Nostur
A native Nostr client for iPhone, iPad and macOS with multiple accounts and Lightning zaps.
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About Nostur
Nostur is a Nostr social client for Apple devices. It supports posting from multiple accounts, a guest account for trying it without signing up, media uploads, post previews, custom lists, bookmarks with personal notes, direct messages, Lightning zaps with wallet selection, and silent follows.
Posts are stored on the device and can be exported, and iPad and macOS get a wider multi-pane layout. It is on the App Store, offered as a direct download, and its source is published. It suits Apple users who want a full-featured Nostr client.
Strengths
- Multiple accounts and a guest mode
- Posts stored on device with export
- Lightning zaps and direct messages built in
- Wider layout on iPad and macOS
Limitations
- Apple platforms only
- Zaps require a Lightning wallet
Details
- Pricing
- FreeAvailable from the App Store or as a direct download, with published source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Platforms
- macOS, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- iPhone and Mac users who want a native Nostr client
- Categories
- Social networks
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Nostur
Compare allSoftware that can replace Nostur for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Damus
A Nostr social network client for iOS, Android and desktop that needs no email or phone number.
Damus is a Nostr client for iOS, Android and macOS with Lightning tipping, but it is not open source and some extras require the paid Purple membership.
Primal
A social client for the Nostr protocol on the web and mobile, with a built-in wallet.
Primal runs on web, Android and iOS with a built-in wallet next to the feed, but it is not open source.
noStrudel
A feature-rich web client for browsing, posting to and exploring the Nostr social network.
noStrudel is an open-source Nostr web client with a wide feature set that can be self-hosted with Docker, running in a browser instead of natively.
Coracle
A web client for the Nostr decentralised social protocol, aimed at everyday users.
Coracle is a Nostr web client aimed at newcomers that runs in the browser with nothing to install, and it is not open source.
Iris
A web client for the Nostr decentralised social network, with a view of your social graph.
Iris is a Nostr web client with an editable relay list and social graph view, running in a browser rather than as a native Apple app.
Openvibe
A mobile app that combines Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads and Nostr timelines into one feed.
Openvibe combines Nostr with Mastodon, Bluesky and Threads timelines on iOS and Android, but it is not open source and has no desktop app mentioned.
Nostur as an alternative
Listings that name Nostur as an alternative.
YakiHonne
A Nostr client focused on long-form articles, short notes and curated collections of content.
Nostur is an open-source native Nostr client for iPhone, iPad and macOS with multiple accounts, on-device post storage and Lightning zaps.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
strfry
A self-hosted relay server for the Nostr protocol that stores and forwards events for clients.
nostr-rs-relay
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zap.stream
An open-source live streaming site built on Nostr, with Bitcoin Lightning payments to streamers.
Flotilla
A Discord-style community app built on Nostr relays, delivered as a progressive web app.
