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Amethyst
Nostr Client for Android
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Android
<img src="./docs/design/zapstore.svg" alt="Get it on Zap Store" height="70" <img src="./docs/design/obtainium.png" alt="Get it on Obtaininum" height="70" <img src="https://github.com/machiav3lli/oandbackupx/raw/034b226cea5c1b30eb4f6a6f313e4dadcbb0ece4/badgegithub.png" alt="Get it on GitHub" height="70" <img src="https://play.google.com/intl/enus/badges/images/generic/en-play-badge.png" alt="Get it on Google Play" height="70"
Desktop
| OS | CLI install | Direct download | |---|---|---| | macOS (Apple Silicon) | brew install --cask amethyst-nostr | .dmg arm64 | | macOS (Intel) | brew install --cask amethyst-nostr | .dmg x64 | | Windows 10/11 | winget install VitorPamplona.Amethyst | .msi · .zip portable | | Debian/Ubuntu | — | .deb | | Fedora/RHEL/openSUSE | — | .rpm | | Any Linux | — | AppImage · .tar.gz |
Coming soon (separate PR): Scoop (Windows), AUR (Arch Linux).
Build from source: see BUILDING.md.
Install troubleshooting (Gatekeeper / SmartScreen / AppImage): see BUILDING.md § Troubleshooting installs.
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Verifying the APK signature
If you sideload Amethyst (Obtainium, GitHub Releases, Zap Store), verify that your APK is signed by the official release key before installing. All official Amethyst APKs — both the googleplay and fdroid flavors — are signed with the same certificate, whose SHA-256 fingerprint is:
C2:D0:AA:86:BC:B6:B6:20:90:56:1A:41:BB:E3:36:E9:8B:78:C2:D0:21:0A:49:8D:C8:85:F2:8E:13:48:CF:17To check a downloaded APK yourself, run (apksigner ships with the Android SDK build-tools):