#9 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases
1. Nonboard - New Tool
Nonboard is a lightweight Nostr onboarding widget built with MithrilJS, designed to seamlessly guide new users through getting started on Nostr with minimal friction.
Developed by:
@hodlbod
Source:
GitHub
GitHub - coracle-social/nonboard: A micro-app for nostr login and onboarding
A micro-app for nostr login and onboarding. Contribute to coracle-social/nonboard development by creating an account on GitHub.
2. Ridestr - v0.1.3 (Back Handler & Edit Profile Fixes) - New Tool
Ridestr is a decentralized rideshare platform built on Nostr that enables peer-to-peer ride coordination without centralized control. This release improves Android usability by adding proper back-gesture handling and refining the profile flow, separating profile setup from editing with clear titles, buttons, and correct responses to the system back button, making navigation smoother and less confusing for users. This was the latest and there were also the releases of v0.1.2 (Wallet Balance Check for Fare Boost), v0.1.1 and v0.1.0 (Initial Release) last week.
Developed by:
@Stirling Forge
Source:
GitHub
Release v0.1.3 - Back Handler & Edit Profile Fixes · variablefate/ridestr
Changes
Add BackHandler to KeyBackupScreen for Android back gesture support
Separate Edit Profile screen from Profile Setup
Edit mode shows 'Edit...
3. Pathos - v0.0.19 - New Tool
Pathos is a decentralized activist platform built on Nostr and Bitcoin that enables communities to organize, collaborate, and take coordinated action in a censorship-resistant way. This release introduces an Android APK for direct installation, making Pathos easier to access and use on mobile devices without relying on app stores. This was the latest and there was also the release of v0.0.18 last week.
Developed by:
@Derek Ross
Source:
GitLab
Release v0.0.19 · Soapbox / Agora · GitLab
Android Downloads APK: Direct install for Android devices
4. Amber - v4.1.0-pre3
Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android that allows users to securely generate, manage, and sign Nostr events. This release introduces a refreshed UI for login, events, and permissions screens, refactors relay counters using the updated Quartz library, fixes relay connection issues and datastore handling, exposes datastore errors, adds a loading indicator during login, removes old migration code, and improves private key error reporting, resulting in a more robust, user-friendly, and reliable signing experience. This was the latest release and there was the release of v4.1.0-pre2 also last week.
Contributed by:
@greenart7c3
Source:
GitHub
Release Release v4.1.0-pre3 · greenart7c3/Amber
Amber 4.1.0-pre3
New ui for login, events and permissions screen
Refactor relay counters to use the updated method from quartz library
Fix relay c...
5. Aegis - v0.3.6
Aegis is a simple, cross-platform Nostr signer that supports multiple connection methods. This release introduces running the local relay as a foreground service on Android, adds bottom padding to prevent overlap with the navigation bar, shows the connection count for the local relay, and fixes an event count issue, resulting in improved usability and more accurate relay monitoring for users.
Contributed by:
@npub179e5...0zj8
Source:
GitHub
Release v0.3.6 release · ZharlieW/Aegis
Run the local relay as a foreground service on Android
Add bottom padding to avoid overlap with the Android navigation bar
Show connection count fo...
6. Flotilla - 1.6.3
Flotilla is a Discord-like Nostr client built around the concept of "relays as groups." This release improves user experience and reliability by fixing UI issues like scroll button layering, tooltips on mobile, chat list responsiveness, and image fullscreen dialogs, enhancing video embeds, room editing, and profile selection. It also strengthens functionality with support for blocked relays, authentication policy settings, reporting pending signers, default relay updates, memory leak fixes, and login with a key when no signer is detected, making the app more stable, user-friendly, and secure.
Contributed by:
@hodlbod
Source:
GitHub
Release 1.6.3 · coracle-social/flotilla
What's Changed
Fix scroll down button z index
Hide tooltips on mobile
Sort comments ascending
Make video embeds rounded
Fix ProfileMultiSelect sty...
7. 0xchat App - v1.5.3
0xchat App is a secure chat application built on the Nostr protocol. This release enhances messaging and file handling by adding automatic draft saving for Moments, default file storage via FileDropServer and BlossomServer, and better reply context by moving replied-to messages to the top. It also fixes tag-based topic search, note search responsiveness, reply display issues, and pending Cashu proofs handling, ensures the Cashu wallet is available before claims, and fully aligns with NIP-55, resulting in a more reliable, secure, and user-friendly chat experience. This was the biggest release and there was the release v1.5.3 desktop release also last week.
Contributed by:
@npub10td4...x2wl
Source:
GitHub
Release v1.5.3 release · 0xchat-app/0xchat-app-main
Added automatic draft saving for Moments
Fixed issues with tag-based topic search.
Resolved problems with reply message display and quoting.
Added ...
8. Primal Android App - 2.6.21
Primal Android App is Primal's Android client for Nostr. This release fixes multiple issues including handling local signer requests from deleted apps, resolving race conditions when loading uncached articles, ensuring valid pubkey hex for local signer login, allowing external signer login with hex pubkey, correcting malformed NostrConnect relay parameters, caching LocalApps names, fixing session event row order, preventing crashes from missing Cronet R8 rules, enforcing wss prefixes for relay URLs, correcting Nostr Connect screen layout overflow, fixing replies published as root notes under low connectivity, and adding support for reading NIP-92 dimensions, improving stability, reliability, and Nostr compatibility.
Contributed by: Aleksandar Ilic, Marko Kocic
Source:
GitHub
Release Primal 2.6.21 · PrimalHQ/primal-android-app
Fixes
Handle local signer requests for deleted apps
Fixed race condition while loading not cached article (#838)
Assure valid pubkey hex is retur...
9. Nostr Ynstant Messenger - v2.26.74
Nostr Ynstant Messenger is a lightweight ephemeral and persistent chat client built on the Nostr protocol, bridging with Bitchat for anonymous, temporary messaging. Release v2.26.74 is a hotfix that deprecates nostrmedia.com in favor of blossom.band, ensuring media links now point to the updated, supported service for more reliable content handling.
Contributed by:
@Luxas
Source:
GitHub
Release v2.26.74 · Spl0itable/NYM
Hotfix: deprecated nostrmedia.com for blossom.band
#tools_nostr_recap
According to 
👉 Total Zap Senders: 2,798, compared to 2,749 plebs the week before
👉 Total Zap Amount: 7,411,136, compared to 6,454,048 sats the week before
👉 Total Events: 2,840,257, compared to 2,780,570 events the week before
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