The Toolbox

    Tools to buildon Nostr

    The open-source developer tools behind everything we ship — from AI app builders to relay infrastructure and protocol explorers. All free, all yours.

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    The tools

    Free and open-source. Each tag tells you how battle-tested it is.

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    Shakespeare

    Build Nostr apps by chatting with AI. Describe what you want, preview it live, and deploy in minutes.

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    Production ready
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    Ditto Relay

    A high-performance Nostr relay backed by OpenSearch — the relay infrastructure powering Ditto. Self-host your own or connect to the public instance.

    Built by Alex
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    Production ready
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    MKStack

    The full-stack toolkit for shipping Nostr apps fast — scaffolding, hooks, and deploy in one workflow.

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    Production ready
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    Nostrify

    A batteries-included Nostr framework for Deno and the web. The engine behind many Soapbox apps.

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    Production ready
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    NostrHub

    Explore every NIP, browse event kinds, and publish your own custom NIPs to the protocol universe.

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    Production ready
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    Nostrbook

    Documentation and an MCP server for Nostr kinds and tags — give your AI agent the full protocol.

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    Production ready
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    Ditto Extension

    A browser extension that turns any page into a Nostr surface — sign in to sites, highlight text, and post to Nostr as you browse.

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    Production ready
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    Stacks

    One-command Docker infrastructure for Nostr. Spin up relays, services, and full stacks with ease.

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    Production ready
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    Nostr WS Inspector

    A Chrome DevTools extension that decodes live Nostr WebSocket traffic — inspect events, kinds, and relays as they fly.

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    Production ready
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    Mi

    Your personal Nostr archive — a browser-based local relay that stores your events right in your browser, giving you complete control over your data.

    Built by Chad
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    Work in progress
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    Relay Kit

    One install script to deploy and manage Nostr relays, Blossom servers, and nsite gateways — and link your domains. (Works, but not ready for primetime.)

    Built by Sam

    See what we built with them

    These are the tools. The Toybox is the playground — a collection of fun, experimental apps we made with them.