kind 35128 · 2026-10-09 03:30 UTC

finger - nostr

FingerNostr is a zero-build, single-file HTML/JS web client that modernizes the classic RFC 1288 finger protocol for the Nostr ecosystem. Operating entirely within the browser without external build tools or backends, it formats Nostr user profile information, notes, and relay metadata into clean, terminal-style 80-column text output. Core Functionality & Protocol Support * RFC 1288 Plaintext Rendering: Formats standard Nostr profile events into plain text blocks containing user metadata, write/read relay lists, and recent activity. * Query Syntax & Resolution: Supports querying via NIP-05 identifiers (user@domain.com), raw public keys (npub1... or 64-character hex), NIP-19 entity links (note1..., nevent1..., naddr1...), and NIP-11 relay info URLs (@relay.domain.com). * Two-Tier Streaming Relay Pool: Uses an embedded pool of fast-tier relays to deliver instant profile preview renders, while concurrently querying a wide background pool to stream in additional relay notes and metadata. * Advanced Commands: * /watch or /tail: Establishes a live streaming tail of new text notes (kind:1) published by a target pubkey. * /follows: Traverses and displays a profile's kind:3 follow list with multi-depth capability. * /add, /rm, /roster: Manages a locally stored target list for bulk querying. * /W: Toggles verbose output mode to output raw JSON payloads alongside human-readable text.