noscl

Command line client for Nostr.

Installation

Compile with go install github.com/fiatjaf/noscl@latest or download a binary.

Usage

noscl

Usage:
  noscl home
  noscl setprivate <key>
  noscl public
  noscl publish [--reference=<id>...] [--profile=<id>...] <content>
  noscl message [--reference=<id>...] <id> <content>
  noscl metadata --name=<name> [--about=<about>] [--picture=<picture>]
  noscl profile <key>
  noscl follow <key> [--name=<name>]
  noscl unfollow <key>
  noscl following
  noscl event <id>
  noscl share-contacts
  noscl key-gen
  noscl relay
  noscl relay add <url>
  noscl relay remove <url>
  noscl relay recommend <url>

The basic flow is something like

1. Add some relays with noscl relay add <relay url> (see https://nostr.watch/relays/find for some publicly available relays)
2. Follow some people with noscl follow <pubkey>
3. Browse some profiles from people (you don't have to be following) with noscl profile <pubkey>
4. See the feed of people you follow with noscl home
5. Set your own private key with noscl setprivate <hex private key>
6. Get your public key with noscl public so you can share it with others
7. Publish some notes with noscl publish <my note content>

Generate a key

$ noscl key-gen
seed: crowd coconut donate calm position chuckle update friend ball gospel sudden answer bitter dinosaur wise express jaguar file praise pact defy system struggle offer
private key: 5a860fa953c9162611f2e2813ee0526370664534412f31611a4a89149c6bbc9d

$ noscl setprivate 5a860fa953c9162611f2e2813ee0526370664534412f31611a4a89149c6bbc9d

Sign an event manually

noscl sign '{...event as JSON}'

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