I've been working on caracal, a nostr client with a Gemini interface, really basic for now but it's usable. It can do NIP-96 file uploads via Titan.
I've used a few graphical nostr clients but i wanted something lightweight that runs in the background and controllable from a gemini browser, and nostr notes are easy to render as gemtext so ...
caracal maps your Gemini identity to your Nostr identity.
https://gitlab.com/cipres/caracal
2024-12-22 · 1 year ago · 👍 flipperzero, argenkiwi
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😎 flipperzero · 2024-12-23 at 02:18:
I'll give it a shot soon, thanks for posting this up! Been meaning to give Nostr a look.
🗿 argenkiwi · 2025-01-20 at 19:12:
I've only come across the NOSTR hype yesterday, presumably because of the TikTok ban in the US. A search for NOSTR Gemini on Google led me to caracal's repo. I have not had a chance to try it yet, but I would like to understand more about it. Is the NOSTR protocol bound to the web?
🚀 cipres [OP] · 2025-02-09 at 20:04:
@argenkiwi Hi, sorry for the late reply. Many things missing in caracal to be a full-fledged nostr client. I wrote it as i was discovering the protocol ... I'm working on a more advanced client at the moment.
Nostr relies upon the websocket protocol to communicate with relays. My answer would be: Not "bound" to the web, but communicates with a protocol that's typically used to develop web apps ... i suppose they chose websockets because it makes it easy to establish long-lived connections with the relays. IMO a wise technical choice.