Flatsonar

Amethyst Desktop

by Vitor Pamplona

Nostr client for desktop

Broad permissions Unverified publisher MIT AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause AND Apache-2.0
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About

Amethyst Desktop is a desktop client for the Nostr protocol. Browse feeds, post notes, send zaps (Lightning Network), and participate in NIP-53 live audio rooms. Video playback uses your system's GStreamer (Linux), AVFoundation (macOS), or Media Foundation (Windows). On Linux, install the GStreamer plugin packages (good, bad, libav) for full codec coverage.

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • your keyring / saved passwords
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.secrets
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download
  • access to your pictures folder
    --filesystem=xdg-pictures
  • notifications
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
  • sets environment variable GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH
    --env=GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0

Who publishes this

Nobody has confirmed that the publisher controls this app id. Flatsonar warns before installing.

  • com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.Desktop claims the domain amethyst.vitorpamplona.com; only its owner can prove that
    publisher:namespace

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