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Fourteenth Wave of Nostr Grants

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    OpenSats
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We're pleased to announce a new wave of grants supporting contributors building open-source software for the nostr ecosystem. This work includes relays, developer libraries, and the clients and services people use to publish and consume content over nostr.

This wave includes three new grants and two renewals. The new grants support projects focused on improving relay access and feed-based reading, expanding cross-platform developer tooling, and supporting a full-featured client that continues to invest in usability and discovery. We're also renewing support for projects that have become foundational pieces of nostr infrastructure, where continued maintenance and incremental improvements remain important.

The first-time grants in this wave will go to:

The grant renewals have been awarded to:

This support is made possible by donors who believe in an open, censorship-resistant communications layer for the internet, and the builders who are making that a reality.

Our nostr grants are sourced from The Nostr Fund. To help us support the nostr ecosystem, please consider making a donation.

Let's dive in to learn about how each project is contributing to the future of nostr.

Nostr Feedz and PlebOne Relay

PlebOne is building two nostr services that aim to improve publishing and reading on nostr. PlebOne Relay (relay.pleb.one) is a whitelist-based relay where only approved users can publish, paired with a dashboard for managing access and invites. Nostr Feedz is a web app that lets users follow traditional RSS feeds alongside nostr long-form content (NIP-23), with a public guide/directory for discovering writers. Nostr Feedz also provides a "nostr to RSS" feature that turns nostr long-form posts into an RSS feed, so those updates can be followed in standard RSS readers outside nostr.

With support from this grant, PlebOne intends to run PlebOne Relay and Nostr Feedz on reliable VPS infrastructure and bring both services into a stable, public-facing production state. The funding is expected to cover initial hosting and operational costs, with the capacity to scale if usage grows.

Repositories: Nostr-Feedz; PlebOne/relay.pleb.one
License: MIT

Quartz

Quartz is a Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) library that implements nostr functionality in a form that can be reused across other projects. It is developed alongside Amethyst and is already used in production. Related work has also included experiments integrating nostr feeds and nostr-adjacent content into existing readers and podcast applications, helping developers understand what it takes to bring nostr content into other applications.

With support from this grant, the Quartz project plans to complete the remaining refactoring needed to move Android-specific code into shared multiplatform modules, then add functionality and tests to ensure the library behaves consistently. A final milestone is to build a simple first version of Amethyst for iOS that can connect to nostr and do the basics, like reading and posting.

Repository: amethyst/tree/main/quartz
License: MIT

YakiHonne

YakiHonne is a nostr client available on web, iOS, Android, and Zapstore, built for a fast, straightforward experience with relay discovery and publishing controls. It includes a creator portal for long-form writing, where users can manage both drafts and published posts from a single dashboard. The project has been in active development, and the team has iterated on onboarding and discovery, refined UI/UX and performance characteristics, and implemented features like outbox-style relay publishing and Web of Trust mechanisms.

With support from this grant, YakiHonne will continue improving reliability and user experience across devices, with particular attention to mobile stability. Planned work includes offline-first publishing with queued delivery, media improvements, mobile parity features such as NsecBunker integration, and expanded payment support, including Cashu and Nutzaps (NIP-60, NIP-61). The team also plans to invest in better relay-based feeds for discovery and to explore relay-level paid feeds designed to remain interoperable across clients.

Repositories: YakiHonne
License: MIT

The projects in this wave reflect the steady work that turns nostr into software people can depend on. From relay infrastructure and feed-based tools to shared libraries and full-featured clients, each grant supports practical improvements that help the ecosystem remain reliable, interoperable, and easier to use.

We're grateful to our donors who make this funding possible. If you'd like to help us continue supporting builders in the nostr ecosystem, please consider donating to The Nostr Fund or becoming a recurring supporter.

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