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Desktop client for Nostr written in Rust. Version 0.14.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gossip

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add gossip

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · gossip · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libgossip-java

Debian stable package indexes · libgossip-java · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gossip

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/go/gossip/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install extras/gossip

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/gossip.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Desktop client for Nostr written in Rust

Commands and aliases

  • gossip

history

Project history and usage

Gossip is a native desktop client for Nostr, written in Rust and aimed at Windows, macOS, and Linux users who prefer a non-browser client. Its README describes Nostr as a relay-based open social protocol and positions Gossip around desktop use, encrypted key handling, performance, user control, and relay-discovery behavior.

Project history

The project emerged with the Nostr application wave as a desktop-first client focused on micro-blogging and chat-style social use. Its README says Gossip avoided the browser stack, used LMDB for storage, and kept private keys encrypted on disk, all choices that distinguished it from web clients.

A central design idea is the 'Gossip Model': instead of using only a manually configured relay list, the client tries to find posts where followed people are likely to publish, based on relay lists and other heuristics. The README says that model influenced similar client behavior around NIP-65.

Adoption history

Gossip has been distributed through GitHub releases with platform-specific artifacts including Debian packages, macOS disk images, MSI installers, Flatpak builds, and AppImage archives. The Homebrew formula also packages it for command-line installation, while the README points to an approved but separate fork for continued development when the original repository became idle.

How it is used

Users run Gossip as a desktop Nostr client, configure identity and relays through the GUI, and can tune moderation, spam filtering, media handling, relay roles, and per-profile data directories. A Rhai script named filter.rhai in the gossip data directory can be used for programmable spam filtering.

Why package nerds care

Gossip is interesting to package nerds because it is a Rust desktop application shipped outside the usual browser-extension/web-app path, with native packages across several operating systems. It also maps an evolving protocol culture, where NIPs, relay behavior, local encrypted key storage, and GUI packaging all affect what the package actually delivers.

Timeline

  • 2022: The GitHub repository metadata in the release pages identifies the mikedilger/gossip project line used for packaged releases.
  • 2024-10: 0.12.0 release notes add bookmarks, global and per-relay feeds, friends-of-friends scoring, and spam-filtering improvements.
  • 2024-12: 0.13.0 release notes add file metadata support, Blossom support, NIP-89 handler recommendations, NIP-50 search, and follower/followed views.
  • 2025-03: 0.14.0 release notes describe a major release with search, UI, relay, media, protocol, and database changes.

Related projects

  • Nostr is the relay-based protocol Gossip implements.
  • NIP-65 is related to the relay-list model highlighted in Gossip's README.
  • YGGverse/gossipfork is named by the original README as a fork with continued development.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:client

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
$XDG_DATA_HOME/gossip/filter.rhai

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
gossipcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.14.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gossip
Version0.14.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gossip
Homepagehttps://github.com/mikedilger/gossip
Repositoryhttps://github.com/mikedilger/gossip
Upstream docshttps://github.com/mikedilger/gossip#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/mikedilger/gossip.git
Build dependenciesrust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegossip
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

libgossip-java 1.8-3

Small and fast logging provider for SLF4J

https://github.com/jdillon/gossip

sudo apt install libgossip-java
  • Section: java
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gossip
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gossip
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgossip-java from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

gossip

nix profile install nixpkgs#gossip
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gossip
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gossip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

libgossip-java 1.8-2.1

Small and fast logging provider for SLF4J

http://github.com/jdillon/gossip

sudo apt install libgossip-java
  • Section: universe/java
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gossip
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gossip
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgossip-java from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

gossip 0.14.0_git20250820-r0

Desktop client for Nostr

https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip

sudo apk add gossip
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gossip
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gossip
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gossip from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gossip-doc 0.14.0_git20250820-r0

Desktop client for Nostr (documentation)

https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip

sudo apk add gossip-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gossip
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gossip
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gossip-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
Scoop95%

extras/gossip

scoop install extras/gossip
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gossip
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gossip.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment