Package Health Score

65 / 100

security
No known security issues
popularity
Recognized
maintenance
Inactive
community
Active

Popularity

Recognized

GitHub Stars: 559
Forks: 143
Contributors: 70

Direct Usage Popularity

Based on project statistics from the GitHub repository for the PyPI package nostr-protocol, we found that it has been starred 559 times.

Security

No known security issues

Security and license risk for latest version

Release Date: Sep 19, 2024
Direct Vulnerabilities: 0
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Indirect Vulnerabilities: 0
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License Risk: 0
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License

MIT

Security Policy

Yes

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Maintenance

Inactive

Commit Frequency

Open Issues: 19
Open PR: 13
Last Release: 1 year ago
Last Commit: 5 days ago

Further analysis of the maintenance status of nostr-protocol based on released PyPI versions cadence, the repository activity, and other data points determined that its maintenance is Inactive.

An important project maintenance signal to consider for nostr-protocol is that it hasn't seen any new versions released to PyPI in the past 12 months, and could be considered as a discontinued project, or that which receives low attention from its maintainers.

As a healthy sign for on-going project maintenance, we found that the GitHub repository had at least 1 pull request or issue interacted with by the community.

Community

Active

Readme: Yes
Contributing.md: Yes
Code of Conduct: No
Contributors: 70
Funding: Yes

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Package

Python Versions Compatibility: Unspecified

Age: 2 years
Latest Release: 1 year ago
Dependencies: N/A
Versions: 16
Maintainers: 1
Wheels: Linux, macOS, Windows

Readme

Nostr - Python Package

Description

Python bindings of nostr library.

If you're writing a typical Nostr client or bot, you may be interested in nostr-sdk.

Getting started

pip install nostr-protocol

from nostr_protocol import Keys, EventBuilder

keys = Keys.generate()
print(keys.secret_key().to_bech32())
print(keys.public_key().to_bech32())

print("Mining a POW text note...")
event = EventBuilder.text_note("Hello from Rust Nostr Python bindings!", []).to_pow_event(keys, 20)
print(event.as_json())

More examples can be found in the examples/ directory.

Supported NIPs

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Learn more about rust-nostr at .

State

This library is in an ALPHA state, things that are implemented generally work but the API will change in breaking ways.

Donations

rust-nostr is free and open-source. This means we do not earn any revenue by selling it. Instead, we rely on your financial support. If you actively use any of the rust-nostr libs/software/services, then please donate.

License

This project is distributed under the MIT software license - see the LICENSE file for details

FAQs

What is nostr-protocol?

Nostr protocol implementation. Visit Snyk Advisor to see a full health score report for nostr-protocol, including popularity, security, maintenance & community analysis.

Is nostr-protocol popular?

The python package nostr-protocol receives a total of 1,939 weekly downloads. As such, nostr-protocol popularity was classified as a recognized. Visit the popularity section on Snyk Advisor to see the full health analysis.

Is nostr-protocol well maintained?

We found indications that nostr-protocol is an Inactive project. See the full package health analysis to learn more about the package maintenance status.

Is nostr-protocol safe to use?

The python package nostr-protocol was scanned for known vulnerabilities and missing license, and no issues were found. Thus the package was deemed as safe to use. See the full health analysis review.

Last updated on 6 December-2025, at 07:38 (UTC).

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