Announcing the Launch of Ditto 1.0: Community-Based Nostr Client + Relay
Team Soapbox, 6/14/2024, 5 engagements
Team Soapbox
Soapbox creates tools that put the power back in your hands. Build your own platforms, communities, and applications with our open-source toolkit for Nostr.
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🏆 Congrats to
and
for winning our #Shakespeare Halloween Hackathon! You've each been zapped 87k sats!
For the prize in functional Innovation, we loved Block Cemetery by Code Orange. Block Cemetery is a live Bitcoin block explorer built on Nostr, where each new block rises from the grave in real time.
https://npub1gzvs8egve0vnvhvcg7qjtdg2ryht48jqs3t3rhqtr6x4wcqklddqkdd7uc.nosto.re/
For the design category, we were impressed by Spookstr by Studio314Official. Spookstr is a paranormal Nostr community, complete with notes, groups, events, podcasts, and more!
https://spookstr2.shakespeare.wtf/
Finally, our Judge's Choice prize goes to Haunted Relay Scanner by Geek. This creative take on a relay status tracker demonstrates both the spirit of Halloween and the massive power of Nostr. 👻
https://haunted-forest-scanner.shakespeare.wtf/
Thank you to everyone who participated! #Nostr #Bitcoin #ShakespeareDIY #VibeCoding #GrowNostr
This was built with #MKStack: Zaplytics is a way to see who's been zapping you on here lately! ⚡️ Made with #Nostr love by
🎭 Shakespeare is the revolutionary platform for building websites with AI & #Nostr. Whether you're a developer, designer, or a complete beginner, Shakespeare empowers you to create stunning websites through simple conversations with AI. No coding, no software installations—just pure creativity + control. 🚀
Listen to our Founder & CEO, Alex Gleason, today on
LIVE with
! How to listen? On #Nostr, of course. He'll share about our tools, what you can build with them, & what it means to be AI-first. The podcast starts on zap.stream at 2:00 Central!
"I left Truth Social because my main goal there was to pursue this decentralized social media mission. When it became clear our goals were not aligned, I ended up jumping ship" -
on how Soapbox came to be on #Nostr.
https://youtube.com/shorts/OI6-UwBYcFw?si=Jw1fN3W1KOoj1qhZ
teaches you how to use #Shakespeare 🎭 to build websites that integrate seamlessly with #Nostr! #grownostr
7/14/2025, 6 engagements
Did you know that #Shakespeare 🎭 knows how to read the NIPS and create new #Nostr event kinds?
This is possible thanks to Nostrbook MCP! We've carefully managed the new event types to only be created when needed, and to avoid duplication with other existing custom events. #grownostr
As our team at Soapbox has grown, we've faced a common challenge in the Nostr ecosystem: how do you enable multiple team members to schedule and publish content without sharing your private key (nsec) with each team member? To solve this problem, we built a bridge that connects Loomly (a content scheduling platform) to #Nostr through Zapier. Zapier is automation tool for connecting the APIs of popular applications. While it's not the most "pure-Nostr" approach and it relies on proprietary platforms, it's a practical solution that actually works for real marketing teams with collaboration needs. We are sharing this solution in case it helps your team, too! #GrowNostr https://soapbox.pub/blog/loomly-zapier-nostr-bridge
🌱 Help us #GrowNostr! Follow packs are an easy way to find great folks to follow. 🤝 With the Soapbox follow pack, you can follow all of our awesome #Nostr devs and see what they're building today! https://following.space/d/k4p5w0n22suf?p=932614571afcbad4d17a191ee281e39eebbb41b93fac8fd87829622aeb112f4d
What can you build with #mkstack? Browse these #nostr apps that community members have already submitted, and add your own! #grownostr https://nostrhub.io/apps/t/mkstack
Do you run a website about #Nostr apps or tools? Why not make it actually connect to relays and display dynamic content from across the network!
Here's how we revamped our legacy static Soapbox homepage to include live Nostr integration using #mkstack.
Tutorial by
#grownostr
The Soapbox team got together this weekend to host a Treasures party! We built nearly 100 geocaches that will be distributed to cities around the world at #Nostr and #Bitcoin events for future adventurers to discover.
Building #Treasures is easy! Just get some small containers and fill them with fun items like stickers, pins, miniature toys, pretty stones, and secret notes.
Find these Treasures and hide your own on the only decentralized #geocaching app: https://treasures.to by
6/30/2025, 17 engagements
For a decentralized protocol, an awful lot of Nostr development has been trapped on centralized, proprietary platforms... 👀
But, no longer! NostrHub is your one-stop shop for #Nostr development, including: official and custom NIPs, Apps, and git repositories.
Build on Nostr, of course, NostrHub is fully social and puts the power back in the hands of developers to share and promote their work. Built with #MKStack to #GrowNostr.
Soapbox is looking for experienced developers to join our team, as well as a marketing/communications assistant! Join us in our mission to bring new communities to #Nostr. Reach out to
or
if you are interested! #GrowNostr
Announcing: Treasures, the world's first decentralized geocaching platform. Built by
with #mkstack, Treasures brings the beloved treasure hunting hobby to the open web, free from the constraints and frustrations of centralized, corporate geocaching platforms.
🧭 Start exploring to begin your adventure today! #GrowNostr #Nostr
#AI has dramatically changed the landscape for free software and decentralized protocols like #Nostr. At Soapbox, we're creating cutting-edge tools to empower users to build their own platforms and communities like never before. #GrowNostr
Thanks to the help of #AI tools, the
team built Chorus in less than a week. Here's how you can replicate the process and launch your own #Nostr client in days:
🤖 Try AI-first development with Stacks!
Stacks is a decentralized template-sharing platform built on #Nostr, designed specifically to jumpstart #AI development.
- Publish AI-first project templates (called "stacks")
- Quickly bootstrap working apps from these templates
- Deploy functional applications in minutes
Stacks are shared via Nostr events, meaning they’re portable, censorship-resistant, and social. A stack can be anything from a simple website template to an AI chat app, or even a Game Boy ROM!
Read more: https://soapbox.pub/blog/stacks
Has #vibecoding your new Nostr app become less vibes and more babysitting? Tired of copying and pasting NIPs into your AI Agent and trying to teach it how to structure a proper Nostr Event (for the 17th time!)?
Try Nostrbook MCP!
🤖 Nostrbook MCP delivers clean, normalized representations of the entire #Nostr spec in AI-friendly markdown pages. Compatible with #Goose by
, #VSCode, and other #AI Agents!
Read more: https://soapbox.pub/blog/nostrbook-mcp/
Announcing Ditto.13! 🚀 🪐
Ditto 1.3 is all about discovery. From improved search and event fetching to a brand-new Explore tab, this release makes it easier than ever to find people, posts, and conversations across the #Nostr network. We've also rolled out streaks, media improvements, translation upgrades, and key admin tools. #GrowNostr
Thanks to the entire team who contributed to this release!
Team Soapbox Weekly update! Week of March 9 - 16, 2025
🚀 Launched! New Explore Tab: We officially launched the new Explore tab last week, designed and built by
! This new tab helps you discover the content you are looking for on #Nostr and beyond with easy-to-use filters.
😁
added basic support for custom emojis!
🥜
and Daniel continued working on adding #Cashu wallet support to #Ditto.
📋 improved development and testing environments.
📈 planned out our product roadmap for the next year.
🪐 Coming soon… Ditto 1.3 This week we’re preparing for the release of Ditto 1.3 and Soapbox 3.3, featuring all of the latest improvements and features we’ve added this past month.
🔮 Looking forward to what’s next? We’ve got a lot ahead of us! Next quarter for Ditto will be all about the admins: featuring a new Admin Dashboard with improved user management, server customization, and content moderation tools to make hosting your own community on Nostr easier than ever.
Want to stay up to date on the latest changes or submit an issue? Follow Soapbox on Gitlab!
https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub
Special thanks this week to all of the brave people already self-hosting their own Ditto server! And, as always, thanks to for making this work possible! 💜 #GrowNostr
🚀 Introducing the #Ditto Explorer! 🪐
We’re excited to launch the new Explore tab, designed to make discovering content across #Nostr easier than ever.
🔍 Powerful Search: Find exactly what you’re looking for with an intuitive search UI over the global feed. Filter by language, media type, replies, and even protocol.
📈 Trending & Account Search: Stay updated with the latest discussions and discover new accounts. (More features are planned for these tabs in the future!)
🎨 Seamlessly Themed: The Explore tab adapts to the custom Ditto theme for self-hosters, ensuring it blends perfectly with your community’s unique style.
This feature was designed and built by
as part of the Soapbox Mentorship Program. Thank you, Daniel, for all your work! #GrowNostr
Try it out here: https://ditto.pub/explore
We’ve decided to start sharing a weekly rundown of all the work Team Soapbox is doing that you may have missed! This is our first Weekly Update post, for Feb 23 - March 03:
👀 New features in the pipeline:
- worked on adding Cashu () wallet support to #Ditto
- worked on adding new search filters to the Ditto UI
🐞 Bug Fixes:
- added video transcoding to support multiple media types
- Daniel fixed an issue with the timeline focus
- Patrick fixed the ability for an Admin to revoke a username
- Patrick fixed the ability for the Admin to promote other users to Admin
- @[email protected] fixed the streak modal going off screen on mobile devices
- Alex fixed the Admin ability to upload a new site logo (thanks for the bug report!)
- Daniel fixed the missing login button
- Alex made quote-posts of himself show up on #Nostr
- Alex improved Arabic translations for some words
🪐 General / Other:
- added a new frontend testing suite for Ditto with Playwright
- Chad created a staging server for Ditto
- Alex added AI code review to Soapbox repos with Code Bunny
- MK improved Ditto documentation for self-hosters
- Alex improved error handling in #Nostrify
Want to stay up to date on the latest changes or submit an issue? Follow Soapbox on Gitlab! #GrowNostr
https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub
Thanks to our amazing team for their tireless work. And, as always, thanks to for making this work possible! 🚀
What is #Ditto?
Ditto is a web-based #Nostr client designed for communities. Here's just a few of the things Ditto offers:
- Free NIP-05 self-service for your Nostr identity
- Fully customizable UI color scheme including light & dark themes
- A local feed of all the users in your Ditto community
- Advanced search and discoverability features
- Lightning payments to monetize your content
- Integrated bridge to other decentralized platforms including #Fediverse and #Bluesky
We have even more awesome community & discoverability features coming soon! Stay tuned!
NEW: #Ditto 🪐 now shows #Nostr posting streaks on user profiles!
Write a post or comment every day within 36 hours to keep your 🔥 streak going.
Want to see your streak? Check it out on https://ditto.pub 👀
We are proud to announce the release of #Ditto 1.2! 🚀
This release is jam-packed with improvements for users, with a focus on #Nostr onboarding, content discoverability, and performance.
ps. More great features coming soon! 🪐
NEW! We've added search filters on #Ditto to help you find the type of content you want to see.
Filters include: videos (#tiktok), media (#instagram), protocol (#Nostr or search over the
bridge to the #Fediverse, #Mastoson, and #Bluesky), language, and domain. You can also combine multiple filters to find, for example, videos only from Nostr.
Experiment with these filters on Ditto today by typing them into the search bar. We plan to expand the UI to make this experience seamless in the future.
Here's the full filter breakdown:
protocol:<nostr|bluesky|activitypub>
media:<true|false>
video:<true|false>
reply:<true|false>
language:
domain:
Update: #Ditto home pages will now feature the profiles of the newest community members to help with onboarding, user retention, and discoverability. Please be sure to make new #Nostr users in your community feel welcome! 👋 🪐 🌱
Anunciando o lançamento do Cobrafuma.com, uma comunidade Nostr para o Brasil! 🐍 🚬 🇧🇷
#Brasil #Brazil #Ditto #Nostr #introductions
https://soapbox.pub/blog/como-entrar-no-nostr-brasil-cobrafuma/
Thank you to everyone who watched our presentation at #Nostriga!
Ready to lead your own #Nostr community? Apply to the Ditto Creator Incubator! ➡️ https://soapbox.pub/creators/
We're so excited to be at #Nostriga this year! Be sure to catch
's talk on bringing more communities to #Nostr with Ditto at 1:35 on the main stage.
With
and
NEW! Announcing the launch of our third official #Ditto community: Henhouse, administered by
https://soapbox.pub/blog/announcing-henhouse
Henhouse is a #Nostr community for women. Users get a henhouse.social NIP-05 identity and enjoy local feed with a moderated community, while remaining connected to the larger Nostr network.
