Wrystr 0.9.3 desktop client
- Supported NIPs
- Screenshots from the v0.9.3:
Wrystr
A cross-platform desktop Nostr client built with Tauri 2.0 + React + TypeScript. Polished UI, deep Lightning integration, and first-class support for long-form writing.
Supported NIPs
NIP Description Status NIP-01 Basic protocol flow Full NIP-02 Follow list Full NIP-04 Encrypted direct messages (legacy) Full NIP-05 DNS-based verification Full (display + live verify in editor) NIP-10 Reply threading Full (nested trees, root+reply markers) NIP-11 Relay information Full (health checker) NIP-17 Private direct messages (gift wrap) Full NIP-18 Reposts Full NIP-19 bech32-encoded entities Full (npub, nsec, note, nevent, nprofile, naddr) NIP-21 nostr: URI scheme Full NIP-23 Long-form content (articles) Full (editor, reader, feed, search) NIP-25 Reactions Full (emoji reactions) NIP-27 Text note references Full NIP-46 Nostr Connect (remote signer) Full (bunker:// login) NIP-47 Wallet Connect (NWC) Full NIP-50 Search Full (notes, articles, people) NIP-51 Lists Partial (bookmarks, mute list) NIP-57 Zaps Full NIP-65 Relay list metadata Full (outbox model) NIP-98 HTTP Auth Full (image uploads)
More details are at the bottom.
Screenshots from the v0.9.3:
Onboarding
Profile
Switching profiles:
Relays badge
Optional choosing of letters-script (Cyrillic, Latin, Chinese, etc)
Feed->Following
Articles
Reading articles:
Articles following:
Media->Videos
Podcasts
-> Trending
->Searching
->My podcasts
Bookmarks
Messages
Your profile
Notifications
ZAP History
Relays
Settings
Themes
Light
Catpuchin mocca
tokyo-nights
gruvbox
ethereal
hackerman
Features
Identity & accounts:
In-app key generation with plain-language nsec backup — no browser extension required Create new account from the account switcher — no need to restart or go through onboarding again Login with nsec (full access) or npub (read-only) NIP-46 remote signer — connect via bunker:// URI (nsecBunker, Amber, etc.) with session persistence across restarts Multi-account switcher — save multiple identities, switch instantly from the sidebar OS keychain integration — nsec stored in macOS Keychain / Windows Credential Manager / Linux Secret Service; sessions survive restarts
Feed & content:
Live streaming feed — persistent relay subscriptions deliver new notes in real-time; no manual refresh needed Global and following feeds with live relay connection Language/script feed filter — filter by writing system (Latin, CJK, Cyrillic, Arabic, Korean, etc.) via dropdown in feed header; uses Unicode detection + NIP-32 language tags Compose notes, inline replies, nested thread trees with reply-to-any-note and multi-level back navigation Image upload with NIP-98 auth — paste from clipboard, drag-drop, or use the file picker; uploads authenticated via NIP-98 HTTP Auth with fallback services Image lightbox — click any image to view full-screen; Escape to close, arrow keys to navigate multi-image posts Feed reply context — replies show “↩ replying to @name”; click to jump to the parent thread or scroll to it in the current thread Reactions (NIP-25) with live network counts Follow / unfollow (NIP-02) with contact list publishing Quote & Repost (NIP-18) — one-click repost or quote with compose modal Bookmarks (NIP-51 kind 10003) — save/unsave notes and articles; Notes/Articles tabs in bookmark view; article bookmarks use a tags for parameterized replaceable events; synced to relays Mute users (NIP-51) — muted list synced to relays, filtered from feed Long-form article experience (NIP-23) — markdown toolbar (bold, italic, heading, link, image, quote, code, list) with keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+B/I/K); multi-draft management with draft list, resume, delete; cover image file picker; dedicated article feed with Latest/Following tabs; article search by keyword or hashtag; article reader with reading time, bookmark, like, and zap; profile Articles tab Quoted note inline preview — nostr:note1… / nostr:nevent1… renders as an inline card Syntax highlighting — code blocks in notes and articles render with syntax highlighting Note rendering: images, video, mentions, hashtags, njump.me link interception External links — all http(s) links open in your system browser via Tauri opener Emoji reactions — reaction picker with common emojis on note cards; emoji insertion in compose and reply boxes via categorized emoji picker Keyword muting — word/phrase mute list with client-side filtering across all views Direct Messages (NIP-04 + NIP-17 gift wrap) — conversation list, thread view, per-message decryption; unread badge in sidebar Notifications — background poller (60s) for mentions, zaps, new followers; each type independently toggleable; OS push notifications; 🔔 in sidebar with unread badge
Relay & network
Relay status badge — compact “8/12 relays” indicator in feed header with color coding (green/yellow/red by connection ratio); hover shows per-relay connection status Toast notifications — transient status messages for relay events: “Connection lost — reconnecting”, “Back online”, “Relays reconnected” Relay health checker — NIP-11 info fetch, WebSocket latency probing, online/slow/offline classification; expandable cards show all supported NIPs, software, description; per-relay remove button; “Remove dead” strips offline relays; “Publish list” publishes NIP-65 relay list; auto-checks on mount Relay recommendations — discover relays based on your follows’ NIP-65 relay lists; shows follow count, one-click “Add” Relay management: add/remove relays, all in one consolidated Relays view NIP-65 outbox model — reads user relay lists (kind 10002) so you see notes from people who publish to their own relays; publish your own relay list to Nostr
Lightning & zaps
Per-account NWC wallet — each account remembers its own Lightning wallet; switching accounts loads the correct one automatically NWC guided wizard — wallet picker (Alby Hub, Alby Extension, Mutiny, Phoenix) with per-wallet setup steps and inline URI validation Send zaps via NWC (NIP-47 + NIP-57) with amount presets, custom amounts, comment Zap counts on notes (⚡ N sats inline) Zap history — Received and Sent tabs with amounts, counterparts, comments Support / About page — zap the developer, Lightning + Bitcoin QR codes, Ko-fi and GitHub links
Discovery
Trending feed — trending notes and articles from the last 24h, ranked by engagement with time decay scoring Media feed — dedicated “Media” view in sidebar with All/Videos/Images/Audio tab filtering Dedicated hashtag pages — clicking any #tag opens a live feed for that hashtag Trending hashtags — popular hashtags shown as clickable pills on the search idle screen Discover people — “follows of follows” suggestions on the Search page with mutual follow counts and one-click follow; persistent “don’t suggest again” per person Advanced search — by:author, mentions:npub, kind:number, is:article, has:image, since:2026-01-01, until:2026-12-31, #hashtag, “exact phrase”, boolean OR; NIP-05 resolution for author lookups; client-side content filters for media types; search help panel with modifier reference Search: NIP-50 full-text, #hashtag, people search with inline follow, article search (kind 30023) NIP-05 verification badges — cached verification with green checkmark on note cards
Personalization
Color themes — 7 built-in themes: Midnight (default dark), Light, Catppuccin Mocha, Tokyo Night, Gruvbox, Ethereal, Hackerman; instant switching from Settings Font size — Small / Normal / Large / Extra Large presets; scales the entire UI uniformly
Performance & UX
Resilient relay connectivity — all relay queries have timeouts (no more infinite loading); automatic reconnection with NDK instance reset as last resort; toast notifications for connection events; feed diagnostics for debugging Per-tab “last updated” timestamp — relative time indicator in feed header shows how fresh each tab’s data is Subscription debug panel — Ctrl+Shift+D toggles a hidden panel showing NDK uptime, live subscription status, per-relay state, feed timestamps, and recent diagnostics Auto-updater — “Update & restart” banner when a new version is available SQLite note cache — feed loads instantly from local cache on startup; profiles cached for immediate avatar display Data export — export bookmarks, follows, and relay list as JSON via native save dialog Profile media gallery — “Media” tab on profiles shows a grid of the user’s images, videos, and audio; images open in lightbox Reading list tracking — read/unread state on bookmarked articles with unread dot indicators and sidebar badge Profile banner polish — hero-height banner with click-to-lightbox, avatar overlaps banner edge with ring System tray — close button hides to tray; “Quit” in tray menu to fully exit Collapsible sidebar (icon-only mode) Keyboard shortcuts — n compose, / search, j/k navigate feed, Esc back, ? help overlay Skeleton loading placeholders, view fade transitions
Download
Grab the latest release from the Releases page.
Ubuntu / Debian / Mint .deb sudo dpkg -i wrystr_*.deb
Fedora .rpm sudo rpm -i wrystr-*.rpm
openSUSE .rpm sudo zypper install wrystr-*.rpm
Arch / Manjaro AUR yay -S wrystr-git
Windows .exe installer run the installer
macOS (Apple Silicon) aarch64.dmg open and drag to Applications
