#9 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases 1. Mostro - v0.15.6 Mostro is a peer-to-peer Bitcoin Lightning exchange platform built on Nostr, enabling decentralized, trust-minimized trading without centralized custody. This version advances the development fund system with Phase 4 audit events published via Nostr, configurable funding infrastructure, and clearer documentation, while fixing amount calculation issues in buyer/seller messages and aligning premium logic with the LNP2P bot. These changes improve transparency, correctness, and sustainability of the platform, giving users more reliable trades and developers a clearer, auditable funding and architecture model. Contributed by: @Catrya, @npub1qqqq...rfkq, @Pinball Wizard Source:

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Release Release v0.15.6 · MostroP2P/mostro

Verifying the Release In order to verify the release, you'll need to have gpg or gpg2 installed on your system. Once you've obtained a copy (and ho...

2. Aegis - v0.3.5 Aegis is a simple, cross-platform Nostr signer designed to let users securely sign events and connect to Nostr apps using multiple connection methods. This release adds Dark Mode, improves app icon rendering, and refines UI layouts for a cleaner, more consistent experience, while fixing iOS iCloud Private Relay conflicts and event parsing issues. Together, these updates make Aegis more visually polished, more reliable across platforms, and smoother to use when signing and interacting with Nostr applications. Contributed by: @ZharlieW Source:

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Release v0.3.5 release · ZharlieW/Aegis

Added Dark Mode Improved application icon display Optimized various UI elements and layouts Fixed potential conflicts with iOS iCloud Private Relay...

3. Plebs - v2.7.32 Plebs is a censorship-resistant, decentralized video platform built on the Nostr protocol, enabling users to publish, discover, and watch videos without relying on centralized intermediaries. This release delivers quick stability improvements by removing a non-functional nostr.band relay and adding the 24242.io Blossom host, resulting in more reliable content hosting, smoother playback, and a more dependable experience for viewers and creators alike. Contributed by: @Luxas Source:

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Release v2.7.32 · Spl0itable/plebs-app

Hotfix: removed dead nostr.band relay Hotfix: added 24242.io blossom host

4. Nostr Ynstant Messenger - v2.24.62 Nostr Ynstant Messenger is a lightweight Nostr-based chat client that supports both ephemeral and persistent messaging, with interoperability with Bitchat for anonymous, temporary conversations. The v2.24.62 release is a hotfix that removes the dead nostr.band relay, improving reliability, reducing connection issues, and ensuring smoother message delivery for users. Contributed by: @Luxas Source:

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Release v2.24.62 · Spl0itable/NYM

Hotfix: removed dead nostr.band

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#10 🎁 Developer Tools / Guides, Updates and Releases 1. File Drop - New Developer tool File Drop is a private, decentralized file-sharing system built for Nostr and the open web. It provides a single, flexible storage backend that can be integrated into any app or workflow, from Nostr clients and pastebin-style posts to screenshot tools, forums, and social platforms. File Drop enables durable, anonymous file hosting without relying on centralized services, giving users a simple way to share files while staying in control of their privacy. Developed by: @besoeasy Source:

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GitHub - besoeasy/file-drop: A decentralized, open-source solution for sharing images, videos, and any other files.

A decentralized, open-source solution for sharing images, videos, and any other files. - besoeasy/file-drop

2. nostr-spring-boot-starter - v0.5.0 nostr-spring-boot-starter is a Java/Spring Boot starter framework for building Nostr clients and custom relay software, providing ready-made components to create scalable, efficient Nostr applications with minimal setup. This release focuses on major dependency upgrades, including Spring Boot, Nostr protocol libraries, Lightning/Bitcoin components, and tooling along with added example applications and improved build, linting, and security tooling, resulting in better performance, long-term compatibility, and a smoother development experience for developers building production-ready Nostr services. Contributed by: Thebora Kompanioni Source:

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Release v0.5.0 · theborakompanioni/nostr-spring-boot-starter

0.5.0 - 2026-01-02 Changed upgrade: update spring-boot from v3.4.4 to v3.5.8 upgrade: update spring-shell from v3.4.0 to v3.4.1 upgrade: update sq...

3. Gitplaza - v0.26.1 Gitplaza is a desktop Nostr client focused on collaborative software development, using Nostr to manage git repositories, patches, releases, and related discussions in a decentralized way. The v0.26.1 release improves how comment threads are fetched using smarter gossip relay selection, updates release note tagging to match the latest spec, boosts performance through reduced allocations and data cloning, fixes several UI and caching bugs, and refines event labeling for better clarity, resulting in a faster, more reliable, and clearer experience when tracking and collaborating on git activity over Nostr. Contributed by: @dluvian Source:

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#11 🌐 Relay Updates and Releases 1. Nosflare - v7.9.32 Nosflare is a serverless Nostr relay built specifically for Cloudflare Workers and Cloudflare D1, enabling scalable, low-maintenance relay deployment without traditional servers. This release delivers a focused hotfix that improves tag handling in relay queries, ensuring more accurate event filtering and retrieval, which benefits users and client developers by making feeds more reliable and reducing inconsistencies when querying events by tags. This was the latest release and there were also more multiple releases last week. (v7.9.31, v7.9.29, v7.8.29, v7.7.29, v7.7.27, v7.7.26, v7.7.23, v7.7.22, v7.7.21, v7.7.20, v7.7.19) Contributed by: @Luxas Source:

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Release v7.9.32 · Spl0itable/nosflare

Hotfix: tag handling in queries

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