# Install gossip with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, scoop Desktop client for Nostr written in Rust. Version 0.14.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gossip ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gossip ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add gossip ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gossip from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libgossip-java ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libgossip-java from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gossip ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gossip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/gossip ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gossip.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gossip - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.14.0 - **Source summary:** Desktop client for Nostr written in Rust - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - gossip (cli) - gossip (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.14.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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 - Unix: $XDG_DATA_HOME/gossip/filter.rhai ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** gossip - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libgossip-java - 1.8-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgossip-java from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Small and fast logging provider for SLF4J | https://github.com/jdillon/gossip - Nix - gossip: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gossip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libgossip-java - 1.8-2.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgossip-java from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Small and fast logging provider for SLF4J | http://github.com/jdillon/gossip - apk - gossip - 0.14.0_git20250820-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gossip from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Desktop client for Nostr | https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip - apk - gossip-doc - 0.14.0_git20250820-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gossip-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Desktop client for Nostr (documentation) | https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip - Scoop - extras/gossip: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gossip.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [iamb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/iamb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, communication, productivity, rust. - [slackcat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/slackcat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, communication, productivity. - [pidgin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pidgin/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, communication, productivity. - [amp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust. - [clock-rs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clock-rs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust. - [ekphos](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ekphos/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust. - [fend](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fend/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust. - [fresh-editor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fresh-editor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust. - [tuisky](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tuisky/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, client, media, productivity, social. - [gdrive](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdrive/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, client, productivity, rust. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gossip.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gossip.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph