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Restructure roadmap into Phase 1/2/3 with release gates between phases

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Phase 1 (OpenSats priority): article reader, zap counts, quoted note
preview, auto-updater.

Phase 2 (engagement): notifications, NIP-65 outbox, reply context,
keyboard shortcuts.

Phase 3 (polish): NIP-17 DMs, image lightbox, bookmarks, follow
suggestions, UI polish.

Also documents all shipped features through v0.1.x and captures the
brainstorm backlog (WOT, NIP-23 depth, NIP-46).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Wrystr — Next Steps Roadmap
# Wrystr — Roadmap
---
## Vision note: more than a Nostr client
## Vision: more than a Nostr client
Wrystr is not just a great desktop Nostr client. **Long-form content is a first-class,
distinguishing feature of this project** — not an afterthought, not a checkbox NIP.
distinguishing feature** — not an afterthought, not a checkbox NIP.
The article editor (NIP-23), the reading experience, the writing tools around it — these
set Wrystr apart from other clients and define its identity. Think of it as a publishing
platform that happens to live on Nostr, not a social feed that happens to support articles.
> **TODO — brainstorm needed:** What does "owning long-form on Nostr desktop" actually
> look like? Reading experience, discovery, editor features, monetization via zaps,
> cross-posting, author identity — all of this needs a dedicated design session.
> Leave this as an open thread until we sit down to work through it properly.
---
## Development process
Each phase is built, then thoroughly tested (especially on Windows) before the next begins.
Bugs found during testing are fixed before Phase N+1 starts. A release is cut between phases.
---
## Up next
## Phase 1 — Complete the core experience
*Target: OpenSats application (April 1, 2026). Test on all platforms before Phase 2.*
### 1. OS Keychain via Rust (Tauri backend)
- Security-critical: private keys currently live in NDK signer memory only
- nsec sessions don't survive app restart — keychain fixes this permanently
- Tauri has keychain plugins ready (`tauri-plugin-keychain`)
### 1. Long-form article reader (NIP-23)
- We write articles but can't read them in-app — the single biggest gap given our positioning
- Click any `nostr:naddr1…` reference or article link → open in a clean reader view
- Render markdown, show title / author / published date / cover image
- Zap button on articles (zap the author)
- "Open in browser" fallback for unsupported content
### 2. Multi-account / profile switcher
- Nostr users regularly maintain separate identities (personal, professional, pseudonymous)
- Near-blocker-level friction discovered during Windows playtest — session re-login every
restart is currently the #1 UX pain point
- Depends on OS keychain (#1) — keys must persist for instant switching
- UI: small account switcher in sidebar footer; click → list of saved accounts; one click to switch
- No re-login flow — switching is instant once accounts are stored in keychain
- v1: stored nsec accounts only; v2 could add NIP-46 remote signer support
### 2. Zap counts on notes
- Feed shows ♥ reaction counts but not ⚡ zap counts — a visible gap
- Fetch kind 9735 receipts per note, sum the amounts, show inline
- Existing zap infrastructure (NIP-47 + NIP-57) already built — display-layer only
### 3. SQLite note caching
- Notes disappear on every restart — no local persistence
- Would make the app feel dramatically more solid and fast
- Rust backend is the right place for this
### 3. Quoted note inline preview
- Quotes currently render `nostr:nevent1…` as plain linked text
- Should show an inline card: author avatar, name, truncated content — same as other clients
- Completes the NIP-18 quote/repost work already shipped
### 4. About / Funding page
- Hardcoded in-app page with all support options
- Bitcoin on-chain address with scannable QR code
- Lightning address with scannable QR code
- Zap button (zap the developer's npub directly from within the app)
- Links: GitHub (hoornet), Ko-fi/Jure, and any other funding sources
- Lives in the sidebar footer or as a dedicated view — tasteful, never nagging
- Ties into the zap infrastructure already built
### 5. Mute / ignore user + anti-spam
- "Ignore this user" from profile or note context menu (NIP-51 mute list)
- Mute list persisted to Nostr so it follows you across clients
- Settings toggles for basic spam filters (e.g. hide notes from accounts < N days old,
hide notes with no followers, hide pure bot patterns)
- Consider: Web of Trust (WOT) score as an optional feed filter — needs design session
### 6. Quote / Repost (NIP-18)
- "Quote" wraps a note in your own post with added commentary
- "Repost" is a plain re-broadcast (kind 6)
- Both are standard and expected by Nostr users
- Quote is more valuable — it drives conversation
### 7. NWC setup UX — guided wizard
- Plain-text NWC URI field is confusing for non-technical users (confirmed in Windows playtest)
- Wizard: detect wallet type (Alby Hub, Mutiny, Phoenix), deep-link to the right wallet page,
show inline validation + clear error states on connection failure
- Keep raw URI field as advanced fallback
### 8. System tray / minimize to tray
- Standard expectation for any messaging/social app on Windows
- Without it, closing the window exits — unexpected for a persistent social client
- Research needed for macOS (menu bar?) and Linux (varies by DE) before implementing
- Tauri 2.0 has a tray API — Windows implementation should be straightforward
### 9. Zap history view
- Sent and received zaps should be visible in the app
- Zap infrastructure (NIP-47 + NIP-57) already built — this is display-layer only
- v1: simple list in a "Zaps" tab on the profile view, or a section in Settings
- Good demo material for OpenSats reviewers
### 10. Sidebar: collapsible to icon-only + auto-hide
- Toggle already exists (clicking WRYSTR collapses to w-12 icons), but it's not obvious
- Make the toggle affordance clearer — a visible ‹ / › button
- Auto-hide mode: sidebar expands on hover/click, collapses automatically after N seconds
of activity in the main pane
- Most important: the icon-only state should be the default or easily reachable
### 11. Profile helpers for newcomers
- **NIP-05**: link to a guide or offer a basic self-hosted verification path
- **Avatar / banner image upload**: instead of pasting a URL, let users upload directly
(NIP-96 file storage or a simple Blossom upload via Tauri)
- Newcomers fill in a URL field and have no idea what to put — this is a friction point
### 12. Search: improve full-text + people
- NIP-50 full-text (`bitcoin` query) returns zero results on most relays — the UI
should detect this and suggest using `#hashtag` instead, or show which relays support it
- People search only works on NIP-50-capable relays; most don't support it
- Consider: local people search by scanning follows-of-follows graph
### 13. Direct Messages (NIP-44 / NIP-17)
- Significant complexity (encryption, key handling, inbox model)
- Major feature gap but non-trivial to implement well
- NIP-17 (private DMs) is the modern standard; NIP-44 is the encryption layer
### 4. Auto-updater
- Users must manually download new releases — most will stay on old versions forever
- Tauri has a built-in updater plugin (`tauri-plugin-updater`)
- Needs a signed update manifest served from GitHub Releases
- Show an unobtrusive "update available" banner, not a blocking modal
---
## TODO — brainstorm sessions needed
## Phase 2 — Engagement & reach
*Test Phase 1 thoroughly first. Fix all reported issues before starting Phase 2.*
### UI / look & feel
- After Windows playtest: full design review of native feel, spacing, typography
- The current UI is functional but has "amateur web app" feel on some surfaces
- Target bar remains Telegram Desktop — fast, keyboard-navigable, feels native not webby
- Specific surfaces to revisit: note cards, thread view, profile header, modals
- **Windows playtest notes (10 Mar 2026):** install went smoothly, window resize/maximise
feels native; full design review still needed
### 5. Notifications
- No way to see mentions, replies to own notes, or incoming DMs without manually checking
- Badge on the messages nav item for unread DMs
- Notifications view: mentions of your pubkey, replies to your notes, new DMs
- System notification (OS native) for DMs and mentions — Tauri has a notification plugin
### 6. NIP-65 outbox model (relay lists, kind 10002)
- Without NIP-65, we miss notes from people who publish to their own relay set
- On profile open: fetch their kind 10002 relay list, query those relays for their notes
- On publish: write to own relay list (configurable in settings)
- Dramatically improves note discovery and reach
### 7. Feed reply context
- In the feed, replies look identical to top-level posts — no visual distinction
- Show "↩ replying to @name" above the note content for kind-1 events with `e` tags
- Clicking the context navigates to the parent note thread
### 8. Keyboard shortcuts
- A writing-focused desktop app should be keyboard-navigable
- N — compose new note, R — reply to focused note, / — focus search
- J/K — navigate feed up/down, Escape — close modal/back
- Show shortcuts in a `?` help overlay
---
## Phase 3 — Polish & completeness
*Test Phase 2 thoroughly first. Fix all reported issues before starting Phase 3.*
### 9. NIP-17 DMs (gift wrap)
- Current DMs use NIP-04 (kind 4) — works but deprecated and leaks metadata
- NIP-17 wraps messages in gift wrap (kind 1059) for proper sender/recipient privacy
- Needs inbox relay support (kind 10050) and ephemeral key signing
- Not interoperable with NIP-04 — both should be supported during migration
### 10. Image lightbox
- Clicking an image in a note should open it full-size
- Click outside or Escape to close
### 11. Bookmark list (NIP-51, kind 10003)
- Standard feature expected by users — save notes for later
- Bookmark icon on NoteCard, synced to relays via NIP-51
### 12. Follow suggestions / discovery
- New users start with an empty Following feed and no guidance
- Suggest popular accounts and curated starter packs
- "People followed by people you follow" as a discovery surface
### 13. UI polish pass
- Full design review: note cards, thread view, profile header, modals
- Target bar: Telegram Desktop — fast, keyboard-navigable, feels native not webby
- Typography, spacing, colour contrast audit
- Needs a dedicated design session before implementation
---
## Brainstorm backlog (not yet scheduled)
### Web of Trust (WOT)
- Nostr has a concept of social graph distance for trust scoring
- Social graph distance for trust scoring
- Could power: feed ranking, spam filtering, people search, follow suggestions
- Worth exploring but needs a dedicated design session — not a simple feature add
- Needs dedicated design session
### Long-form reading experience
- We write articles but there's no reader view
- Discovery, recommendations, reading history, estimated read time
- This is a major differentiator — needs its own design session
### Long-form features (NIP-23 depth)
- Discovery: browse articles from followed authors, trending articles
- Reading history, estimated read time, table of contents
- Editor improvements: image upload, word count, tag suggestions
- Cross-posting to other platforms
### NIP-46 remote signer
- Sign events via a remote signer (Nsecbunker, Amber, etc.)
- Would complete the multi-account story for users who don't want nsec in keychain
---
## What's already done
## What's already shipped
- **Onboarding**: key generation, nsec backup, plain-language UX, no extension required
- **Global + following feed**, compose, reply, thread view
- **Reactions** (NIP-25) with live network counts
- **Follow / Unfollow** (NIP-02), contact list publishing
- **Profile view + edit** (kind 0) — bug fix: own profile now updates immediately after save
- **Long-form article editor** (NIP-23) with draft auto-save
- **Zaps**: NWC wallet connect (NIP-47) + NIP-57 via NDKZapper, amount presets, comment
- **Search**: NIP-50 full-text, hashtag (#t filter), people with inline follow
- **Settings**: relay add/remove (live + persisted), NWC wallet setup, npub copy
- **Sidebar**: collapsible to icon-only (click WRYSTR to toggle)
- **Read-only mode**: npub login hides all write actions correctly
- Note rendering (images, video, mentions, hashtags)
- Relay connection status view
- NDK 3.x wrapper for all Nostr interactions
- GitHub Actions release: Linux AppImage, Windows exe/msi, macOS ARM dmg
### v0.1.3
- **OS keychain** — nsec stored securely; sessions survive restarts
- **Multi-account switcher** — sidebar footer, instant switch, keychain-backed
- **SQLite note + profile cache** — feed loads from local cache on startup
- **Quote & Repost** (NIP-18) — one-click repost, compose modal for quotes
- **Mute users** (NIP-51) — mute list synced to relays, filtered from feed
- **NWC setup wizard** — guided wallet picker with per-wallet instructions + inline validation
- **System tray** — close hides to tray; Quit in tray menu exits
- **Zap history** — Received / Sent tabs with amounts, counterparts, comments
- **About / Support page** — in-app zap, Lightning + Bitcoin QR codes
### v0.1.4
- **Sidebar** — explicit ‹/› toggle, state persisted, collapsed mode completeness
- **Profile image upload** — uploads to nostr.build, auto-fills URL field
- **NIP-05 live verification** — real-time domain check with ✓/✗ status
- **Search improvements** — NIP-50 relay detection, hashtag fallback suggestion
### v0.1.x (unreleased — on main)
- **Direct Messages** (NIP-04) — conversation list, thread view, per-message decryption,
new conversation by npub/hex, "✉ message" button on profiles
### Shipped earlier (v0.1.0 – v0.1.2)
- Onboarding (key generation, nsec backup, plain-language UX)
- Global + following feed, compose, inline replies, thread view
- Reactions (NIP-25) with live network counts
- Follow / unfollow (NIP-02), contact list publishing
- Profile view + edit (kind 0)
- Long-form article editor (NIP-23) with draft auto-save
- Zaps via NWC (NIP-47 + NIP-57), amount presets, comments
- Search: NIP-50 full-text, #hashtag, people with inline follow
- Relay management with live connection status
- Read-only (npub) login mode
- GitHub Actions release: Linux AppImage, Windows exe/msi, macOS ARM + Intel dmg