Wrystr

A cross-platform desktop Nostr client built with Tauri 2.0 + React + TypeScript. Aimed at being the best Nostr desktop experience — polished UI, deep Lightning integration, and first-class support for long-form writing.

Named as a nod to Nostr with a wry twist.

Status

Early development. Core features working. Not yet ready for general release.

Features

• Global & following feed — live notes from relays, filtered to your network
• Compose & post — write and publish notes (kind 1)
• Replies — inline reply composer on every note, opens in thread view
• Reactions — like notes (NIP-25), persisted locally
• Thread view — click any note to see it with its replies
• Profile view — click any name or avatar to view their profile and notes
• Editable own profile — update your display name, bio, picture, NIP-05, Lightning address and more (kind 0)
• Long-form article editor — write and publish markdown articles (NIP-23) with title, summary, tags, cover image, live preview, and auto-save drafts
• Login — nsec (private key) or npub (read-only), with browser password manager support

Stack

Layer	Technology
Desktop shell	Tauri 2.0 (Rust)
Frontend	React 19 + TypeScript + Vite
Nostr protocol	NDK (Nostr Dev Kit)
Styling	Tailwind CSS 4
State	Zustand

Development

# Prerequisites: Node.js 20+, Rust stable, @tauri-apps/cli
npm install
npm run tauri dev       # full app with hot reload
npm run dev             # browser only (no Tauri window)
npm run tauri build     # production binary

Roadmap

• Key generation + onboarding flow
• OS keychain for secure key storage
• SQLite local cache
• Zaps (NIP-57) + Lightning Wallet Connect (NIP-47)
• Follow/unfollow
• Search (NIP-50)
• Direct messages (NIP-17/44)
• Read long-form articles in-app
• Relay management UI
• GitHub Releases distribution + Tauri auto-updater

License

MIT