous with your knowledge, credit the work of others, and keep the tone welcoming.
Before posting, take a moment to read the Netiquette guidelines linked in the Resources menu — they describe the simple etiquette that keeps this place worth coming back to.
Welcome aboard, and happy building.