vega/ROADMAP.md

Wrystr — Next Steps Roadmap

Generated 2026-03-09 based on codebase analysis.

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Vision note: 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.

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.

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Quick wins (high impact, low effort)

1. Settings View

• Currently 100% stubbed with placeholder text
• Add relay management: add/remove relay URLs
• Appearance toggles (theme, etc.)
• Key export/management UI

2. Follow/Unfollow from UI (NIP-02 — P1)

• Follow list is already fetched in the user store and used for the following feed
• Just needs a Follow/Unfollow button on ProfileView
• Data layer is already there — this is mostly UI work

3. Reaction counts from network

• Likes are currently tracked in localStorage only
• Reaction counts from the network are never fetched or displayed
• Would make notes feel much more alive socially

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Medium effort, high value

4. Zaps (NIP-57 + NIP-47 — P2)

• lud16 (Lightning address) is already shown on profile pages
• Needs: zap modal, amount picker, NWC wallet connection (NIP-47)
• Big UX differentiator vs other clients

5. Search (NIP-50 — P1)

• Not started at all
• Easiest entry point: hashtag search (hashtags are already highlighted in NoteContent)
• Then: full-text note search, user search

6. OS Keychain via Rust (Tauri backend)

• Security-critical: private keys currently only live in memory
• Rust backend (src-tauri/src/lib.rs) only has a placeholder greet() command
• Tauri has keychain plugins ready to use

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Longer term

7. Onboarding flow

• Nostr onboarding is notoriously bad across most clients; Wrystr should be the exception
• Key generation built-in (no "go get a browser extension first")
• Human-readable explanation of what a key is, without crypto jargon
• One-click backup flow (show nsec, prompt to save)
• New users should see interesting content immediately, not a blank feed
• Optional: custodial key service path for non-technical users, with a clear path to self-custody later

8. SQLite note caching

• Notes disappear on every refresh — no persistence
• Would make the app feel dramatically more solid and fast
• Rust backend is the right place for this

9. Direct Messages (NIP-44 — P3)

• Significant complexity (encryption, key handling)
• Major feature gap but non-trivial to implement well

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10. Project funding & support UI

TODO — brainstorm needed: Users should have an easy, visible way to support the project financially. This should feel native to the Nostr/Bitcoin ecosystem, not like a generic donate button.

Options to design around:

• Bitcoin on-chain — static address or xpub-derived address
• Lightning — LNURL-pay / Lightning address (instant, low-fee)
• Zaps — zap the developer's Nostr profile directly from within the app
• Recurring — Lightning recurring payments (NIP-47 or similar)

UI ideas: a small persistent icon (⚡ or ₿) in the sidebar footer, an About modal, or a dedicated Support page. Should be tasteful and opt-in, never nagging. Ties directly into the zap infrastructure we'll build for NIP-57 anyway.

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What's already done (for reference)

• Global + following feed
• Note rendering (images, video, mentions, hashtags)
• Compose + reply
• Reactions (like button + network counts)
• Follow / unfollow (NIP-02)
• Profile view + edit
• Thread view
• Article editor (NIP-23, with draft auto-save)
• Search: NIP-50 full-text, hashtag (#t filter), people
• Settings: relay add/remove (persisted), npub copy
• Login (nsec + read-only pubkey)
• Relay connection status view
• NDK wrapper for all Nostr interactions