Observed arrival · 2026-08-22
Napstr Wants to Make Music Sharing Private Again
An open-source desktop app for discovering and sharing music through Nostr and private Tor transfers.
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Napstr revives the old music-sharing premise with a sharply modern architecture: public catalogues travel through Nostr, while authenticated temporary Tor onion services handle downloads without a central tracker or file store. It is available for Windows and Linux and includes encrypted negotiation, seeder failover, and SHA-256 verification.
An open-source desktop app for discovering and sharing music through Nostr and private Tor transfers.
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