git status: fix commit printing.

and a fix for repository announcements getting updated every time due to time shifts.

.github/workflows/release-cli.yml

@@ -47,3 +47,93 @@ jobs:
           md5sum: false
           sha256sum: false
           compress_assets: false
+
+  smoke-test-linux-amd64:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - build-all-for-all
+    steps:
+      - name: download and smoke test latest binary
+        run: |
+          set -eo pipefail # exit on error, and on pipe failures
+
+          echo "downloading nak binary from releases"
+          RELEASE_URL="https://api.github.com/repos/fiatjaf/nak/releases/latest"
+          wget $(wget -q -O - ${RELEASE_URL} | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | contains("linux-amd64")) | .browser_download_url') -O nak -nv
+          chmod +x nak
+
+          echo "printing version..."
+          ./nak --version
+
+          # generate and manipulate keys
+          echo "testing key operations..."
+          SECRET_KEY=$(./nak key generate)
+          PUBLIC_KEY=$(echo $SECRET_KEY | ./nak key public)
+          echo "generated key pair: $SECRET_KEY => $PUBLIC_KEY"
+
+          # create events
+          echo "testing event creation..."
+          ./nak event -c "hello world"
+          HELLOWORLD=$(./nak event -c "hello world")
+          echo "  hello world again: $HELLOWORLD"
+          ./nak event --ts "2 days ago" -c "event with timestamp"
+          ./nak event -k 1 -t "t=test" -c "event with tag"
+
+          # test NIP-19 encoding/decoding
+          echo "testing NIP-19 encoding/decoding..."
+          NSEC=$(echo $SECRET_KEY | ./nak encode nsec)
+          echo "encoded nsec: $NSEC"
+          ./nak encode npub 79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798
+          EVENT_ID="5ae731bbc7711f78513da14927c48cc7143a91e6cad0565fdc4d73b8967a7d59"
+          NEVENT1=$(./nak encode nevent $EVENT_ID)
+          echo "encoded nevent1: $NEVENT1"
+          ./nak decode $NEVENT1
+          ./nak decode npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6
+
+          # test event verification
+          echo "testing event verification..."
+          # create an event and verify it
+          VERIFY_EVENT=$(./nak event -c "verify me")
+          echo $VERIFY_EVENT | ./nak verify
+
+          # test PoW
+          echo "testing pow..."
+          ./nak event -c "testing pow" --pow 8
+
+          # test NIP-49 key encryption/decryption
+          echo "testing NIP-49 key encryption/decryption..."
+          ENCRYPTED_KEY=$(./nak key encrypt $SECRET_KEY "testpassword")
+          echo "encrypted key: ${ENCRYPTED_KEY: 0:20}..."
+          DECRYPTED_KEY=$(./nak key decrypt $ENCRYPTED_KEY "testpassword")
+          if [ "$DECRYPTED_KEY" != "$SECRET_KEY" ]; then
+            echo "nip-49 encryption/decryption test failed!"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # test multi-value tags
+          echo "testing multi-value tags..."
+          ./nak event --ts "yesterday" -t "e=f59911b561c37c90b01e9e5c2557307380835c83399756f4d62d8167227e420a;wss://relay.example.com;root" -c "testing multi-value tags"
+
+          # test relay operations (with a public relay)
+          echo "testing publishing..."
+          # publish a simple event to a public relay
+          EVENT_JSON=$(./nak event --sec $SECRET_KEY -c "test from nak smoke test" nos.lol < /dev/null)
+          EVENT_ID=$(echo $EVENT_JSON | jq -r .id)
+          echo "published event ID: $EVENT_ID"
+
+          # wait a moment for propagation
+          sleep 2
+
+          # fetch the event we just published
+          ./nak req -i $EVENT_ID nos.lol
+
+          # test serving (just start and immediately kill)
+          echo "testing serve command..."
+          timeout 2s ./nak serve || true
+
+          # test filesystem mount (just start and immediately kill)
+          echo "testing fs mount command..."
+          mkdir -p /tmp/nostr-mount
+          timeout 2s ./nak fs --sec $SECRET_KEY /tmp/nostr-mount || true
+
+          echo "all tests passed"

.github/workflows/smoke-test-release.yml

@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-name: Smoke test the binary
-
-on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: ["build cli for all platforms"]
-    types:
-      - completed
-    branches:
-      - master
-
-jobs:
-  smoke-test-linux-amd64:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Download and smoke test latest binary
-        run: |
-          set -eo pipefail # Exit on error, and on pipe failures
-
-          echo "Downloading nak binary from releases"
-          RELEASE_URL="https://api.github.com/repos/fiatjaf/nak/releases/latest"
-          wget $(wget -q -O - ${RELEASE_URL} | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | contains("linux-amd64")) | .browser_download_url') -O nak -nv
-          chmod +x nak
-
-          echo "Running basic tests..."
-          ./nak --version
-
-          # Generate and manipulate keys
-          echo "Testing key operations..."
-          SECRET_KEY=$(./nak key generate)
-          PUBLIC_KEY=$(echo $SECRET_KEY | ./nak key public)
-          echo "Generated key pair: $PUBLIC_KEY"
-
-          # Create events
-          echo "Testing event creation..."
-          ./nak event -c "hello world"
-          ./nak event --ts "2 days ago" -c "event with timestamp"
-          ./nak event -k 1 -t "t=test" -c "event with tag"
-
-          # Test NIP-19 encoding/decoding
-          echo "Testing NIP-19 encoding/decoding..."
-          NSEC=$(echo $SECRET_KEY | ./nak encode nsec)
-          echo "Encoded nsec: $NSEC"
-          ./nak encode npub 79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798
-          NOTE_ID="5ae731bbc7711f78513da14927c48cc7143a91e6cad0565fdc4d73b8967a7d59"
-          NOTE1=$(./nak encode note $NOTE_ID)
-          echo "Encoded note1: $NOTE1"
-          ./nak decode $NOTE1
-          ./nak decode npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6
-
-          # Test event verification
-          echo "Testing event verification..."
-          # Create an event and verify it
-          VERIFY_EVENT=$(./nak event -c "verify me")
-          echo $VERIFY_EVENT | ./nak verify
-
-          # Test PoW
-          echo "Testing PoW..."
-          ./nak event -c "testing pow" --pow 8
-
-          # Test NIP-49 key encryption/decryption
-          echo "Testing NIP-49 key encryption/decryption..."
-          ENCRYPTED_KEY=$(./nak key encrypt $SECRET_KEY "testpassword")
-          echo "Encrypted key: ${ENCRYPTED_KEY:0:20}..."
-          DECRYPTED_KEY=$(./nak key decrypt $ENCRYPTED_KEY "testpassword")
-          if [ "$DECRYPTED_KEY" != "$SECRET_KEY" ]; then
-            echo "NIP-49 encryption/decryption test failed!"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          # Test multi-value tags
-          echo "Testing multi-value tags..."
-          ./nak event --ts "yesterday" -t "e=f59911b561c37c90b01e9e5c2557307380835c83399756f4d62d8167227e420a;wss://relay.example.com;root" -c "Testing multi-value tags"
-
-          # Test relay operations (with a public relay)
-          echo "Testing relay operations..."
-          # Publish a simple event to a public relay
-          EVENT_JSON=$(./nak event --sec $SECRET_KEY -c "Test from nak smoke test" nos.lol)
-          EVENT_ID=$(echo $EVENT_JSON | jq -r .id)
-          echo "Published event ID: $EVENT_ID"
-
-          # Wait a moment for propagation
-          sleep 2
-
-          # Fetch the event we just published
-          ./nak req -i $EVENT_ID nos.lol
-
-          # Test serving (just start and immediately kill)
-          echo "Testing serve command..."
-          timeout 2s ./nak serve || true
-
-          # Test filesystem mount (just start and immediately kill)
-          echo "Testing fs mount command..."
-          mkdir -p /tmp/nostr-mount
-          timeout 2s ./nak fs --sec $SECRET_KEY /tmp/nostr-mount || true
-
-          echo "All tests passed"

blossom.go

@@ -230,11 +230,55 @@ if any of the files are not found the command will fail, otherwise it will succe
 		},
 		{
 			Name:  "mirror",
-			Usage:                     "",
+			Usage: "mirrors a from a server to another",
-			Description:               ``,
+			Description: `examples:
+  mirroring a single blob:
+    nak blossom mirror https://nostr.download/5672be22e6da91c12b929a0f46b9e74de8b5366b9b19a645ff949c24052f9ad4 -s blossom.band
+
+  mirroring all blobs from a certain pubkey from one server to the other:
+    nak blossom list 78ce6faa72264387284e647ba6938995735ec8c7d5c5a65737e55130f026307d -s nostr.download | nak blossom mirror -s blossom.band`,
 			DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
-			ArgsUsage:                 "",
 			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				client, err := getBlossomClient(ctx, c)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				var bd blossom.BlobDescriptor
+				if input := c.Args().First(); input != "" {
+					blobURL := input
+					if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(input), &bd); err == nil {
+						blobURL = bd.URL
+					}
+					bd, err := client.MirrorBlob(ctx, blobURL)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					out, _ := json.Marshal(bd)
+					stdout(out)
+					return nil
+				} else {
+					for input := range getJsonsOrBlank() {
+						if input == "{}" {
+							continue
+						}
+
+						blobURL := input
+						if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(input), &bd); err == nil {
+							blobURL = bd.URL
+						}
+						bd, err := client.MirrorBlob(ctx, blobURL)
+						if err != nil {
+							ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "failed to mirror '%s': %w", blobURL, err)
+							continue
+						}
+						out, _ := json.Marshal(bd)
+						stdout(out)
+					}
+
+					exitIfLineProcessingError(ctx)
+				}
+
 				return nil
 			},
 		},

bunker.go

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"fiatjaf.com/nostr"
@@ -73,13 +73,7 @@ var bunker = &cli.Command{
 	},
 	Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
 		// read config from file
-		config := struct {
+		config := BunkerConfig{}
-			AuthorizedKeys []nostr.PubKey      `json:"authorized-keys"`
-			Secret         plainOrEncryptedKey `json:"sec"`
-			Relays         []string            `json:"relays"`
-		}{
-			AuthorizedKeys: make([]nostr.PubKey, 0, 3),
-		}
 		baseRelaysUrls := appendUnique(c.Args().Slice(), c.StringSlice("relay")...)
 		for i, url := range baseRelaysUrls {
 			baseRelaysUrls[i] = nostr.NormalizeURL(url)
@@ -142,6 +136,15 @@ var bunker = &cli.Command{
 				if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &config); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
+				// convert from deprecated field
+				if len(config.AuthorizedKeys) > 0 {
+					config.Clients = make([]BunkerConfigClient, len(config.AuthorizedKeys))
+					for i := range config.AuthorizedKeys {
+						config.Clients[i] = BunkerConfigClient{PubKey: config.AuthorizedKeys[i]}
+					}
+					config.AuthorizedKeys = nil
+					persist()
+				}
 			} else if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -150,7 +153,11 @@ var bunker = &cli.Command{
 				config.Relays[i] = nostr.NormalizeURL(url)
 			}
 			config.Relays = appendUnique(config.Relays, baseRelaysUrls...)
-			config.AuthorizedKeys = appendUnique(config.AuthorizedKeys, baseAuthorizedKeys...)
+			for _, bak := range baseAuthorizedKeys {
+				if !slices.ContainsFunc(config.Clients, func(c BunkerConfigClient) bool { return c.PubKey == bak }) {
+					config.Clients = append(config.Clients, BunkerConfigClient{PubKey: bak})
+				}
+			}
 
 			if config.Secret.Plain == nil && config.Secret.Encrypted == nil {
 				// we don't have any secret key stored, so just use whatever was given via flags
@@ -167,7 +174,9 @@ var bunker = &cli.Command{
 		} else {
 			config.Secret = baseSecret
 			config.Relays = baseRelaysUrls
-			config.AuthorizedKeys = baseAuthorizedKeys
+			for _, bak := range baseAuthorizedKeys {
+				config.Clients = append(config.Clients, BunkerConfigClient{PubKey: bak})
+			}
 		}
 
 		// if we got here without any keys set (no flags, first time using a profile), use the default
@@ -205,8 +214,17 @@ var bunker = &cli.Command{
 
 		// try to connect to the relays here
 		qs := url.Values{}
-		relayURLs := make([]string, 0, len(config.Relays))
+		allRelays := make([]string, len(config.Relays), len(config.Relays)+5)
-		relays := connectToAllRelays(ctx, c, config.Relays, nil, nostr.PoolOptions{})
+		copy(allRelays, config.Relays)
+		for _, c := range config.Clients {
+			for _, url := range c.CustomRelays {
+				if !slices.ContainsFunc(allRelays, func(u string) bool { return u == url }) {
+					allRelays = append(allRelays, url)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		relayURLs := make([]string, 0, len(allRelays))
+		relays := connectToAllRelays(ctx, c, allRelays, nil, nostr.PoolOptions{})
 		if len(relays) == 0 {
 			log("failed to connect to any of the given relays.\n")
 			os.Exit(3)
@@ -236,10 +254,22 @@ var bunker = &cli.Command{
 			bunkerURI := fmt.Sprintf("bunker://%s?%s", pubkey.Hex(), qs.Encode())
 
 			authorizedKeysStr := ""
-			if len(config.AuthorizedKeys) != 0 {
+			if len(config.Clients) != 0 {
-				authorizedKeysStr = "\n  authorized keys:"
+				authorizedKeysStr = "\n  authorized clients:"
-				for _, pubkey := range config.AuthorizedKeys {
+				for _, c := range config.Clients {
-					authorizedKeysStr += "\n    - " + colors.italic(pubkey.Hex())
+					authorizedKeysStr += "\n    - " + colors.italic(c.PubKey.Hex())
+					name := ""
+					if c.Name != "" {
+						name = c.Name
+						if c.URL != "" {
+							name += " " + colors.underline(c.URL)
+						}
+					} else if c.URL != "" {
+						name = colors.underline(c.URL)
+					}
+					if name != "" {
+						authorizedKeysStr += " (" + name + ")"
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -249,8 +279,8 @@ var bunker = &cli.Command{
 			}
 
 			preauthorizedFlags := ""
-			for _, k := range config.AuthorizedKeys {
+			for _, c := range config.Clients {
-				preauthorizedFlags += " -k " + k.Hex()
+				preauthorizedFlags += " -k " + c.PubKey.Hex()
 			}
 			for _, s := range authorizedSecrets {
 				preauthorizedFlags += " -s " + s
@@ -314,24 +344,84 @@ var bunker = &cli.Command{
 			Tags:      nostr.TagMap{"p": []string{pubkey.Hex()}},
 			Since:     nostr.Now(),
 			LimitZero: true,
-		}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{
+		}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-bunker"})
-			Label: "nak-bunker",
-		})
 
 		signer := nip46.NewStaticKeySigner(sec)
-		handlerWg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+
-		printLock := sync.Mutex{}
+		// unix socket nostrconnect:// handling
+		go func() {
+			for uri := range onSocketConnect(ctx, c) {
+				clientPublicKey, err := nostr.PubKeyFromHex(uri.Host)
+				if err != nil {
+					continue
+				}
+				log("- got nostrconnect:// request from '%s': %s\n", color.New(color.Bold, color.FgBlue).Sprint(clientPublicKey), uri.String())
+
+				relays := uri.Query()["relay"]
+
+				// pre-authorize this client since the user has explicitly added it
+				if !slices.ContainsFunc(config.Clients, func(c BunkerConfigClient) bool {
+					return c.PubKey == clientPublicKey
+				}) {
+					config.Clients = append(config.Clients, BunkerConfigClient{
+						PubKey:       clientPublicKey,
+						Name:         uri.Query().Get("name"),
+						URL:          uri.Query().Get("url"),
+						Icon:         uri.Query().Get("icon"),
+						CustomRelays: relays,
+					})
+				}
+
+				if persist != nil {
+					persist()
+				}
+
+				resp, eventResponse, err := signer.HandleNostrConnectURI(ctx, uri)
+				if err != nil {
+					log("* failed to handle: %s\n", err)
+					continue
+				}
+
+				go func() {
+					for event := range sys.Pool.SubscribeMany(ctx, relays, nostr.Filter{
+						Kinds:     []nostr.Kind{nostr.KindNostrConnect},
+						Tags:      nostr.TagMap{"p": []string{pubkey.Hex()}},
+						Since:     nostr.Now(),
+						LimitZero: true,
+					}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-bunker"}) {
+						events <- event
+					}
+				}()
+
+				time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 25)
+				jresp, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
+				log("~ responding with %s\n", string(jresp))
+				for res := range sys.Pool.PublishMany(ctx, relays, eventResponse) {
+					if res.Error == nil {
+						log("* sent through %s\n", res.Relay.URL)
+					} else {
+						log("* failed to send through %s: %s\n", res.RelayURL, res.Error)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}()
 
 		// just a gimmick
 		var cancelPreviousBunkerInfoPrint context.CancelFunc
 		_, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 		cancelPreviousBunkerInfoPrint = cancel
 
-		// asking user for authorization
 		signer.AuthorizeRequest = func(harmless bool, from nostr.PubKey, secret string) bool {
+			if slices.ContainsFunc(config.Clients, func(b BunkerConfigClient) bool { return b.PubKey == from }) {
+				return true
+			}
+			if slices.Contains(authorizedSecrets, secret) {
+				return true
+			}
+
 			if secret == newSecret {
 				// store this key
-				config.AuthorizedKeys = appendUnique(config.AuthorizedKeys, from)
+				config.Clients = append(config.Clients, BunkerConfigClient{PubKey: from})
 				// discard this and generate a new secret
 				newSecret = randString(12)
 				// print bunker info again after this
@@ -343,43 +433,46 @@ var bunker = &cli.Command{
 				if persist != nil {
 					persist()
 				}
+
+				return true
 			}
 
-			return slices.Contains(config.AuthorizedKeys, from) || slices.Contains(authorizedSecrets, secret)
+			return false
 		}
 
 		for ie := range events {
 			cancelPreviousBunkerInfoPrint() // this prevents us from printing a million bunker info blocks
 
 			// handle the NIP-46 request event
+			from := ie.Event.PubKey
 			req, resp, eventResponse, err := signer.HandleRequest(ctx, ie.Event)
 			if err != nil {
-				log("< failed to handle request from %s: %s\n", ie.Event.PubKey, err.Error())
+				log("< failed to handle request from %s: %s\n", from, err.Error())
 				continue
 			}
 
 			jreq, _ := json.MarshalIndent(req, "", "  ")
-			log("- got request from '%s': %s\n", color.New(color.Bold, color.FgBlue).Sprint(ie.Event.PubKey.Hex()), string(jreq))
+			log("- got request from '%s': %s\n", color.New(color.Bold, color.FgBlue).Sprint(from.Hex()), string(jreq))
 			jresp, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
 			log("~ responding with %s\n", string(jresp))
 
-			handlerWg.Add(len(relayURLs))
+			// use custom relays if they are defined for this client
-			for _, relayURL := range relayURLs {
+			// (normally if the initial connection came from a nostrconnect:// URL)
-				go func(relayURL string) {
+			relays := relayURLs
-					if relay, _ := sys.Pool.EnsureRelay(relayURL); relay != nil {
+			for _, c := range config.Clients {
-						err := relay.Publish(ctx, eventResponse)
+				if c.PubKey == from && len(c.CustomRelays) > 0 {
-						printLock.Lock()
+					relays = c.CustomRelays
-						if err == nil {
+					break
-							log("* sent response through %s\n", relay.URL)
+				}
+			}
+
+			for res := range sys.Pool.PublishMany(ctx, relays, eventResponse) {
+				if res.Error == nil {
+					log("* sent response through %s\n", res.Relay.URL)
 				} else {
-							log("* failed to send response: %s\n", err)
+					log("* failed to send response through %s: %s\n", res.RelayURL, res.Error)
 				}
-						printLock.Unlock()
-						handlerWg.Done()
 			}
-				}(relayURL)
-			}
-			handlerWg.Wait()
 
 			// just after handling one request we trigger this
 			go func() {
@@ -404,22 +497,42 @@ var bunker = &cli.Command{
 			Name:      "connect",
 			Usage:     "use the client-initiated NostrConnect flow of NIP46",
 			ArgsUsage: "<nostrconnect-uri>",
+			Flags: []cli.Flag{
+				&cli.StringFlag{
+					Name:  "profile",
+					Usage: "profile name of the bunker to connect to",
+				},
+			},
 			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
 				if c.Args().Len() != 1 {
 					return fmt.Errorf("must be called with a nostrconnect://... uri")
 				}
 
-				uri, err := url.Parse(c.Args().First())
+				if err := sendToSocket(c, c.Args().First()); err != nil {
-				if err != nil || uri.Scheme != "nostrconnect" {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to running bunker: %w", err)
-					return fmt.Errorf("invalid uri")
 				}
 
-				// TODO
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+	},
+}
 
-				return fmt.Errorf("this is not implemented yet")
+type BunkerConfig struct {
-			},
+	Clients []BunkerConfigClient `json:"clients"`
-		},
+	Secret  plainOrEncryptedKey  `json:"sec"`
-	},
+	Relays  []string             `json:"relays"`
+
+	// deprecated
+	AuthorizedKeys []nostr.PubKey `json:"authorized-keys,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type BunkerConfigClient struct {
+	PubKey       nostr.PubKey `json:"pubkey"`
+	Name         string       `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	URL          string       `json:"url,omitempty"`
+	Icon         string       `json:"icon,omitempty"`
+	CustomRelays []string     `json:"custom_relays,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type plainOrEncryptedKey struct {
@@ -489,3 +602,89 @@ func (a plainOrEncryptedKey) equals(b plainOrEncryptedKey) bool {
 
 	return true
 }
+
+func getSocketPath(c *cli.Command) string {
+	profile := "default"
+	if c.IsSet("profile") {
+		profile = c.String("profile")
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(c.String("config-path"), "bunkerconn", profile)
+}
+
+func onSocketConnect(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) chan *url.URL {
+	res := make(chan *url.URL)
+	socketPath := getSocketPath(c)
+
+	// ensure directory exists
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(socketPath), 0755); err != nil {
+		log(color.RedString("failed to create socket directory: %w\n", err))
+		return res
+	}
+
+	// delete existing socket file if it exists
+	if _, err := os.Stat(socketPath); err == nil {
+		if err := os.Remove(socketPath); err != nil {
+			log(color.RedString("failed to remove existing socket file: %w\n", err))
+			return res
+		}
+	}
+
+	listener, err := net.Listen("unix", socketPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log(color.RedString("failed to listen on unix socket %s: %w\n", socketPath, err))
+		return res
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		defer listener.Close()
+		defer os.Remove(socketPath) // cleanup socket file on exit
+
+		for {
+			conn, err := listener.Accept()
+			if err != nil {
+				select {
+				case <-ctx.Done():
+					return
+				default:
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+
+			go func(conn net.Conn) {
+				defer conn.Close()
+				buf := make([]byte, 4096)
+
+				for {
+					conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(5 * time.Second))
+					n, err := conn.Read(buf)
+					if err != nil {
+						break
+					}
+
+					uri, err := url.Parse(string(buf[:n]))
+					if err == nil && uri.Scheme == "nostrconnect" {
+						res <- uri
+					}
+				}
+			}(conn)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return res
+}
+
+func sendToSocket(c *cli.Command, value string) error {
+	socketPath := getSocketPath(c)
+
+	conn, err := net.DialTimeout("unix", socketPath, 5*time.Second)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to bunker unix socket at %s: %w", socketPath, err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	_, err = conn.Write([]byte(value))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to send uri to bunker: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}

dekey.go

@@ -0,0 +1,435 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
+
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr"
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/nip19"
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/nip44"
+	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+var dekey = &cli.Command{
+	Name:                      "dekey",
+	Usage:                     "handles NIP-4E decoupled encryption keys",
+	Description:               "maybe this picture will explain better than I can do here for now: https://cdn.azzamo.net/89c543d261ad0d665c1dea78f91e527c2e39e7fe503b440265a3c47e63c9139f.png",
+	DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
+	Flags: append(defaultKeyFlags,
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "device",
+			Usage: "name of this device that will be published and displayed on other clients",
+			Value: func() string {
+				if hostname, err := os.Hostname(); err == nil {
+					return "nak@" + hostname
+				}
+				return "nak@unknown"
+			}(),
+		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:  "rotate",
+			Usage: "force the creation of a new decoupled encryption key, effectively invalidating any previous ones",
+		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:    "authorize-all",
+			Aliases: []string{"yolo"},
+			Usage:   "do not ask for confirmation, just automatically send the decoupled encryption key to all devices that exist",
+		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:  "reject-all",
+			Usage: "do not ask for confirmation, just not send the decoupled encryption key to any device",
+		},
+	),
+	Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+		kr, _, err := gatherKeyerFromArguments(ctx, c)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		userPub, err := kr.GetPublicKey(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get user public key: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		configPath := c.String("config-path")
+		deviceName := c.String("device")
+
+		log("handling device key for %s as %s\n",
+			color.YellowString(deviceName),
+			color.CyanString(nip19.EncodeNpub(userPub)),
+		)
+		// check if we already have a local-device secret key
+		deviceKeyPath := filepath.Join(configPath, "dekey", "device-key")
+		var deviceSec nostr.SecretKey
+		if data, err := os.ReadFile(deviceKeyPath); err == nil {
+			log(color.GreenString("found existing device key\n"))
+			deviceSec, err = nostr.SecretKeyFromHex(string(data))
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid device key in %s: %w", deviceKeyPath, err)
+			}
+		} else {
+			log(color.YellowString("generating new device key\n"))
+			// create one
+			deviceSec = nostr.Generate()
+			os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(deviceKeyPath), 0700)
+			if err := os.WriteFile(deviceKeyPath, []byte(deviceSec.Hex()), 0600); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to write device key: %w", err)
+			}
+			log(color.GreenString("device key generated and stored\n"))
+		}
+		devicePub := deviceSec.Public()
+
+		// get relays for the user
+		log("fetching write relays for %s\n", color.CyanString(nip19.EncodeNpub(userPub)))
+		relays := sys.FetchWriteRelays(ctx, userPub)
+		relayList := connectToAllRelays(ctx, c, relays, nil, nostr.PoolOptions{})
+		if len(relayList) == 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("no relays to use")
+		}
+
+		// check for kind:10044
+		log("- checking for decoupled encryption key (kind:10044)\n")
+		keyAnnouncementResult := sys.Pool.FetchManyReplaceable(ctx, relays, nostr.Filter{
+			Kinds:   []nostr.Kind{10044},
+			Authors: []nostr.PubKey{userPub},
+		}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-nip4e"})
+		var eSec nostr.SecretKey
+		var ePub nostr.PubKey
+
+		var generateNewEncryptionKey bool
+		keyAnnouncementEvent, ok := keyAnnouncementResult.Load(nostr.ReplaceableKey{PubKey: userPub, D: ""})
+		if !ok {
+			log("- no decoupled encryption key found, generating new one\n")
+			generateNewEncryptionKey = true
+		} else {
+			// get the pub from the tag
+			for _, tag := range keyAnnouncementEvent.Tags {
+				if len(tag) >= 2 && tag[0] == "n" {
+					ePub, _ = nostr.PubKeyFromHex(tag[1])
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if ePub == nostr.ZeroPK {
+				return fmt.Errorf("got invalid kind:10044 event, no 'n' tag")
+			}
+
+			log(". a decoupled encryption public key already exists: %s\n", color.CyanString(ePub.Hex()))
+			if c.Bool("rotate") {
+				log(color.GreenString("rotating it by generating a new one\n"))
+				generateNewEncryptionKey = true
+			}
+		}
+
+		if generateNewEncryptionKey {
+			// generate main secret key
+			eSec = nostr.Generate()
+			ePub = eSec.Public()
+
+			// store it
+			eKeyPath := filepath.Join(configPath, "dekey", "p", userPub.Hex(), "e", ePub.Hex())
+			os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(eKeyPath), 0700)
+			if err := os.WriteFile(eKeyPath, []byte(eSec.Hex()), 0600); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to write decoupled encryption key: %w", err)
+			}
+			log("decoupled encryption key generated and stored, public key: %s\n", color.CyanString(ePub.Hex()))
+
+			// publish kind:10044
+			log("publishing decoupled encryption public key (kind:10044)\n")
+			evt10044 := nostr.Event{
+				Kind:      10044,
+				Content:   "",
+				CreatedAt: nostr.Now(),
+				Tags: nostr.Tags{
+					{"n", ePub.Hex()},
+				},
+			}
+			if err := kr.SignEvent(ctx, &evt10044); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to sign kind:10044: %w", err)
+			}
+			if err := publishFlow(ctx, c, kr, evt10044, relayList); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			// check if we have the key
+			eKeyPath := filepath.Join(configPath, "dekey", "p", userPub.Hex(), "e", ePub.Hex())
+			if data, err := os.ReadFile(eKeyPath); err == nil {
+				log(color.GreenString("- and we have it locally already\n"))
+				eSec, err = nostr.SecretKeyFromHex(string(data))
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("invalid main key: %w", err)
+				}
+				if eSec.Public() != ePub {
+					return fmt.Errorf("stored decoupled encryption key is corrupted: %w", err)
+				}
+			} else {
+				log("- decoupled encryption key not found locally, attempting to fetch the key from other devices\n")
+
+				// check if our kind:4454 is already published
+				log("- checking for existing device announcement (kind:4454)\n")
+				ourDeviceAnnouncementEvents := make([]nostr.Event, 0, 1)
+				for evt := range sys.Pool.FetchMany(ctx, relays, nostr.Filter{
+					Kinds:   []nostr.Kind{4454},
+					Authors: []nostr.PubKey{userPub},
+					Tags: nostr.TagMap{
+						"P": []string{devicePub.Hex()},
+					},
+					Limit: 1,
+				}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-nip4e"}) {
+					ourDeviceAnnouncementEvents = append(ourDeviceAnnouncementEvents, evt.Event)
+				}
+				if len(ourDeviceAnnouncementEvents) == 0 {
+					log(". no device announcement found, publishing kind:4454 for %s\n", color.YellowString(deviceName))
+					// publish kind:4454
+					evt := nostr.Event{
+						Kind:      4454,
+						Content:   "",
+						CreatedAt: nostr.Now(),
+						Tags: nostr.Tags{
+							{"client", deviceName},
+							{"P", devicePub.Hex()},
+						},
+					}
+
+					// sign with main key
+					if err := kr.SignEvent(ctx, &evt); err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("failed to sign device event: %w", err)
+					}
+
+					// publish
+					if err := publishFlow(ctx, c, kr, evt, relayList); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					log(color.GreenString(". device announcement published\n"))
+					ourDeviceAnnouncementEvents = append(ourDeviceAnnouncementEvents, evt)
+				} else {
+					log(color.GreenString(". device already registered\n"))
+				}
+
+				// see if some other device has shared the key with us from kind:4455
+				for eKeyMsg := range sys.Pool.FetchMany(ctx, relays, nostr.Filter{
+					Kinds: []nostr.Kind{4455},
+					Tags: nostr.TagMap{
+						"p": []string{devicePub.Hex()},
+					},
+					Since: keyAnnouncementEvent.CreatedAt + 1,
+				}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-nip4e"}) {
+					var senderPub nostr.PubKey
+					for _, tag := range eKeyMsg.Tags {
+						if len(tag) >= 2 && tag[0] == "P" {
+							senderPub, _ = nostr.PubKeyFromHex(tag[1])
+							break
+						}
+					}
+					if senderPub == nostr.ZeroPK {
+						continue
+					}
+					ss, err := nip44.GenerateConversationKey(senderPub, deviceSec)
+					if err != nil {
+						continue
+					}
+					eSecHex, err := nip44.Decrypt(eKeyMsg.Content, ss)
+					if err != nil {
+						continue
+					}
+					eSec, err = nostr.SecretKeyFromHex(eSecHex)
+					if err != nil {
+						continue
+					}
+					// check if it matches mainPub
+					if eSec.Public() == ePub {
+						log(color.GreenString("successfully received decoupled encryption key from another device\n"))
+						// store it
+						os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(eKeyPath), 0700)
+						os.WriteFile(eKeyPath, []byte(eSecHex), 0600)
+
+						// delete our 4454 if we had one, since we received the key
+						if len(ourDeviceAnnouncementEvents) > 0 {
+							log("deleting our device announcement (kind:4454) since we received the decoupled encryption key\n")
+							deletion4454 := nostr.Event{
+								CreatedAt: nostr.Now(),
+								Kind:      5,
+								Tags: nostr.Tags{
+									{"e", ourDeviceAnnouncementEvents[0].ID.Hex()},
+								},
+							}
+							if err := kr.SignEvent(ctx, &deletion4454); err != nil {
+								log(color.RedString("failed to sign 4454 deletion: %v\n"), err)
+							} else if err := publishFlow(ctx, c, kr, deletion4454, relayList); err != nil {
+								log(color.RedString("failed to publish 4454 deletion: %v\n"), err)
+							} else {
+								log(color.GreenString("- device announcement deleted\n"))
+							}
+						}
+
+						// delete the 4455 we just decrypted
+						log("deleting the key message (kind:4455) we just decrypted\n")
+						deletion4455 := nostr.Event{
+							CreatedAt: nostr.Now(),
+							Kind:      5,
+							Tags: nostr.Tags{
+								{"e", eKeyMsg.ID.Hex()},
+							},
+						}
+						if err := kr.SignEvent(ctx, &deletion4455); err != nil {
+							log(color.RedString("failed to sign 4455 deletion: %v\n"), err)
+						} else if err := publishFlow(ctx, c, kr, deletion4455, relayList); err != nil {
+							log(color.RedString("failed to publish 4455 deletion: %v\n"), err)
+						} else {
+							log(color.GreenString("- key message deleted\n"))
+						}
+
+						break
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if eSec == [32]byte{} {
+			log("decoupled encryption secret key not available, must be sent from another device to %s first\n",
+				color.YellowString(deviceName))
+			return nil
+		}
+		log(color.GreenString("- decoupled encryption key ready\n"))
+
+		// now we have mainSec, check for other kind:4454 events newer than the 10044
+		log("- checking for other devices and key messages so we can send the key\n")
+		keyMsgs := make([]string, 0, 5)
+		for keyOrDeviceEvt := range sys.Pool.FetchMany(ctx, relays, nostr.Filter{
+			Kinds:   []nostr.Kind{4454, 4455},
+			Authors: []nostr.PubKey{userPub},
+			Since:   keyAnnouncementEvent.CreatedAt + 1,
+		}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-nip4e"}) {
+			if keyOrDeviceEvt.Kind == 4455 {
+				// got key event
+				keyEvent := keyOrDeviceEvt
+
+				// assume a key msg will always come before its associated devicemsg
+				// so just store them here:
+				pubkeyTag := keyEvent.Tags.Find("p")
+				if pubkeyTag == nil {
+					continue
+				}
+				keyMsgs = append(keyMsgs, pubkeyTag[1])
+			} else if keyOrDeviceEvt.Kind == 4454 {
+				// device event
+				deviceEvt := keyOrDeviceEvt
+
+				// skip ourselves
+				if deviceEvt.Tags.FindWithValue("P", devicePub.Hex()) != nil {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// if there is a clock skew (current time is earlier than the time of this device's announcement) skip it
+				if nostr.Now() < deviceEvt.CreatedAt {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// if this already has a corresponding keyMsg then skip it
+				pubkeyTag := deviceEvt.Tags.Find("P")
+				if pubkeyTag == nil {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				if slices.Contains(keyMsgs, pubkeyTag[1]) {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				deviceTag := deviceEvt.Tags.Find("client")
+				if deviceTag == nil {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// here we know we're dealing with a deviceMsg without a corresponding keyMsg
+				// so we have to build a keyMsg for them
+				theirDevice, err := nostr.PubKeyFromHex(pubkeyTag[1])
+				if err != nil {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				if c.Bool("authorize-all") {
+					// will proceed
+				} else if c.Bool("reject-all") {
+					log("  - skipping %s\n", color.YellowString(deviceTag[1]))
+					continue
+				} else {
+					var proceed bool
+					if err := survey.AskOne(&survey.Confirm{
+						Message: fmt.Sprintf("share decoupled encryption key with %s"+colors.bold("?"),
+							color.YellowString(deviceTag[1])),
+					}, &proceed); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					if proceed {
+						// will proceed
+					} else {
+						// won't proceed
+						var deleteDevice bool
+						if err := survey.AskOne(&survey.Confirm{
+							Message: fmt.Sprintf("  delete %s"+colors.bold("'s announcement?"), color.YellowString(deviceTag[1])),
+						}, &deleteDevice); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						if deleteDevice {
+							log("  - deleting %s\n", color.YellowString(deviceTag[1]))
+							deletion := nostr.Event{
+								CreatedAt: nostr.Now(),
+								Kind:      5,
+								Tags: nostr.Tags{
+									{"e", deviceEvt.ID.Hex()},
+								},
+							}
+							if err := kr.SignEvent(ctx, &deletion); err != nil {
+								return fmt.Errorf("failed to sign deletion '%s': %w", deletion.GetID().Hex(), err)
+							}
+							if err := publishFlow(ctx, c, kr, deletion, relayList); err != nil {
+								return fmt.Errorf("publish flow failed: %w", err)
+							}
+						} else {
+							log("  - skipped\n")
+						}
+
+						continue
+					}
+				}
+
+				log("- sending decoupled encryption key to new device %s\n", color.YellowString(deviceTag[1]))
+				ss, err := nip44.GenerateConversationKey(theirDevice, deviceSec)
+				if err != nil {
+					continue
+				}
+				ciphertext, err := nip44.Encrypt(eSec.Hex(), ss)
+				if err != nil {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				evt4455 := nostr.Event{
+					Kind:      4455,
+					Content:   ciphertext,
+					CreatedAt: nostr.Now(),
+					Tags: nostr.Tags{
+						{"p", theirDevice.Hex()},
+						{"P", devicePub.Hex()},
+					},
+				}
+				if err := kr.SignEvent(ctx, &evt4455); err != nil {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				if err := publishFlow(ctx, c, kr, evt4455, relayList); err != nil {
+					log(color.RedString("failed to publish key message: %v\n"), err)
+				} else {
+					log("  - decoupled encryption key sent to %s\n", color.GreenString(deviceTag[1]))
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		stdout(ePub.Hex())
+		return nil
+	},
+}

encode.go

@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 		  "relays":["wss://nada.zero"],
 		  "author":"ebb6ff85430705651b311ed51328767078fd790b14f02d22efba68d5513376bc"
 		} | nak encode`,
-	Flags: []cli.Flag{
-		&cli.StringSliceFlag{
-			Name:    "relay",
-			Aliases: []string{"r"},
-			Usage:   "attach relay hints to naddr code",
-		},
-	},
 	DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
 	Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
 		if c.Args().Len() != 0 {
@@ -126,7 +119,12 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 				&cli.StringSliceFlag{
 					Name:    "relay",
 					Aliases: []string{"r"},
-					Usage:   "attach relay hints to nprofile code",
+					Usage:   "attach relay hints to the code",
+				},
+				&BoolIntFlag{
+					Name:  "outbox",
+					Usage: "automatically appends outbox relays to the code",
+					Value: 3,
 				},
 			},
 			DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
@@ -139,6 +137,13 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 					}
 
 					relays := c.StringSlice("relay")
+
+					if getBoolInt(c, "outbox") > 0 {
+						for _, r := range sys.FetchOutboxRelays(ctx, pk, int(getBoolInt(c, "outbox"))) {
+							relays = appendUnique(relays, r)
+						}
+					}
+
 					if err := normalizeAndValidateRelayURLs(relays); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
@@ -159,6 +164,16 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 					Aliases: []string{"a"},
 					Usage:   "attach an author pubkey as a hint to the nevent code",
 				},
+				&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+					Name:    "relay",
+					Aliases: []string{"r"},
+					Usage:   "attach relay hints to the code",
+				},
+				&BoolIntFlag{
+					Name:  "outbox",
+					Usage: "automatically appends outbox relays to the code",
+					Value: 3,
+				},
 			},
 			DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
 			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
@@ -171,6 +186,13 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 
 					author := getPubKey(c, "author")
 					relays := c.StringSlice("relay")
+
+					if getBoolInt(c, "outbox") > 0 && author != nostr.ZeroPK {
+						for _, r := range sys.FetchOutboxRelays(ctx, author, int(getBoolInt(c, "outbox"))) {
+							relays = appendUnique(relays, r)
+						}
+					}
+
 					if err := normalizeAndValidateRelayURLs(relays); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
@@ -204,6 +226,16 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 					Usage:    "kind of referred replaceable event",
 					Required: true,
 				},
+				&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+					Name:    "relay",
+					Aliases: []string{"r"},
+					Usage:   "attach relay hints to the code",
+				},
+				&BoolIntFlag{
+					Name:  "outbox",
+					Usage: "automatically appends outbox relays to the code",
+					Value: 3,
+				},
 			},
 			DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
 			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
@@ -224,6 +256,13 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 					}
 
 					relays := c.StringSlice("relay")
+
+					if getBoolInt(c, "outbox") > 0 {
+						for _, r := range sys.FetchOutboxRelays(ctx, pubkey, int(getBoolInt(c, "outbox"))) {
+							relays = appendUnique(relays, r)
+						}
+					}
+
 					if err := normalizeAndValidateRelayURLs(relays); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}

event.go

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const (
 	CATEGORY_EXTRAS       = "EXTRAS"
 )
 
-var event = &cli.Command{
+var eventCmd = &cli.Command{
 	Name:  "event",
 	Usage: "generates an encoded event and either prints it or sends it to a set of relays",
 	Description: `outputs an event built with the flags. if one or more relays are given as arguments, an attempt is also made to publish the event to these relays.
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ example:
 		if relayUrls := c.Args().Slice(); len(relayUrls) > 0 {
 			relays = connectToAllRelays(ctx, c, relayUrls, nil,
 				nostr.PoolOptions{
-					AuthHandler: func(ctx context.Context, authEvent *nostr.Event) error {
+					AuthRequiredHandler: func(ctx context.Context, authEvent *nostr.Event) error {
 						return authSigner(ctx, c, func(s string, args ...any) {}, authEvent)
 					},
 				},
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ example:
 				os.Exit(3)
 			}
 		}
+
 		kr, sec, err := gatherKeyerFromArguments(ctx, c)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err

filter.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
 )
 
-var filter = &cli.Command{
+var filterCmd = &cli.Command{
 	Name:  "filter",
 	Usage: "applies an event filter to an event to see if it matches.",
 	Description: `

flags.go

@@ -11,6 +11,62 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
 )
 
+type (
+	BoolIntFlag = cli.FlagBase[int, struct{}, boolIntValue]
+)
+
+type boolIntValue struct {
+	int            int
+	defaultWhenSet int
+	hasDefault     bool
+	hasBeenSet     bool
+}
+
+var _ cli.ValueCreator[int, struct{}] = boolIntValue{}
+
+func (t boolIntValue) Create(val int, p *int, c struct{}) cli.Value {
+	*p = val
+
+	return &boolIntValue{
+		defaultWhenSet: val,
+		hasDefault:     true,
+	}
+}
+
+func (t boolIntValue) IsBoolFlag() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+func (t boolIntValue) ToString(b int) string { return "<<>>" }
+
+func (t *boolIntValue) Set(value string) error {
+	t.hasBeenSet = true
+	if value == "true" {
+		if t.hasDefault {
+			t.int = t.defaultWhenSet
+		} else {
+			t.int = 1
+		}
+		return nil
+	} else {
+		var err error
+		t.int, err = strconv.Atoi(value)
+		return err
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *boolIntValue) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("%#v", t.int) }
+func (t *boolIntValue) Value() int     { return t.int }
+func (t *boolIntValue) Get() any       { return t.int }
+
+func getBoolInt(cmd *cli.Command, name string) int {
+	return cmd.Value(name).(int)
+}
+
+//
+//
+//
+
 type NaturalTimeFlag = cli.FlagBase[nostr.Timestamp, struct{}, naturalTimeValue]
 
 type naturalTimeValue struct {

fs.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:build !windows && !openbsd
+//go:build !windows && !openbsd && !cgofuse
 
 package main
 

fs_cgo.go

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+//go:build cgofuse && !windows && !openbsd
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr"
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/keyer"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	nostrfs "github.com/fiatjaf/nak/nostrfs_cgo"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/winfsp/cgofuse/fuse"
+)
+
+var fsCmd = &cli.Command{
+	Name:        "fs",
+	Usage:       "mount a FUSE filesystem that exposes Nostr events as files.",
+	Description: `(experimental)`,
+	ArgsUsage:   "<mountpoint>",
+	Flags: append(defaultKeyFlags,
+		&PubKeyFlag{
+			Name:  "pubkey",
+			Usage: "public key from where to to prepopulate directories",
+		},
+		&cli.DurationFlag{
+			Name:  "auto-publish-notes",
+			Usage: "delay after which new notes will be auto-published, set to -1 to not publish.",
+			Value: time.Second * 30,
+		},
+		&cli.DurationFlag{
+			Name:        "auto-publish-articles",
+			Usage:       "delay after which edited articles will be auto-published.",
+			Value:       time.Hour * 24 * 365 * 2,
+			DefaultText: "basically infinite",
+		},
+	),
+	DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
+	Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+		mountpoint := c.Args().First()
+		if mountpoint == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("must be called with a directory path to serve as the mountpoint as an argument")
+		}
+
+		var kr nostr.User
+		if signer, _, err := gatherKeyerFromArguments(ctx, c); err == nil {
+			kr = signer
+		} else {
+			kr = keyer.NewReadOnlyUser(getPubKey(c, "pubkey"))
+		}
+
+		apnt := c.Duration("auto-publish-notes")
+		if apnt < 0 {
+			apnt = time.Hour * 24 * 365 * 3
+		}
+		apat := c.Duration("auto-publish-articles")
+		if apat < 0 {
+			apat = time.Hour * 24 * 365 * 3
+		}
+
+		root := nostrfs.NewNostrRoot(
+			context.WithValue(
+				context.WithValue(
+					ctx,
+					"log", log,
+				),
+				"logverbose", logverbose,
+			),
+			sys,
+			kr,
+			mountpoint,
+			nostrfs.Options{
+				AutoPublishNotesTimeout:    apnt,
+				AutoPublishArticlesTimeout: apat,
+			},
+		)
+
+		// create the server
+		log("- mounting at %s... ", color.HiCyanString(mountpoint))
+
+		// create cgofuse host
+		host := fuse.NewFileSystemHost(root)
+		host.SetCapReaddirPlus(true)
+		host.SetUseIno(true)
+
+		// mount the filesystem
+		mountArgs := []string{"-s", mountpoint}
+		if isVerbose {
+			mountArgs = append([]string{"-d"}, mountArgs...)
+		}
+
+		go func() {
+			host.Mount("", mountArgs)
+		}()
+
+		log("ok.\n")
+
+		// setup signal handling for clean unmount
+		ch := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+		chErr := make(chan error)
+		signal.Notify(ch, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+		go func() {
+			<-ch
+			log("- unmounting... ")
+			// cgofuse doesn't have explicit unmount, it unmounts on process exit
+			log("ok\n")
+			chErr <- nil
+		}()
+
+		// wait for signals
+		return <-chErr
+	},
+}

fs_other.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:build windows || openbsd
+//go:build openbsd
 
 package main
 
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ var fsCmd = &cli.Command{
 	Description:               `doesn't work on Windows and OpenBSD.`,
 	DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
 	Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
-		return fmt.Errorf("this doesn't work on Windows and OpenBSD.")
+		return fmt.Errorf("this doesn't work on OpenBSD.")
 	},
 }

fs_windows.go

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr"
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/keyer"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	nostrfs "github.com/fiatjaf/nak/nostrfs_cgo"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/winfsp/cgofuse/fuse"
+)
+
+var fsCmd = &cli.Command{
+	Name:        "fs",
+	Usage:       "mount a FUSE filesystem that exposes Nostr events as files.",
+	Description: `(experimental)`,
+	ArgsUsage:   "<mountpoint>",
+	Flags: append(defaultKeyFlags,
+		&PubKeyFlag{
+			Name:  "pubkey",
+			Usage: "public key from where to to prepopulate directories",
+		},
+		&cli.DurationFlag{
+			Name:  "auto-publish-notes",
+			Usage: "delay after which new notes will be auto-published, set to -1 to not publish.",
+			Value: time.Second * 30,
+		},
+		&cli.DurationFlag{
+			Name:        "auto-publish-articles",
+			Usage:       "delay after which edited articles will be auto-published.",
+			Value:       time.Hour * 24 * 365 * 2,
+			DefaultText: "basically infinite",
+		},
+	),
+	DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
+	Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+		mountpoint := c.Args().First()
+		if mountpoint == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("must be called with a directory path to serve as the mountpoint as an argument")
+		}
+
+		var kr nostr.User
+		if signer, _, err := gatherKeyerFromArguments(ctx, c); err == nil {
+			kr = signer
+		} else {
+			kr = keyer.NewReadOnlyUser(getPubKey(c, "pubkey"))
+		}
+
+		apnt := c.Duration("auto-publish-notes")
+		if apnt < 0 {
+			apnt = time.Hour * 24 * 365 * 3
+		}
+		apat := c.Duration("auto-publish-articles")
+		if apat < 0 {
+			apat = time.Hour * 24 * 365 * 3
+		}
+
+		root := nostrfs.NewNostrRoot(
+			context.WithValue(
+				context.WithValue(
+					ctx,
+					"log", log,
+				),
+				"logverbose", logverbose,
+			),
+			sys,
+			kr,
+			mountpoint,
+			nostrfs.Options{
+				AutoPublishNotesTimeout:    apnt,
+				AutoPublishArticlesTimeout: apat,
+			},
+		)
+
+		// create the server
+		log("- mounting at %s... ", color.HiCyanString(mountpoint))
+
+		// create cgofuse host
+		host := fuse.NewFileSystemHost(root)
+		host.SetCapReaddirPlus(true)
+		host.SetUseIno(true)
+
+		// mount the filesystem - Windows/WinFsp version
+		// based on rclone cmount implementation
+		mountArgs := []string{
+			"-o", "uid=-1",
+			"-o", "gid=-1",
+			"--FileSystemName=nak",
+		}
+
+		// check if mountpoint is a drive letter or directory
+		isDriveLetter := len(mountpoint) == 2 && mountpoint[1] == ':'
+
+		if !isDriveLetter {
+			// winFsp primarily supports drive letters on Windows
+			// directory mounting may not work reliably
+			log("WARNING: directory mounting may not work on Windows (WinFsp limitation)\n")
+			log("         consider using a drive letter instead (e.g., 'nak fs Z:')\n")
+
+			// for directory mounts, follow rclone's approach:
+			// 1. check that mountpoint doesn't already exist
+			if _, err := os.Stat(mountpoint); err == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("mountpoint path already exists: %s (must not exist before mounting)", mountpoint)
+			} else if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to check mountpoint: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			// 2. check that parent directory exists
+			parent := filepath.Join(mountpoint, "..")
+			if _, err := os.Stat(parent); err != nil {
+				if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+					return fmt.Errorf("parent of mountpoint directory does not exist: %s", parent)
+				}
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to check parent directory: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			// 3. use network mode for directory mounts
+			mountArgs = append(mountArgs, "--VolumePrefix=\\nak\\"+filepath.Base(mountpoint))
+		}
+
+		if isVerbose {
+			mountArgs = append(mountArgs, "-o", "debug")
+		}
+		mountArgs = append(mountArgs, mountpoint)
+
+		log("ok.\n")
+
+		if !host.Mount("", mountArgs) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to mount filesystem")
+		}
+		return nil
+	},
+}

gift.go

@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	"fiatjaf.com/nostr"
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/keyer"
 	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/nip44"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/mailru/easyjson"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
 )
@@ -16,19 +20,29 @@ var gift = &cli.Command{
 	Name:  "gift",
 	Usage: "gift-wraps (or unwraps) an event according to NIP-59",
 	Description: `example:
-  nak event | nak gift wrap --sec <sec-a> -p <sec-b> | nak gift unwrap --sec <sec-b> --from <pub-a>`,
+  nak event | nak gift wrap --sec <sec-a> -p <sec-b> | nak gift unwrap --sec <sec-b> --from <pub-a>
+
+a decoupled key (if it has been created or received with "nak dekey" previously) will be used by default.`,
 	DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
+	Flags:                     defaultKeyFlags,
 	Commands: []*cli.Command{
 		{
 			Name: "wrap",
-			Flags: append(
+			Flags: []cli.Flag{
-				defaultKeyFlags,
 				&PubKeyFlag{
 					Name:     "recipient-pubkey",
 					Aliases:  []string{"p", "tgt", "target", "pubkey", "to"},
 					Required: true,
 				},
-			),
+				&cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name:  "use-our-identity-key",
+					Usage: "Encrypt with the key given to --sec directly even when a decoupled key exists for the sender.",
+				},
+				&cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name:  "use-their-identity-key",
+					Usage: "Encrypt to the public key given as --recipient-pubkey directly even when a decoupled key exists for the receiver.",
+				},
+			},
 			Usage: "turns an event into a rumor (unsigned) then gift-wraps it to the recipient",
 			Description: `example:
   nak event -c 'hello' | nak gift wrap --sec <my-secret-key> -p <target-public-key>`,
@@ -38,14 +52,46 @@ var gift = &cli.Command{
 					return err
 				}
 
-				recipient := getPubKey(c, "recipient-pubkey")
+				// get sender pubkey (ourselves)
-
-				// get sender pubkey
 				sender, err := kr.GetPublicKey(ctx)
 				if err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("failed to get sender pubkey: %w", err)
 				}
 
+				var using bool
+
+				var cipher nostr.Cipher = kr
+				// use decoupled key if it exists
+				using = false
+				if !c.Bool("use-our-identity-key") {
+					configPath := c.String("config-path")
+					eSec, has, err := getDecoupledEncryptionSecretKey(ctx, configPath, sender)
+					if has {
+						if err != nil {
+							return fmt.Errorf("our decoupled encryption key exists, but we failed to get it: %w; call `nak dekey` to attempt a fix or call this again with --encrypt-with-our-identity-key to bypass", err)
+						}
+						cipher = keyer.NewPlainKeySigner(eSec)
+						log("- using our decoupled encryption key %s\n", color.CyanString(eSec.Public().Hex()))
+						using = true
+					}
+				}
+				if !using {
+					log("- using our identity key %s\n", color.CyanString(sender.Hex()))
+				}
+
+				recipient := getPubKey(c, "recipient-pubkey")
+				using = false
+				if !c.Bool("use-their-identity-key") {
+					if theirEPub, exists := getDecoupledEncryptionPublicKey(ctx, recipient); exists {
+						recipient = theirEPub
+						using = true
+						log("- using their decoupled encryption public key %s\n", color.CyanString(theirEPub.Hex()))
+					}
+				}
+				if !using {
+					log("- using their identity public key %s\n", color.CyanString(recipient.Hex()))
+				}
+
 				// read event from stdin
 				for eventJSON := range getJsonsOrBlank() {
 					if eventJSON == "{}" {
@@ -65,7 +111,7 @@ var gift = &cli.Command{
 
 					// create seal
 					rumorJSON, _ := easyjson.Marshal(rumor)
-					encryptedRumor, err := kr.Encrypt(ctx, string(rumorJSON), recipient)
+					encryptedRumor, err := cipher.Encrypt(ctx, string(rumorJSON), recipient)
 					if err != nil {
 						return fmt.Errorf("failed to encrypt rumor: %w", err)
 					}
@@ -114,22 +160,30 @@ var gift = &cli.Command{
 			Name:  "unwrap",
 			Usage: "decrypts a gift-wrap event sent by the sender to us and exposes its internal rumor (unsigned event).",
 			Description: `example:
-  nak req -p <my-public-key> -k 1059 dmrelay.com | nak gift unwrap --sec <my-secret-key> --from <sender-public-key>`,
+  nak req -p <my-public-key> -k 1059 dmrelay.com | nak gift unwrap --sec <my-secret-key>`,
-			Flags: append(
-				defaultKeyFlags,
-				&PubKeyFlag{
-					Name:     "sender-pubkey",
-					Aliases:  []string{"p", "src", "source", "pubkey", "from"},
-					Required: true,
-				},
-			),
 			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
 				kr, _, err := gatherKeyerFromArguments(ctx, c)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
 
-				sender := getPubKey(c, "sender-pubkey")
+				// get receiver public key (ourselves)
+				receiver, err := kr.GetPublicKey(ctx)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				ciphers := []nostr.Cipher{kr}
+				// use decoupled key if it exists
+				configPath := c.String("config-path")
+				eSec, has, err := getDecoupledEncryptionSecretKey(ctx, configPath, receiver)
+				if has {
+					if err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("our decoupled encryption key exists, but we failed to get it: %w; call `nak dekey` to attempt a fix or call this again with --use-direct to bypass", err)
+					}
+					ciphers = append(ciphers, kr)
+					ciphers[0] = keyer.NewPlainKeySigner(eSec) // pub decoupled key first
+				}
 
 				// read gift-wrapped event from stdin
 				for wrapJSON := range getJsonsOrBlank() {
@@ -146,36 +200,79 @@ var gift = &cli.Command{
 						return fmt.Errorf("not a gift wrap event (kind %d)", wrap.Kind)
 					}
 
-					ephemeralPubkey := wrap.PubKey
+					// decrypt seal (in the process also find out if they encrypted it to our identity key or to our decoupled key)
+					var cipher nostr.Cipher
+					var seal nostr.Event
 
-					// decrypt seal
+					// try both the receiver identity key and decoupled key
-					sealJSON, err := kr.Decrypt(ctx, wrap.Content, ephemeralPubkey)
+					err = nil
-					if err != nil {
+					for c, potentialCipher := range ciphers {
-						return fmt.Errorf("failed to decrypt seal: %w", err)
+						switch c {
+						case 0:
+							log("- trying the receiver's decoupled encryption key %s\n", color.CyanString(eSec.Public().Hex()))
+						case 1:
+							log("- trying the receiver's identity key %s\n", color.CyanString(receiver.Hex()))
 						}
 
-					var seal nostr.Event
+						sealj, thisErr := potentialCipher.Decrypt(ctx, wrap.Content, wrap.PubKey)
-					if err := easyjson.Unmarshal([]byte(sealJSON), &seal); err != nil {
+						if thisErr != nil {
-						return fmt.Errorf("invalid seal JSON: %w", err)
+							err = thisErr
+							continue
+						}
+						if thisErr := easyjson.Unmarshal([]byte(sealj), &seal); thisErr != nil {
+							err = fmt.Errorf("invalid seal JSON: %w", thisErr)
+							continue
+						}
+
+						cipher = potentialCipher
+						break
+					}
+					if seal.ID == nostr.ZeroID {
+						// if both ciphers failed above we'll reach here
+						return fmt.Errorf("failed to decrypt seal: %w", err)
 					}
 
 					if seal.Kind != 13 {
 						return fmt.Errorf("not a seal event (kind %d)", seal.Kind)
 					}
 
-					// decrypt rumor
+					senderEncryptionPublicKeys := []nostr.PubKey{seal.PubKey}
-					rumorJSON, err := kr.Decrypt(ctx, seal.Content, sender)
+					if theirEPub, exists := getDecoupledEncryptionPublicKey(ctx, seal.PubKey); exists {
-					if err != nil {
+						senderEncryptionPublicKeys = append(senderEncryptionPublicKeys, seal.PubKey)
+						senderEncryptionPublicKeys[0] = theirEPub // put decoupled key first
+					}
+
+					// decrypt rumor (at this point we know what cipher is the one they encrypted to)
+					// (but we don't know if they have encrypted with their identity key or their decoupled key, so try both)
+					var rumor nostr.Event
+					err = nil
+					for s, senderEncryptionPublicKey := range senderEncryptionPublicKeys {
+						switch s {
+						case 0:
+							log("- trying the sender's decoupled encryption public key %s\n", color.CyanString(senderEncryptionPublicKey.Hex()))
+						case 1:
+							log("- trying the sender's identity public key %s\n", color.CyanString(senderEncryptionPublicKey.Hex()))
+						}
+
+						rumorj, thisErr := cipher.Decrypt(ctx, seal.Content, senderEncryptionPublicKey)
+						if thisErr != nil {
+							err = fmt.Errorf("failed to decrypt rumor: %w", thisErr)
+							continue
+						}
+						if thisErr := easyjson.Unmarshal([]byte(rumorj), &rumor); thisErr != nil {
+							err = fmt.Errorf("invalid rumor JSON: %w", thisErr)
+							continue
+						}
+
+						break
+					}
+
+					if rumor.ID == nostr.ZeroID {
 						return fmt.Errorf("failed to decrypt rumor: %w", err)
 					}
 
-					var rumor nostr.Event
-					if err := easyjson.Unmarshal([]byte(rumorJSON), &rumor); err != nil {
-						return fmt.Errorf("invalid rumor JSON: %w", err)
-					}
-
 					// output the unwrapped event (rumor)
-					stdout(rumorJSON)
+					stdout(rumor.String())
 				}
 
 				return nil
@@ -190,3 +287,73 @@ func randomNow() nostr.Timestamp {
 	randomOffset := rand.Int63n(twoDays)
 	return nostr.Timestamp(now - randomOffset)
 }
+
+func getDecoupledEncryptionSecretKey(ctx context.Context, configPath string, pubkey nostr.PubKey) (nostr.SecretKey, bool, error) {
+	relays := sys.FetchWriteRelays(ctx, pubkey)
+
+	keyAnnouncementResult := sys.Pool.FetchManyReplaceable(ctx, relays, nostr.Filter{
+		Kinds:   []nostr.Kind{10044},
+		Authors: []nostr.PubKey{pubkey},
+	}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-nip4e-gift"})
+
+	keyAnnouncementEvent, ok := keyAnnouncementResult.Load(nostr.ReplaceableKey{PubKey: pubkey, D: ""})
+	if ok {
+		var ePub nostr.PubKey
+
+		// get the pub from the tag
+		for _, tag := range keyAnnouncementEvent.Tags {
+			if len(tag) >= 2 && tag[0] == "n" {
+				ePub, _ = nostr.PubKeyFromHex(tag[1])
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if ePub == nostr.ZeroPK {
+			return [32]byte{}, true, fmt.Errorf("got invalid kind:10044 event, no 'n' tag")
+		}
+
+		// check if we have the key
+		eKeyPath := filepath.Join(configPath, "dekey", "p", pubkey.Hex(), "e", ePub.Hex())
+		if data, err := os.ReadFile(eKeyPath); err == nil {
+			eSec, err := nostr.SecretKeyFromHex(string(data))
+			if err != nil {
+				return [32]byte{}, true, fmt.Errorf("invalid main key: %w", err)
+			}
+			if eSec.Public() != ePub {
+				return [32]byte{}, true, fmt.Errorf("stored decoupled encryption key is corrupted: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			return eSec, true, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return [32]byte{}, false, nil
+}
+
+func getDecoupledEncryptionPublicKey(ctx context.Context, pubkey nostr.PubKey) (nostr.PubKey, bool) {
+	relays := sys.FetchWriteRelays(ctx, pubkey)
+
+	keyAnnouncementResult := sys.Pool.FetchManyReplaceable(ctx, relays, nostr.Filter{
+		Kinds:   []nostr.Kind{10044},
+		Authors: []nostr.PubKey{pubkey},
+	}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-nip4e-gift"})
+
+	keyAnnouncementEvent, ok := keyAnnouncementResult.Load(nostr.ReplaceableKey{PubKey: pubkey, D: ""})
+	if ok {
+		var ePub nostr.PubKey
+
+		// get the pub from the tag
+		for _, tag := range keyAnnouncementEvent.Tags {
+			if len(tag) >= 2 && tag[0] == "n" {
+				ePub, _ = nostr.PubKeyFromHex(tag[1])
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if ePub == nostr.ZeroPK {
+			return nostr.ZeroPK, false
+		}
+
+		return ePub, true
+	}
+
+	return nostr.ZeroPK, false
+}

git.go

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ aside from those, there is also:
 				var fetchedRepo *nip34.Repository
 				if existingConfig.Identifier == "" {
 					log("  searching for existing events... ")
-					repo, _, _, err := fetchRepositoryAndState(ctx, owner, identifier, nil)
+					repo, _, _, _, err := fetchRepositoryAndState(ctx, owner, identifier, nil)
 					if err == nil && repo.Event.ID != nostr.ZeroID {
 						fetchedRepo = &repo
 						log("found one from %s.\n", repo.Event.CreatedAt.Time().Format(time.DateOnly))
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ aside from those, there is also:
 
 					// prompt for web URLs
 					webURLs, err := promptForStringList("web URLs", config.Web, []string{
+						fmt.Sprintf("https://viewsource.win/%s/%s",
+							nip19.EncodeNpub(nostr.MustPubKeyFromHex(config.Owner)),
+							config.Identifier,
+						),
 						fmt.Sprintf("https://gitworkshop.dev/%s/%s",
 							nip19.EncodeNpub(nostr.MustPubKeyFromHex(config.Owner)),
 							config.Identifier,
@@ -367,7 +371,7 @@ aside from those, there is also:
 				}
 
 				// fetch repository metadata and state
-				repo, _, state, err := fetchRepositoryAndState(ctx, owner, identifier, relayHints)
+				repo, _, _, state, err := fetchRepositoryAndState(ctx, owner, identifier, relayHints)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -455,11 +459,17 @@ aside from those, there is also:
 		{
 			Name:  "push",
 			Usage: "push git changes",
-			Flags: append(defaultKeyFlags, &cli.BoolFlag{
+			Flags: append(defaultKeyFlags,
+				&cli.BoolFlag{
 					Name:    "force",
 					Aliases: []string{"f"},
 					Usage:   "force push to git remotes",
-			}),
+				},
+				&cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name:  "tags",
+					Usage: "push all refs under refs/tags",
+				},
+			),
 			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
 				// setup signer
 				kr, _, err := gatherKeyerFromArguments(ctx, c)
@@ -526,6 +536,40 @@ aside from those, there is also:
 					log("- setting HEAD to branch %s\n", color.CyanString(remoteBranch))
 				}
 
+				if c.Bool("tags") {
+					// add all refs/tags
+					output, err := exec.Command("git", "show-ref", "--tags").Output()
+					if err != nil && err.Error() != "exit status 1" {
+						// exit status 1 is returned when there are no tags, which should be ok for us
+						return fmt.Errorf("failed to get local tags: %s", err)
+					} else {
+						lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), "\n")
+						for _, line := range lines {
+							line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+							if line == "" {
+								continue
+							}
+							parts := strings.Fields(line)
+							if len(parts) != 2 {
+								continue
+							}
+							commitHash := parts[0]
+							ref := parts[1]
+
+							tagName := strings.TrimPrefix(ref, "refs/tags/")
+
+							if !c.Bool("force") {
+								// if --force is not passed then we can't overwrite tags
+								if existingHash, exists := state.Tags[tagName]; exists && existingHash != commitHash {
+									return fmt.Errorf("tag %s that is already published pointing to %s, call with --force to overwrite", tagName, existingHash)
+								}
+							}
+							state.Tags[tagName] = commitHash
+							log("- setting tag %s to commit %s\n", color.CyanString(tagName), color.CyanString(commitHash))
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
 				// create and sign the new state event
 				newStateEvent := state.ToEvent()
 				err = kr.SignEvent(ctx, &newStateEvent)
@@ -553,6 +597,9 @@ aside from those, there is also:
 					if c.Bool("force") {
 						pushArgs = append(pushArgs, "--force")
 					}
+					if c.Bool("tags") {
+						pushArgs = append(pushArgs, "--tags")
+					}
 					pushCmd := exec.Command("git", pushArgs...)
 					pushCmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 					pushCmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
@@ -735,6 +782,98 @@ aside from those, there is also:
 				return err
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:  "status",
+			Usage: "show repository status and synchronization information",
+			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				// read local config
+				localConfig, err := readNip34ConfigFile("")
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to read nip34.json: %w (run 'nak git init' first)", err)
+				}
+
+				// parse owner
+				owner, err := parsePubKey(localConfig.Owner)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("invalid owner public key: %w", err)
+				}
+
+				repo := localConfig.ToRepository()
+				stdout("\n" + color.CyanString("metadata:"))
+				stdout("  identifier:", color.CyanString(repo.ID))
+				stdout("  name:", color.CyanString(repo.Name))
+				stdout("  owner:", color.CyanString(nip19.EncodeNpub(repo.Event.PubKey)))
+				stdout("  description:", color.CyanString(repo.Description))
+				stdout("  web urls:")
+				for _, url := range repo.Web {
+					stdout("   ", url)
+				}
+				stdout("  earliest unique commit:", color.CyanString(repo.EarliestUniqueCommitID))
+
+				// fetch repository announcement and state from relays
+				_, _, upToDateRelays, state, err := fetchRepositoryAndState(ctx, owner, localConfig.Identifier, localConfig.GraspServers)
+				if err != nil {
+					// create a local repo object for display purposes
+					log("failed to fetch repository announcement from relays: %s\n", err)
+				}
+
+				if state == nil {
+					stdout(color.YellowString("\n repository state not published."))
+				}
+
+				stateHEAD, _ := state.Branches[state.HEAD]
+
+				stdout("\n" + color.CyanString("grasp status:"))
+				rows := make([][3]string, len(localConfig.GraspServers))
+				for s, server := range localConfig.GraspServers {
+					row := [3]string{}
+
+					url := graspServerHost(server)
+					row[0] = url
+
+					upToDate := upToDateRelays != nil && slices.ContainsFunc(upToDateRelays, func(s string) bool { return graspServerHost(s) == url })
+					if upToDate {
+						row[1] = color.GreenString("announcement up-to-date")
+					} else {
+						row[1] = color.YellowString("announcement outdated")
+					}
+
+					if state != nil {
+						remoteName := gitRemoteName(url)
+						refSpec := fmt.Sprintf("refs/remotes/%s/HEAD", remoteName)
+						lsRemoteCmd := exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "--verify", refSpec)
+						commitOutput, err := lsRemoteCmd.Output()
+						if err != nil {
+							row[2] = color.YellowString("repository not pushed")
+						} else {
+							commit := strings.TrimSpace(string(commitOutput))
+							if commit == stateHEAD {
+								row[2] = color.GreenString("repository synced with state")
+							} else {
+								row[2] = color.YellowString("mismatched HEAD state=%s, pushed=%s", stateHEAD[0:5], commit[0:5])
+							}
+						}
+					}
+
+					rows[s] = row
+				}
+
+				maxCol := [3]int{}
+				for i := range maxCol {
+					for _, row := range rows {
+						if len(row[i]) > maxCol[i] {
+							maxCol[i] = len(row[i])
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				for _, row := range rows {
+					line := "  " + row[0] + strings.Repeat(" ", maxCol[0]-len(row[0])) + "   " + strings.Repeat(" ", maxCol[1]-len(row[1])) + row[1] + "   " + strings.Repeat(" ", maxCol[2]-len(row[2])) + row[2]
+					stdout(line)
+				}
+
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
 	},
 }
 
@@ -822,7 +961,7 @@ func gitSync(ctx context.Context, signer nostr.Keyer) (nip34.Repository, *nip34.
 	}
 
 	// fetch repository announcement and state from relays
-	repo, upToDateRelays, state, err := fetchRepositoryAndState(ctx, owner, localConfig.Identifier, localConfig.GraspServers)
+	repo, upToDateAnnouncementEvent, upToDateRelays, state, err := fetchRepositoryAndState(ctx, owner, localConfig.Identifier, localConfig.GraspServers)
 	notUpToDate := func(graspServer string) bool {
 		return !slices.Contains(upToDateRelays, nostr.NormalizeURL(graspServer))
 	}
@@ -842,9 +981,14 @@ func gitSync(ctx context.Context, signer nostr.Keyer) (nip34.Repository, *nip34.
 			}
 			log("some grasp servers (%v) are not up-to-date, will publish to them\n", relays)
 		}
+		var event nostr.Event
+		if upToDateAnnouncementEvent != nil {
+			// publish the latest event to the other relays
+			event = *upToDateAnnouncementEvent
+			repo = nip34.ParseRepository(event)
+		} else {
 			// create a local repository object from config and publish it
 			localRepo := localConfig.ToRepository()
-
 			if signer != nil {
 				signerPk, err := signer.GetPublicKey(ctx)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -853,23 +997,25 @@ func gitSync(ctx context.Context, signer nostr.Keyer) (nip34.Repository, *nip34.
 				if signerPk != owner {
 					return repo, nil, fmt.Errorf("provided signer pubkey does not match owner, can't publish repository")
 				} else {
-				event := localRepo.ToEvent()
+					event = localRepo.ToEvent()
 					if err := signer.SignEvent(ctx, &event); err != nil {
 						return repo, state, fmt.Errorf("failed to sign announcement: %w", err)
 					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				return repo, nil, fmt.Errorf("no signer provided to publish repository (run 'nak git sync' with the '--sec' flag)")
+			}
 
-				for res := range sys.Pool.PublishMany(ctx, relays, event) {
+			repo = localRepo
+		}
+
+		for res := range sys.Pool.PublishMany(ctx, relays, *upToDateAnnouncementEvent) {
 			if res.Error != nil {
 				log("! error publishing to %s: %v\n", color.YellowString(res.RelayURL), res.Error)
 			} else {
 				log("> published to %s\n", color.GreenString(res.RelayURL))
 			}
 		}
-				repo = localRepo
-			}
-		} else {
-			return repo, nil, fmt.Errorf("no signer provided to publish repository (run 'nak git sync' with the '--sec' flag)")
-		}
 	} else {
 		if err != nil {
 			if _, ok := err.(StateErr); ok {
@@ -904,6 +1050,7 @@ func gitSync(ctx context.Context, signer nostr.Keyer) (nip34.Repository, *nip34.
 						} else {
 							log("local configuration is newer, publishing updated repository announcement...\n")
 							announcementEvent := localRepo.ToEvent()
+							announcementEvent.CreatedAt = nostr.Timestamp(configModTime.Unix())
 							if err := signer.SignEvent(ctx, &announcementEvent); err != nil {
 								return repo, state, fmt.Errorf("failed to sign announcement: %w", err)
 							}
@@ -1061,7 +1208,7 @@ func gitUpdateRefs(ctx context.Context, dir string, state nip34.RepositoryState)
 		lines := strings.Split(string(output), "\n")
 		for _, line := range lines {
 			parts := strings.Fields(line)
-			if len(parts) >= 2 && strings.Contains(parts[1], "refs/remotes/nip34/state/") {
+			if len(parts) >= 2 && strings.Contains(parts[1], "refs/heads/nip34/state/") {
 				delCmd := exec.Command("git", "update-ref", "-d", parts[1])
 				if dir != "" {
 					delCmd.Dir = dir
@@ -1078,7 +1225,7 @@ func gitUpdateRefs(ctx context.Context, dir string, state nip34.RepositoryState)
 			branchName = "refs/heads/" + branchName
 		}
 
-		refName := "refs/remotes/nip34/state/" + strings.TrimPrefix(branchName, "refs/heads/")
+		refName := "refs/heads/nip34/state/" + strings.TrimPrefix(branchName, "refs/heads/")
 		updateCmd := exec.Command("git", "update-ref", refName, commit)
 		if dir != "" {
 			updateCmd.Dir = dir
@@ -1091,7 +1238,7 @@ func gitUpdateRefs(ctx context.Context, dir string, state nip34.RepositoryState)
 	// create ref for HEAD
 	if state.HEAD != "" {
 		if headCommit, ok := state.Branches[state.HEAD]; ok {
-			headRefName := "refs/remotes/nip34/state/HEAD"
+			headRefName := "refs/heads/nip34/state/HEAD"
 			updateCmd := exec.Command("git", "update-ref", headRefName, headCommit)
 			if dir != "" {
 				updateCmd.Dir = dir
@@ -1108,7 +1255,7 @@ func fetchRepositoryAndState(
 	pubkey nostr.PubKey,
 	identifier string,
 	relayHints []string,
-) (repo nip34.Repository, upToDateRelays []string, state *nip34.RepositoryState, err error) {
+) (repo nip34.Repository, upToDateAnnouncementEvent *nostr.Event, upToDateRelays []string, state *nip34.RepositoryState, err error) {
 	// fetch repository announcement (30617)
 	relays := appendUnique(relayHints, sys.FetchOutboxRelays(ctx, pubkey, 3)...)
 	for ie := range sys.Pool.FetchMany(ctx, relays, nostr.Filter{
@@ -1129,13 +1276,15 @@ func fetchRepositoryAndState(
 
 			// reset this list as the previous was for relays with the older version
 			upToDateRelays = []string{ie.Relay.URL}
+
+			upToDateAnnouncementEvent = &ie.Event
 		} else if ie.Event.CreatedAt == repo.CreatedAt {
 			// we discard this because it's the same, but this relay is up-to-date
 			upToDateRelays = append(upToDateRelays, ie.Relay.URL)
 		}
 	}
 	if repo.Event.ID == nostr.ZeroID {
-		return repo, upToDateRelays, state, fmt.Errorf("no repository announcement (kind 30617) found for %s", identifier)
+		return repo, nil, upToDateRelays, state, fmt.Errorf("no repository announcement (kind 30617) found for %s", identifier)
 	}
 
 	// fetch repository state (30618)
@@ -1165,10 +1314,10 @@ func fetchRepositoryAndState(
 		}
 	}
 	if stateErr != nil {
-		return repo, upToDateRelays, state, stateErr
+		return repo, upToDateAnnouncementEvent, upToDateRelays, state, stateErr
 	}
 
-	return repo, upToDateRelays, state, nil
+	return repo, upToDateAnnouncementEvent, upToDateRelays, state, nil
 }
 
 type StateErr struct{ string }

go.mod

@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ module github.com/fiatjaf/nak
 go 1.25
 
 require (
-	fiatjaf.com/lib v0.3.1
+	fiatjaf.com/nostr v0.0.0-20260121154330-061cf7f68fd4
-	fiatjaf.com/nostr v0.0.0-20251201232830-91548fa0a157
 	github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 v2.3.7
 	github.com/bep/debounce v1.2.1
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.6
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.4.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
-	github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2 v2.7.2
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/liamg/magic v0.0.1
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.9.1
@@ -24,14 +22,21 @@ require (
 	github.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v3 v3.5.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.0.0-beta1
+	github.com/winfsp/cgofuse v1.6.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251113190631-e25ba8c21ef6
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.32.0
 )
 
+require (
+	fiatjaf.com/lib v0.3.2
+	github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2 v2.9.0
+)
+
 require (
 	github.com/FastFilter/xorfilter v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ImVexed/fasturl v0.0.0-20230304231329-4e41488060f3 // indirect
+	github.com/PowerDNS/lmdb-go v1.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.14.0 // indirect
 	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
@@ -68,7 +73,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0 // indirect
-	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/magefile/mage v1.14.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
@@ -96,7 +100,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e // indirect
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.8 // indirect
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark-emoji v1.0.5 // indirect
-	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.4.2 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.39.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.41.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-fiatjaf.com/lib v0.3.1 h1:/oFQwNtFRfV+ukmOCxfBEAuayoLwXp4wu2/fz5iHpwA=
+fiatjaf.com/lib v0.3.2 h1:RBS41z70d8Rp8e2nemQsbPY1NLLnEGShiY2c+Bom3+Q=
-fiatjaf.com/lib v0.3.1/go.mod h1:Ycqq3+mJ9jAWu7XjbQI1cVr+OFgnHn79dQR5oTII47g=
+fiatjaf.com/lib v0.3.2/go.mod h1:UlHaZvPHj25PtKLh9GjZkUHRmQ2xZ8Jkoa4VRaLeeQ8=
-fiatjaf.com/nostr v0.0.0-20251201232830-91548fa0a157 h1:14yLsO2HwpS2CLIKFvLMDp8tVEDahwdC8OeG6NGaL+M=
+fiatjaf.com/nostr v0.0.0-20260121154330-061cf7f68fd4 h1:DF/4NSbCvXqIIRrwYp7L3S0SqC7/IhQl8mHkmYA5uXM=
-fiatjaf.com/nostr v0.0.0-20251201232830-91548fa0a157/go.mod h1:ue7yw0zHfZj23Ml2kVSdBx0ENEaZiuvGxs/8VEN93FU=
+fiatjaf.com/nostr v0.0.0-20260121154330-061cf7f68fd4/go.mod h1:ue7yw0zHfZj23Ml2kVSdBx0ENEaZiuvGxs/8VEN93FU=
 github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 v2.3.7 h1:6I/u8FvytdGsgonrYsVn2t8t4QiRnh6QSTqkkhIiSjQ=
 github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 v2.3.7/go.mod h1:xUTIdE4KCOIjsBAE1JYsUPoCqYdZ1reCfTwbto0Fduo=
 github.com/FastFilter/xorfilter v0.2.1 h1:lbdeLG9BdpquK64ZsleBS8B4xO/QW1IM0gMzF7KaBKc=
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ github.com/hablullah/go-hijri v1.0.2 h1:drT/MZpSZJQXo7jftf5fthArShcaMtsal0Zf/dnm
 github.com/hablullah/go-hijri v1.0.2/go.mod h1:OS5qyYLDjORXzK4O1adFw9Q5WfhOcMdAKglDkcTxgWQ=
 github.com/hablullah/go-juliandays v1.0.0 h1:A8YM7wIj16SzlKT0SRJc9CD29iiaUzpBLzh5hr0/5p0=
 github.com/hablullah/go-juliandays v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JOYq4oFOuDja+oospuc61YoX+uNEn7Z6uHYTbBzdGc=
-github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2 v2.7.2 h1:SbJP1sUP+n1UF8NXBA14BuojmTez+mDgOk0bC057HQw=
+github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2 v2.9.0 h1:0AOGUkHtbOVeyGLr0tXupiid1Vg7QB7M6YUcdmVdC58=
-github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2 v2.7.2/go.mod h1:ugNaD/iv5JYyS1Rcvi57Wz7/vrLQJo10mmketmoef48=
+github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2 v2.9.0/go.mod h1:yE6D2PqWwm3CbYRxFXV9xUd8Md5d6NG0WBs5spCswmI=
 github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3 h1:gitA9+qJrrTCsiCl7+kh75nPqQt1cx4ZkudSTLoUqJM=
 github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3/go.mod h1:pSWU5MAI3yDq+fZBTazCSJysOMbxWL1BSow5/V2vxeg=
 github.com/hinshun/vt10x v0.0.0-20220119200601-820417d04eec h1:qv2VnGeEQHchGaZ/u7lxST/RaJw+cv273q79D81Xbog=
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ github.com/mgutz/ansi v0.0.0-20170206155736-9520e82c474b h1:j7+1HpAFS1zy5+Q4qx1f
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group.go

@@ -0,0 +1,586 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr"
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/nip29"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+var group = &cli.Command{
+	Name:                      "group",
+	Aliases:                   []string{"nip29"},
+	Usage:                     "group-related operations: info, chat, forum, members, admins, roles",
+	Description:               `manage and interact with Nostr communities (NIP-29). Use "nak group <subcommand> <relay>'<identifier>" where host.tld is the relay and identifier is the group identifier.`,
+	DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
+	ArgsUsage:                 "<subcommand> <relay>'<identifier> [flags]",
+	Flags:                     defaultKeyFlags,
+	Commands: []*cli.Command{
+		{
+			Name:        "info",
+			Usage:       "show group information",
+			Description: "displays basic group metadata.",
+			ArgsUsage:   "<relay>'<identifier>",
+			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				relay, identifier, err := parseGroupIdentifier(c)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				group := nip29.Group{}
+				for ie := range sys.Pool.FetchMany(ctx, []string{relay}, nostr.Filter{
+					Kinds: []nostr.Kind{nostr.KindSimpleGroupMetadata},
+					Tags:  nostr.TagMap{"d": []string{identifier}},
+				}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-nip29"}) {
+					if err := group.MergeInMetadataEvent(&ie.Event); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					break
+				}
+
+				stdout("address:", color.HiBlueString(strings.SplitN(nostr.NormalizeURL(relay), "/", 3)[2]+"'"+identifier))
+				stdout("name:", color.HiBlueString(group.Name))
+				stdout("picture:", color.HiBlueString(group.Picture))
+				stdout("about:", color.HiBlueString(group.About))
+				stdout("restricted:",
+					color.HiBlueString("%s", cond(group.Restricted, "yes", "no"))+
+						", "+
+						cond(group.Restricted, "only explicit members can publish", "non-members can publish (restricted by relay policy)"),
+				)
+				stdout("closed:",
+					color.HiBlueString("%s", cond(group.Closed, "yes", "no"))+
+						", "+
+						cond(group.Closed, "joining requires an invite", "anyone can join (restricted by relay policy)"),
+				)
+				stdout("hidden:",
+					color.HiBlueString("%s", cond(group.Hidden, "yes", "no"))+
+						", "+
+						cond(group.Hidden, "group doesn't show up when listing relay groups", "group is visible to users browsing the relay"),
+				)
+				stdout("private:",
+					color.HiBlueString("%s", cond(group.Private, "yes", "no"))+
+						", "+
+						cond(group.Private, "group content is not accessible to non-members", "group content is public"),
+				)
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:        "members",
+			Usage:       "list and manage group members",
+			Description: "view group membership information.",
+			ArgsUsage:   "<relay>'<identifier>",
+			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				relay, identifier, err := parseGroupIdentifier(c)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				group := nip29.Group{
+					Members: make(map[nostr.PubKey][]*nip29.Role),
+				}
+				for ie := range sys.Pool.FetchMany(ctx, []string{relay}, nostr.Filter{
+					Kinds: []nostr.Kind{nostr.KindSimpleGroupMembers},
+					Tags:  nostr.TagMap{"d": []string{identifier}},
+				}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-nip29"}) {
+					if err := group.MergeInMembersEvent(&ie.Event); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					break
+				}
+
+				lines := make(chan string)
+				wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+
+				for member, roles := range group.Members {
+					wg.Go(func() {
+						line := member.Hex()
+
+						meta := sys.FetchProfileMetadata(ctx, member)
+						line += " (" + color.HiBlueString(meta.ShortName()) + ")"
+
+						for _, role := range roles {
+							line += ", " + role.Name
+						}
+
+						lines <- line
+					})
+				}
+
+				go func() {
+					wg.Wait()
+					close(lines)
+				}()
+
+				for line := range lines {
+					stdout(line)
+				}
+
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:        "admins",
+			Usage:       "manage group administrators",
+			Description: "view and manage group admin permissions.",
+			ArgsUsage:   "<relay>'<identifier>",
+			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				relay, identifier, err := parseGroupIdentifier(c)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				group := nip29.Group{
+					Members: make(map[nostr.PubKey][]*nip29.Role),
+				}
+				for ie := range sys.Pool.FetchMany(ctx, []string{relay}, nostr.Filter{
+					Kinds: []nostr.Kind{nostr.KindSimpleGroupAdmins},
+					Tags:  nostr.TagMap{"d": []string{identifier}},
+				}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-nip29"}) {
+					if err := group.MergeInAdminsEvent(&ie.Event); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					break
+				}
+
+				lines := make(chan string)
+				wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+
+				for member, roles := range group.Members {
+					wg.Go(func() {
+						line := member.Hex()
+
+						meta := sys.FetchProfileMetadata(ctx, member)
+						line += " (" + color.HiBlueString(meta.ShortName()) + ")"
+
+						for _, role := range roles {
+							line += ", " + role.Name
+						}
+
+						lines <- line
+					})
+				}
+
+				go func() {
+					wg.Wait()
+					close(lines)
+				}()
+
+				for line := range lines {
+					stdout(line)
+				}
+
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:        "roles",
+			Usage:       "manage group roles and permissions",
+			Description: "configure custom roles and permissions within the group.",
+			ArgsUsage:   "<relay>'<identifier>",
+			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				relay, identifier, err := parseGroupIdentifier(c)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				group := nip29.Group{
+					Roles: make([]*nip29.Role, 0),
+				}
+				for ie := range sys.Pool.FetchMany(ctx, []string{relay}, nostr.Filter{
+					Kinds: []nostr.Kind{nostr.KindSimpleGroupRoles},
+					Tags:  nostr.TagMap{"d": []string{identifier}},
+				}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-nip29"}) {
+					if err := group.MergeInRolesEvent(&ie.Event); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					break
+				}
+
+				for _, role := range group.Roles {
+					stdout(color.HiBlueString(role.Name) + " " + role.Description)
+				}
+
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:        "chat",
+			Usage:       "send and read group chat messages",
+			Description: "interact with group chat functionality.",
+			ArgsUsage:   "<relay>'<identifier>",
+			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				relay, identifier, err := parseGroupIdentifier(c)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				r, err := sys.Pool.EnsureRelay(relay)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				sub, err := r.Subscribe(ctx, nostr.Filter{
+					Kinds: []nostr.Kind{9},
+					Tags:  nostr.TagMap{"h": []string{identifier}},
+					Limit: 200,
+				}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-nip29"})
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				defer sub.Close()
+
+				eosed := false
+				messages := make([]struct {
+					message  string
+					rendered bool
+				}, 200)
+				base := len(messages)
+
+				tryRender := func(i int) {
+					// if all messages before these are loaded we can render this,
+					// otherwise we render whatever we can and stop
+					for m, msg := range messages[base:] {
+						if msg.rendered {
+							continue
+						}
+						if msg.message == "" {
+							break
+						}
+						messages[base+m].rendered = true
+						stdout(msg.message)
+					}
+				}
+
+				for {
+					select {
+					case evt := <-sub.Events:
+						var i int
+						if eosed {
+							i = len(messages)
+							messages = append(messages, struct {
+								message  string
+								rendered bool
+							}{})
+						} else {
+							base--
+							i = base
+						}
+
+						go func() {
+							meta := sys.FetchProfileMetadata(ctx, evt.PubKey)
+							messages[i].message = color.HiBlueString(meta.ShortName()) + " " + color.HiCyanString(evt.CreatedAt.Time().Format(time.DateTime)) + ": " + evt.Content
+
+							if eosed {
+								tryRender(i)
+							}
+						}()
+					case reason := <-sub.ClosedReason:
+						stdout("closed:" + color.YellowString(reason))
+					case <-sub.EndOfStoredEvents:
+						eosed = true
+						tryRender(len(messages) - 1)
+					case <-sub.Context.Done():
+						return fmt.Errorf("subscription ended: %w", context.Cause(sub.Context))
+					}
+				}
+			},
+			Commands: []*cli.Command{
+				{
+					Name:      "send",
+					Usage:     "sends a message to the chat",
+					ArgsUsage: "<relay>'<identifier> <message>",
+					Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+						relay, identifier, err := parseGroupIdentifier(c)
+						if err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						kr, _, err := gatherKeyerFromArguments(ctx, c)
+						if err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						msg := nostr.Event{
+							Kind:      9,
+							CreatedAt: nostr.Now(),
+							Content:   strings.Join(c.Args().Tail(), " "),
+							Tags: nostr.Tags{
+								{"h", identifier},
+							},
+						}
+						if err := kr.SignEvent(ctx, &msg); err != nil {
+							return fmt.Errorf("failed to sign message: %w", err)
+						}
+
+						if r, err := sys.Pool.EnsureRelay(relay); err != nil {
+							return err
+						} else {
+							return r.Publish(ctx, msg)
+						}
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:        "forum",
+			Usage:       "read group forum posts",
+			Description: "access group forum functionality.",
+			ArgsUsage:   "<relay>'<identifier>",
+			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				relay, identifier, err := parseGroupIdentifier(c)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				for evt := range sys.Pool.FetchMany(ctx, []string{relay}, nostr.Filter{
+					Kinds: []nostr.Kind{11},
+					Tags:  nostr.TagMap{"#h": []string{identifier}},
+				}, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-nip29"}) {
+					title := evt.Tags.Find("title")
+					if title != nil {
+						stdout(colors.bold(title[1]))
+					} else {
+						stdout(colors.bold("<untitled>"))
+					}
+					meta := sys.FetchProfileMetadata(ctx, evt.PubKey)
+					stdout("by " + evt.PubKey.Hex() + " (" + color.HiBlueString(meta.ShortName()) + ") at " + evt.CreatedAt.Time().Format(time.DateTime))
+					stdout(evt.Content)
+				}
+				// TODO: see what to do about this
+
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:      "put-user",
+			Usage:     "add a user to the group with optional roles",
+			ArgsUsage: "<relay>'<identifier>",
+			Flags: []cli.Flag{
+				&PubKeyFlag{
+					Name:     "pubkey",
+					Required: true,
+				},
+				&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+					Name: "role",
+				},
+			},
+			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				return createModerationEvent(ctx, c, 9000, func(evt *nostr.Event, args []string) error {
+					pubkey := getPubKey(c, "pubkey")
+					tag := nostr.Tag{"p", pubkey.Hex()}
+					tag = append(tag, c.StringSlice("role")...)
+					evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, tag)
+					return nil
+				})
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:      "remove-user",
+			Usage:     "remove a user from the group",
+			ArgsUsage: "<relay>'<identifier> <pubkey>",
+			Flags: []cli.Flag{
+				&PubKeyFlag{
+					Name:     "pubkey",
+					Required: true,
+				},
+			},
+			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				return createModerationEvent(ctx, c, 9001, func(evt *nostr.Event, args []string) error {
+					pubkey := getPubKey(c, "pubkey")
+					evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"p", pubkey.Hex()})
+					return nil
+				})
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:      "edit-metadata",
+			Usage:     "edits the group metadata",
+			ArgsUsage: "<relay>'<identifier>",
+			Flags: []cli.Flag{
+				&cli.StringFlag{
+					Name: "name",
+				},
+				&cli.StringFlag{
+					Name: "about",
+				},
+				&cli.StringFlag{
+					Name: "picture",
+				},
+				&cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name: "restricted",
+				},
+				&cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name: "unrestricted",
+				},
+				&cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name: "closed",
+				},
+				&cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name: "open",
+				},
+				&cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name: "hidden",
+				},
+				&cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name: "visible",
+				},
+				&cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name: "private",
+				},
+				&cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name: "public",
+				},
+			},
+			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				return createModerationEvent(ctx, c, 9002, func(evt *nostr.Event, args []string) error {
+					if name := c.String("name"); name != "" {
+						evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"name", name})
+					}
+					if picture := c.String("picture"); picture != "" {
+						evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"picture", picture})
+					}
+					if about := c.String("about"); about != "" {
+						evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"about", about})
+					}
+					if c.Bool("restricted") {
+						evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"restricted"})
+					} else if c.Bool("unrestricted") {
+						evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"unrestricted"})
+					}
+					if c.Bool("closed") {
+						evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"closed"})
+					} else if c.Bool("open") {
+						evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"open"})
+					}
+					if c.Bool("hidden") {
+						evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"hidden"})
+					} else if c.Bool("visible") {
+						evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"visible"})
+					}
+					if c.Bool("private") {
+						evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"private"})
+					} else if c.Bool("public") {
+						evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"public"})
+					}
+					return nil
+				})
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:      "delete-event",
+			Usage:     "delete an event from the group",
+			ArgsUsage: "<relay>'<identifier>",
+			Flags: []cli.Flag{
+				&IDFlag{
+					Name:     "event",
+					Required: true,
+				},
+			},
+			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				return createModerationEvent(ctx, c, 9005, func(evt *nostr.Event, args []string) error {
+					id := getID(c, "event")
+					evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"e", id.Hex()})
+					return nil
+				})
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:      "delete-group",
+			Usage:     "deletes the group",
+			ArgsUsage: "<relay>'<identifier>",
+			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				return createModerationEvent(ctx, c, 9008, func(evt *nostr.Event, args []string) error {
+					return nil
+				})
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:      "create-invite",
+			Usage:     "creates an invite code",
+			ArgsUsage: "<relay>'<identifier>",
+			Flags: []cli.Flag{
+				&cli.StringFlag{
+					Name:     "code",
+					Required: true,
+				},
+			},
+			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+				return createModerationEvent(ctx, c, 9009, func(evt *nostr.Event, args []string) error {
+					evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"code", c.String("code")})
+					return nil
+				})
+			},
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+func createModerationEvent(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command, kind nostr.Kind, setupFunc func(*nostr.Event, []string) error) error {
+	args := c.Args().Slice()
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("requires group identifier")
+	}
+
+	relay, identifier, err := parseGroupIdentifier(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	kr, _, err := gatherKeyerFromArguments(ctx, c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	evt := nostr.Event{
+		Kind:      kind,
+		CreatedAt: nostr.Now(),
+		Content:   "",
+		Tags: nostr.Tags{
+			{"h", identifier},
+		},
+	}
+
+	if err := setupFunc(&evt, args); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := kr.SignEvent(ctx, &evt); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to sign event: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	stdout(evt.String())
+
+	r, err := sys.Pool.EnsureRelay(relay)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return r.Publish(ctx, evt)
+}
+
+func cond(b bool, ifYes string, ifNo string) string {
+	if b {
+		return ifYes
+	}
+	return ifNo
+}
+
+func parseGroupIdentifier(c *cli.Command) (relay string, identifier string, err error) {
+	groupArg := c.Args().First()
+	if !strings.Contains(groupArg, "'") {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("invalid group identifier format, expected <relay>'<identifier>")
+	}
+
+	parts := strings.SplitN(groupArg, "'", 2)
+	if len(parts) != 2 || parts[0] == "" || parts[1] == "" {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("invalid group identifier format, expected <relay>'<identifier>")
+	}
+
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(parts[0], "/"), parts[1], nil
+}

helpers.go

@@ -46,8 +46,14 @@ var (
 )
 
 func isPiped() bool {
-	stat, _ := os.Stdin.Stat()
+	stat, err := os.Stdin.Stat()
-	return stat.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice == 0
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	mode := stat.Mode()
+	is := mode&os.ModeCharDevice == 0
+	return is
 }
 
 func getJsonsOrBlank() iter.Seq[string] {
@@ -76,7 +82,7 @@ func getJsonsOrBlank() iter.Seq[string] {
 			return true
 		})
 
-		if !hasStdin && !isPiped() {
+		if !hasStdin {
 			yield("{}")
 		}
 
@@ -535,6 +541,8 @@ var colors = struct {
 	italicf    func(string, ...any) string
 	bold       func(...any) string
 	boldf      func(string, ...any) string
+	underline  func(...any) string
+	underlinef func(string, ...any) string
 	error      func(...any) string
 	errorf     func(string, ...any) string
 	success    func(...any) string
@@ -545,6 +553,8 @@ var colors = struct {
 	color.New(color.Italic).Sprintf,
 	color.New(color.Bold).Sprint,
 	color.New(color.Bold).Sprintf,
+	color.New(color.Underline).Sprint,
+	color.New(color.Underline).Sprintf,
 	color.New(color.Bold, color.FgHiRed).Sprint,
 	color.New(color.Bold, color.FgHiRed).Sprintf,
 	color.New(color.Bold, color.FgHiGreen).Sprint,

key.go

@@ -279,13 +279,14 @@ func getSecretKeysFromStdinLinesOrSlice(ctx context.Context, _ *cli.Command, key
 					continue
 				}
 				sk = data.(nostr.SecretKey)
-			}
+			} else {
-
+				var err error
-			sk, err := nostr.SecretKeyFromHex(sec)
+				sk, err = nostr.SecretKeyFromHex(sec)
 				if err != nil {
 					ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid hex key: %s", err)
 					continue
 				}
+			}
 
 			ch <- sk
 		}

lmdb.go

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+//go:build linux && !riscv64 && !arm64
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/eventstore/lmdb"
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/eventstore/nullstore"
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/sdk"
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/sdk/hints/lmdbh"
+	lmdbkv "fiatjaf.com/nostr/sdk/kvstore/lmdb"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+func setupLocalDatabases(c *cli.Command, sys *sdk.System) {
+	configPath := c.String("config-path")
+	if configPath != "" {
+		hintsPath := filepath.Join(configPath, "outbox/hints")
+		os.MkdirAll(hintsPath, 0755)
+		_, err := lmdbh.NewLMDBHints(hintsPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			log("failed to create lmdb hints db at '%s': %s\n", hintsPath, err)
+		}
+
+		eventsPath := filepath.Join(configPath, "events")
+		os.MkdirAll(eventsPath, 0755)
+		sys.Store = &lmdb.LMDBBackend{Path: eventsPath}
+		if err := sys.Store.Init(); err != nil {
+			log("failed to create boltdb events db at '%s': %s\n", eventsPath, err)
+			sys.Store = &nullstore.NullStore{}
+		}
+
+		kvPath := filepath.Join(configPath, "kvstore")
+		os.MkdirAll(kvPath, 0755)
+		if kv, err := lmdbkv.NewStore(kvPath); err != nil {
+			log("failed to create boltdb kvstore db at '%s': %s\n", kvPath, err)
+		} else {
+			sys.KVStore = kv
+		}
+	}
+}

main.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/textproto"
 	"os"
@@ -26,9 +25,9 @@ var app = &cli.Command{
 	Usage:                     "the nostr army knife command-line tool",
 	DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
 	Commands: []*cli.Command{
-		event,
+		eventCmd,
 		req,
-		filter,
+		filterCmd,
 		fetch,
 		count,
 		decode,
@@ -40,18 +39,21 @@ var app = &cli.Command{
 		bunker,
 		serve,
 		blossomCmd,
+		dekey,
 		encrypt,
 		decrypt,
 		gift,
-		outbox,
+		outboxCmd,
 		wallet,
 		mcpServer,
 		curl,
 		fsCmd,
 		publish,
 		git,
+		group,
 		nip,
 		syncCmd,
+		spell,
 	},
 	Version: version,
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ var app = &cli.Command{
 				if home, err := os.UserHomeDir(); err == nil {
 					return filepath.Join(home, ".config/nak")
 				} else {
-					return filepath.Join("/dev/null")
+					return ""
 				}
 			})(),
 		},
@@ -98,9 +100,7 @@ var app = &cli.Command{
 	Before: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) (context.Context, error) {
 		sys = sdk.NewSystem()
 
-		if err := initializeOutboxHintsDB(c, sys); err != nil {
+		setupLocalDatabases(c, sys)
-			return ctx, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize outbox hints: %w", err)
-		}
 
 		sys.Pool = nostr.NewPool(nostr.PoolOptions{
 			AuthorKindQueryMiddleware: sys.TrackQueryAttempts,

non_lmdb.go

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//go:build !linux || riscv64 || arm64
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/sdk"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+func setupLocalDatabases(c *cli.Command, sys *sdk.System) {
+}

outbox.go

@@ -3,80 +3,21 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 
-	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/sdk"
-	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/sdk/hints/bbolth"
-	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
 )
 
-var (
+var outboxCmd = &cli.Command{
-	hintsFilePath   string
-	hintsFileExists bool
-)
-
-func initializeOutboxHintsDB(c *cli.Command, sys *sdk.System) error {
-	configPath := c.String("config-path")
-	if configPath != "" {
-		hintsFilePath = filepath.Join(configPath, "outbox/hints.db")
-	}
-	if hintsFilePath != "" {
-		if _, err := os.Stat(hintsFilePath); err == nil {
-			hintsFileExists = true
-		} else if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	if hintsFileExists && hintsFilePath != "" {
-		hintsdb, err := bbolth.NewBoltHints(hintsFilePath)
-		if err == nil {
-			sys.Hints = hintsdb
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-var outbox = &cli.Command{
 	Name:                      "outbox",
 	Usage:                     "manage outbox relay hints database",
 	DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
 	Commands: []*cli.Command{
-		{
-			Name:                      "init",
-			Usage:                     "initialize the outbox hints database",
-			DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
-			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
-				if hintsFileExists {
-					return nil
-				}
-				if hintsFilePath == "" {
-					return fmt.Errorf("couldn't find a place to store the hints, pass --config-path to fix.")
-				}
-
-				os.MkdirAll(hintsFilePath, 0755)
-				_, err := bbolth.NewBoltHints(hintsFilePath)
-				if err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("failed to create bolt hints db at '%s': %w", hintsFilePath, err)
-				}
-
-				log("initialized hints database at %s\n", hintsFilePath)
-				return nil
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			Name:                      "list",
 			Usage:                     "list outbox relays for a given pubkey",
 			ArgsUsage:                 "<pubkey>",
 			DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
 			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
-				if !hintsFileExists {
-					log(color.YellowString("running with temporary fragile data.\n"))
-					log(color.YellowString("call `nak outbox init` to setup persistence.\n"))
-				}
-
 				if c.Args().Len() != 1 {
 					return fmt.Errorf("expected exactly one argument (pubkey)")
 				}

publish.go

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ example:
 		relayUrls = nostr.AppendUnique(relayUrls, c.Args().Slice()...)
 		relays := connectToAllRelays(ctx, c, relayUrls, nil,
 			nostr.PoolOptions{
-				AuthHandler: func(ctx context.Context, authEvent *nostr.Event) error {
+				AuthRequiredHandler: func(ctx context.Context, authEvent *nostr.Event) error {
 					return authSigner(ctx, c, func(s string, args ...any) {}, authEvent)
 				},
 			},

req.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"fiatjaf.com/nostr"
 	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/eventstore"
@@ -77,11 +78,6 @@ example:
 				Name:  "paginate-interval",
 				Usage: "time between queries when using --paginate",
 			},
-			&cli.UintFlag{
-				Name:        "paginate-global-limit",
-				Usage:       "global limit at which --paginate should stop",
-				DefaultText: "uses the value given by --limit/-l or infinite",
-			},
 			&cli.BoolFlag{
 				Name:  "bare",
 				Usage: "when printing the filter, print just the filter, not enveloped in a [\"REQ\", ...] array",
@@ -96,6 +92,10 @@ example:
 				Usage:    "after connecting, for a nip42 \"AUTH\" message to be received, act on it and only then send the \"REQ\"",
 				Category: CATEGORY_SIGNER,
 			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:  "spell",
+				Usage: "output a spell event (kind 777) instead of a filter",
+			},
 		)...,
 	),
 	ArgsUsage: "[relay...]",
@@ -115,7 +115,16 @@ example:
 			return fmt.Errorf("incompatible flags --paginate and --outbox")
 		}
 
+		if c.Bool("bare") && c.Bool("spell") {
+			return fmt.Errorf("incompatible flags --bare and --spell")
+		}
+
 		relayUrls := c.Args().Slice()
+
+		if len(relayUrls) > 0 && (c.Bool("bare") || c.Bool("spell")) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("relay URLs are incompatible with --bare or --spell")
+		}
+
 		if len(relayUrls) > 0 && !negentropy {
 			// this is used both for the normal AUTH (after "auth-required:" is received) or forced pre-auth
 			// connect to all relays we expect to use in this call in parallel
@@ -129,7 +138,7 @@ example:
 				relayUrls,
 				forcePreAuthSigner,
 				nostr.PoolOptions{
-					AuthHandler: func(ctx context.Context, authEvent *nostr.Event) error {
+					AuthRequiredHandler: func(ctx context.Context, authEvent *nostr.Event) error {
 						return authSigner(ctx, c, func(s string, args ...any) {
 							if strings.HasPrefix(s, "authenticating as") {
 								cleanUrl, _ := strings.CutPrefix(
@@ -226,18 +235,62 @@ example:
 						}
 					}
 				} else {
-					var results chan nostr.RelayEvent
+					performReq(ctx, filter, relayUrls, c.Bool("stream"), c.Bool("outbox"), c.Uint("outbox-relays-per-pubkey"), c.Bool("paginate"), c.Duration("paginate-interval"), "nak-req")
-					opts := nostr.SubscriptionOptions{
+				}
-						Label: "nak-req",
+			} else {
+				// no relays given, will just print the filter or spell
+				var result string
+				if c.Bool("spell") {
+					// output a spell event instead of a filter
+					kr, _, err := gatherKeyerFromArguments(ctx, c)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					spellEvent := createSpellEvent(ctx, filter, kr)
+					j, _ := json.Marshal(spellEvent)
+					result = string(j)
+				} else if c.Bool("bare") {
+					// bare filter output
+					result = filter.String()
+				} else {
+					// normal filter
+					j, _ := json.Marshal(nostr.ReqEnvelope{SubscriptionID: "nak", Filters: []nostr.Filter{filter}})
+					result = string(j)
+
+				}
+				stdout(result)
+			}
 		}
 
-					if c.Bool("paginate") {
+		exitIfLineProcessingError(ctx)
-						paginator := sys.Pool.PaginatorWithInterval(c.Duration("paginate-interval"))
+		return nil
+	},
+}
+
+func performReq(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	filter nostr.Filter,
+	relayUrls []string,
+	stream bool,
+	outbox bool,
+	outboxRelaysPerPubKey uint64,
+	paginate bool,
+	paginateInterval time.Duration,
+	label string,
+) {
+	var results chan nostr.RelayEvent
+	var closeds chan nostr.RelayClosed
+
+	opts := nostr.SubscriptionOptions{
+		Label: label,
+	}
+
+	if paginate {
+		paginator := sys.Pool.PaginatorWithInterval(paginateInterval)
 		results = paginator(ctx, relayUrls, filter, opts)
-					} else if c.Bool("outbox") {
+	} else if outbox {
 		defs := make([]nostr.DirectedFilter, 0, len(filter.Authors)*2)
 
-						// hardcoded relays, if any
 		for _, relayUrl := range relayUrls {
 			defs = append(defs, nostr.DirectedFilter{
 				Filter: filter,
@@ -249,12 +302,13 @@ example:
 		errg := errgroup.Group{}
 		errg.SetLimit(16)
 		mu := sync.Mutex{}
+		logverbose("gathering outbox relays for %d authors...\n", len(filter.Authors))
 		for _, pubkey := range filter.Authors {
 			errg.Go(func() error {
-								n := int(c.Uint("outbox-relays-per-pubkey"))
+				n := int(outboxRelaysPerPubKey)
 				for _, url := range sys.FetchOutboxRelays(ctx, pubkey, n) {
 					if slices.Contains(relayUrls, url) {
-										// already hardcoded, ignore
+						// already specified globally, ignore
 						continue
 					}
 					if !nostr.IsValidRelayURL(url) {
@@ -293,40 +347,41 @@ example:
 		}
 		errg.Wait()
 
-						if c.Bool("stream") {
+		if stream {
-							results = sys.Pool.BatchedSubscribeMany(ctx, defs, opts)
+			logverbose("running subscription with %d directed filters...\n", len(defs))
+			results, closeds = sys.Pool.BatchedSubscribeManyNotifyClosed(ctx, defs, opts)
 		} else {
-							results = sys.Pool.BatchedQueryMany(ctx, defs, opts)
+			logverbose("running query with %d directed filters...\n", len(defs))
+			results, closeds = sys.Pool.BatchedQueryManyNotifyClosed(ctx, defs, opts)
 		}
 	} else {
-						if c.Bool("stream") {
+		if stream {
-							results = sys.Pool.SubscribeMany(ctx, relayUrls, filter, opts)
+			logverbose("running subscription to %d relays...\n", len(relayUrls))
+			results, closeds = sys.Pool.SubscribeManyNotifyClosed(ctx, relayUrls, filter, opts)
 		} else {
-							results = sys.Pool.FetchMany(ctx, relayUrls, filter, opts)
+			logverbose("running query to %d relays...\n", len(relayUrls))
+			results, closeds = sys.Pool.FetchManyNotifyClosed(ctx, relayUrls, filter, opts)
 		}
 	}
 
-					for ie := range results {
+readevents:
+	for {
+		select {
+		case ie, ok := <-results:
+			if !ok {
+				break readevents
+			}
 			stdout(ie.Event)
-					}
+		case closed := <-closeds:
-				}
+			if closed.HandledAuth {
+				logverbose("%s CLOSED: %s\n", closed.Relay.URL, closed.Reason)
 			} else {
-				// no relays given, will just print the filter
+				log("%s CLOSED: %s\n", closed.Relay.URL, closed.Reason)
-				var result string
-				if c.Bool("bare") {
-					result = filter.String()
-				} else {
-					j, _ := json.Marshal(nostr.ReqEnvelope{SubscriptionID: "nak", Filters: []nostr.Filter{filter}})
-					result = string(j)
 			}
-
+		case <-ctx.Done():
-				stdout(result)
+			break readevents
 		}
 	}
-
-		exitIfLineProcessingError(ctx)
-		return nil
-	},
 }
 
 var reqFilterFlags = []cli.Flag{

serve.go

@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ var serve = &cli.Command{
 			Name:  "grasp",
 			Usage: "enable grasp server",
 		},
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:      "grasp-path",
+			Usage:     "where to store the repositories",
+			TakesFile: true,
+			Hidden:    true,
+		},
 		&cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:  "blossom",
 			Usage: "enable blossom server",
@@ -135,11 +141,14 @@ var serve = &cli.Command{
 		}
 
 		if c.Bool("grasp") {
+			repoDir = c.String("grasp-path")
+			if repoDir == "" {
 				var err error
 				repoDir, err = os.MkdirTemp("", "nak-serve-grasp-repos-")
 				if err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("failed to create grasp repos directory: %w", err)
 				}
+			}
 			g := grasp.New(rl, repoDir)
 			g.OnRead = func(ctx context.Context, pubkey nostr.PubKey, repo string) (reject bool, reason string) {
 				log("    got %s %s %s\n", color.CyanString("git read"), pubkey.Hex(), repo)

spell.go

@@ -0,0 +1,547 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr"
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/nip19"
+	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/sdk/hints"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+var spell = &cli.Command{
+	Name:        "spell",
+	Usage:       "downloads a spell event and executes its REQ request",
+	ArgsUsage:   "[nevent_code]",
+	Description: `fetches a spell event (kind 777) and executes REQ command encoded in its tags.`,
+	Flags: append(defaultKeyFlags,
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "pub",
+			Usage: "public key to run spells in the context of (if you don't want to pass a --sec)",
+		},
+		&cli.UintFlag{
+			Name:    "outbox-relays-per-pubkey",
+			Aliases: []string{"n"},
+			Usage:   "number of outbox relays to use for each pubkey",
+			Value:   3,
+		},
+	),
+	Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+		configPath := c.String("config-path")
+		os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(configPath, "spells"), 0755)
+
+		// load history from file
+		var history []SpellHistoryEntry
+		historyPath := filepath.Join(configPath, "spells/history")
+		file, err := os.Open(historyPath)
+		if err == nil {
+			defer file.Close()
+			scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+			for scanner.Scan() {
+				var entry SpellHistoryEntry
+				if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(scanner.Text()), &entry); err != nil {
+					continue // skip invalid entries
+				}
+				history = append(history, entry)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if c.Args().Len() == 0 {
+			// check if we have input from stdin
+			for stdinEvent := range getJsonsOrBlank() {
+				if stdinEvent == "{}" {
+					break
+				}
+
+				var spell nostr.Event
+				if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(stdinEvent), &spell); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse spell event from stdin: %w", err)
+				}
+				if spell.Kind != 777 {
+					return fmt.Errorf("event is not a spell (expected kind 777, got %d)", spell.Kind)
+				}
+
+				return runSpell(ctx, c, historyPath, history, nostr.EventPointer{ID: spell.ID}, spell)
+			}
+
+			// no stdin input, show recent spells
+			log("recent spells:\n")
+			for i, entry := range history {
+				if i >= 10 {
+					break
+				}
+
+				displayName := entry.Name
+				if displayName == "" {
+					displayName = entry.Content
+					if len(displayName) > 28 {
+						displayName = displayName[:27] + "…"
+					}
+				}
+				if displayName != "" {
+					displayName = color.HiMagentaString(displayName) + ": "
+				}
+
+				desc := entry.Content
+				if len(desc) > 50 {
+					desc = desc[0:49] + "…"
+				}
+
+				lastUsed := entry.LastUsed.Format("2006-01-02 15:04")
+				stdout(fmt.Sprintf("  %s %s%s - %s",
+					color.BlueString(entry.Identifier),
+					displayName,
+					color.YellowString(lastUsed),
+					desc,
+				))
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// decode nevent to get the spell event
+		var pointer nostr.EventPointer
+		identifier := c.Args().First()
+		prefix, value, err := nip19.Decode(identifier)
+		if err == nil {
+			if prefix != "nevent" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("expected nevent code, got %s", prefix)
+			}
+			pointer = value.(nostr.EventPointer)
+		} else {
+			// search our history
+			for _, entry := range history {
+				if entry.Identifier == identifier || entry.Name == identifier {
+					pointer = entry.Pointer
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if pointer.ID == nostr.ZeroID {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid spell reference")
+		}
+
+		// first try to fetch spell from sys.Store
+		var spell nostr.Event
+		found := false
+		for evt := range sys.Store.QueryEvents(nostr.Filter{IDs: []nostr.ID{pointer.ID}}, 1) {
+			spell = evt
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+
+		var relays []string
+		if !found {
+			// if not found in store, fetch from external relays
+			relays = pointer.Relays
+			if pointer.Author != nostr.ZeroPK {
+				for _, url := range relays {
+					sys.Hints.Save(pointer.Author, nostr.NormalizeURL(url), hints.LastInHint, nostr.Now())
+				}
+				relays = append(relays, sys.FetchOutboxRelays(ctx, pointer.Author, 3)...)
+			}
+			result := sys.Pool.QuerySingle(ctx, relays, nostr.Filter{IDs: []nostr.ID{pointer.ID}},
+				nostr.SubscriptionOptions{Label: "nak-spell-f"})
+			if result == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("spell event not found")
+			}
+			spell = result.Event
+		}
+		if spell.Kind != 777 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("event is not a spell (expected kind 777, got %d)", spell.Kind)
+		}
+
+		return runSpell(ctx, c, historyPath, history, pointer, spell)
+	},
+}
+
+func runSpell(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	c *cli.Command,
+	historyPath string,
+	history []SpellHistoryEntry,
+	pointer nostr.EventPointer,
+	spell nostr.Event,
+) error {
+	// parse spell tags to build REQ filter
+	spellFilter, err := buildSpellReq(ctx, c, spell.Tags)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse spell tags: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// determine relays to query
+	var spellRelays []string
+	var outbox bool
+	relaysTag := spell.Tags.Find("relays")
+	if relaysTag == nil {
+		// if this tag doesn't exist assume $outbox
+		relaysTag = nostr.Tag{"relays", "$outbox"}
+	}
+	for i := 1; i < len(relaysTag); i++ {
+		switch relaysTag[i] {
+		case "$outbox":
+			outbox = true
+		default:
+			spellRelays = append(spellRelays, relaysTag[i])
+		}
+	}
+
+	stream := !spell.Tags.Has("close-on-eose")
+
+	// fill in the author if we didn't have it
+	pointer.Author = spell.PubKey
+
+	// save spell to sys.Store
+	if err := sys.Store.SaveEvent(spell); err != nil {
+		logverbose("failed to save spell to store: %v\n", err)
+	}
+
+	// add to history before execution
+	{
+		idStr := nip19.EncodeNevent(spell.ID, nil, nostr.ZeroPK)
+		identifier := "spell" + idStr[len(idStr)-7:]
+		nameTag := spell.Tags.Find("name")
+		var name string
+		if nameTag != nil {
+			name = nameTag[1]
+		}
+		if len(history) > 100 {
+			history = history[:100]
+		}
+		// write back to file
+		file, err := os.Create(historyPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		data, _ := json.Marshal(SpellHistoryEntry{
+			Identifier: identifier,
+			Name:       name,
+			Content:    spell.Content,
+			LastUsed:   time.Now(),
+			Pointer:    pointer,
+		})
+		file.Write(data)
+		file.Write([]byte{'\n'})
+		for i, entry := range history {
+			if entry.Identifier == identifier {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			data, _ := json.Marshal(entry)
+			file.Write(data)
+			file.Write([]byte{'\n'})
+
+			// limit history size (keep last 100)
+			if i == 100 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		file.Close()
+
+		logverbose("executing %s: %s relays=%v outbox=%v stream=%v\n",
+			identifier, spellFilter, spellRelays, outbox, stream)
+	}
+
+	// execute
+	logSpellDetails(spell)
+	performReq(ctx, spellFilter, spellRelays, stream, outbox, c.Uint("outbox-relays-per-pubkey"), false, 0, "nak-spell")
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func buildSpellReq(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command, tags nostr.Tags) (nostr.Filter, error) {
+	filter := nostr.Filter{}
+
+	getMe := func() (nostr.PubKey, error) {
+		if !c.IsSet("sec") && !c.IsSet("prompt-sec") && c.IsSet("pub") {
+			return parsePubKey(c.String("pub"))
+		}
+
+		kr, _, err := gatherKeyerFromArguments(ctx, c)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nostr.ZeroPK, fmt.Errorf("failed to get keyer: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		pubkey, err := kr.GetPublicKey(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nostr.ZeroPK, fmt.Errorf("failed to get public key from keyer: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		return pubkey, nil
+	}
+
+	for _, tag := range tags {
+		if len(tag) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		switch tag[0] {
+		case "cmd":
+			if len(tag) < 2 || tag[1] != "REQ" {
+				return nostr.Filter{}, fmt.Errorf("only REQ commands are supported")
+			}
+
+		case "k":
+			for i := 1; i < len(tag); i++ {
+				if kind, err := strconv.Atoi(tag[i]); err == nil {
+					filter.Kinds = append(filter.Kinds, nostr.Kind(kind))
+				}
+			}
+
+		case "authors":
+			for i := 1; i < len(tag); i++ {
+				switch tag[i] {
+				case "$me":
+					me, err := getMe()
+					if err != nil {
+						return nostr.Filter{}, err
+					}
+					filter.Authors = append(filter.Authors, me)
+				case "$contacts":
+					me, err := getMe()
+					if err != nil {
+						return nostr.Filter{}, err
+					}
+					for _, f := range sys.FetchFollowList(ctx, me).Items {
+						filter.Authors = append(filter.Authors, f.Pubkey)
+					}
+				default:
+					pubkey, err := nostr.PubKeyFromHex(tag[i])
+					if err != nil {
+						return nostr.Filter{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid pubkey '%s' in 'authors': %w", tag[i], err)
+					}
+					filter.Authors = append(filter.Authors, pubkey)
+				}
+			}
+
+		case "ids":
+			for i := 1; i < len(tag); i++ {
+				id, err := nostr.IDFromHex(tag[i])
+				if err != nil {
+					return nostr.Filter{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid  id '%s' in 'authors': %w", tag[i], err)
+				}
+				filter.IDs = append(filter.IDs, id)
+			}
+
+		case "tag":
+			if len(tag) < 3 {
+				continue
+			}
+			tagName := tag[1]
+			if filter.Tags == nil {
+				filter.Tags = make(nostr.TagMap)
+			}
+			for i := 2; i < len(tag); i++ {
+				switch tag[i] {
+				case "$me":
+					me, err := getMe()
+					if err != nil {
+						return nostr.Filter{}, err
+					}
+					filter.Tags[tagName] = append(filter.Tags[tagName], me.Hex())
+				case "$contacts":
+					me, err := getMe()
+					if err != nil {
+						return nostr.Filter{}, err
+					}
+					for _, f := range sys.FetchFollowList(ctx, me).Items {
+						filter.Tags[tagName] = append(filter.Tags[tagName], f.Pubkey.Hex())
+					}
+				default:
+					filter.Tags[tagName] = append(filter.Tags[tagName], tag[i])
+				}
+			}
+
+		case "limit":
+			if len(tag) >= 2 {
+				if limit, err := strconv.Atoi(tag[1]); err == nil {
+					filter.Limit = limit
+				}
+			}
+
+		case "since":
+			if len(tag) >= 2 {
+				date, err := dateparser.Parse(&dateparser.Configuration{
+					DefaultTimezone: time.Local,
+					CurrentTime:     time.Now(),
+				}, tag[1])
+				if err != nil {
+					return nostr.Filter{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid date %s: %w", tag[1], err)
+				}
+				filter.Since = nostr.Timestamp(date.Time.Unix())
+			}
+
+		case "until":
+			if len(tag) >= 2 {
+				date, err := dateparser.Parse(&dateparser.Configuration{
+					DefaultTimezone: time.Local,
+					CurrentTime:     time.Now(),
+				}, tag[1])
+				if err != nil {
+					return nostr.Filter{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid date %s: %w", tag[1], err)
+				}
+				filter.Until = nostr.Timestamp(date.Time.Unix())
+			}
+
+		case "search":
+			if len(tag) >= 2 {
+				filter.Search = tag[1]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return filter, nil
+}
+
+func parseRelativeTime(timeStr string) (nostr.Timestamp, error) {
+	// Handle special cases
+	switch timeStr {
+	case "now":
+		return nostr.Now(), nil
+	}
+
+	// Try to parse as relative time (e.g., "7d", "1h", "30m")
+	if strings.HasSuffix(timeStr, "d") {
+		days := strings.TrimSuffix(timeStr, "d")
+		if daysInt, err := strconv.Atoi(days); err == nil {
+			return nostr.Now() - nostr.Timestamp(daysInt*24*60*60), nil
+		}
+	} else if strings.HasSuffix(timeStr, "h") {
+		hours := strings.TrimSuffix(timeStr, "h")
+		if hoursInt, err := strconv.Atoi(hours); err == nil {
+			return nostr.Now() - nostr.Timestamp(hoursInt*60*60), nil
+		}
+	} else if strings.HasSuffix(timeStr, "m") {
+		minutes := strings.TrimSuffix(timeStr, "m")
+		if minutesInt, err := strconv.Atoi(minutes); err == nil {
+			return nostr.Now() - nostr.Timestamp(minutesInt*60), nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	// try to parse as direct timestamp
+	if ts, err := strconv.ParseInt(timeStr, 10, 64); err == nil {
+		return nostr.Timestamp(ts), nil
+	}
+
+	return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid time format: %s", timeStr)
+}
+
+type SpellHistoryEntry struct {
+	Identifier string             `json:"_id"`
+	Name       string             `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	Content    string             `json:"content,omitempty"`
+	LastUsed   time.Time          `json:"last_used"`
+	Pointer    nostr.EventPointer `json:"pointer"`
+}
+
+func logSpellDetails(spell nostr.Event) {
+	nameTag := spell.Tags.Find("name")
+	name := ""
+	if nameTag != nil {
+		name = nameTag[1]
+		if len(name) > 28 {
+			name = name[:27] + "…"
+		}
+	}
+	if name != "" {
+		name = ": " + color.HiMagentaString(name)
+	}
+
+	desc := spell.Content
+	if len(desc) > 50 {
+		desc = desc[0:49] + "…"
+	}
+
+	idStr := nip19.EncodeNevent(spell.ID, nil, nostr.ZeroPK)
+	identifier := "spell" + idStr[len(idStr)-7:]
+
+	log("running %s%s - %s\n",
+		color.BlueString(identifier),
+		name,
+		desc,
+	)
+}
+
+func createSpellEvent(ctx context.Context, filter nostr.Filter, kr nostr.Keyer) nostr.Event {
+	spell := nostr.Event{
+		Kind: 777,
+		Tags: make(nostr.Tags, 0),
+	}
+
+	// add cmd tag
+	spell.Tags = append(spell.Tags, nostr.Tag{"cmd", "REQ"})
+
+	// add kinds
+	if len(filter.Kinds) > 0 {
+		kindTag := nostr.Tag{"k"}
+		for _, kind := range filter.Kinds {
+			kindTag = append(kindTag, strconv.Itoa(int(kind)))
+		}
+		spell.Tags = append(spell.Tags, kindTag)
+	}
+
+	// add authors
+	if len(filter.Authors) > 0 {
+		authorsTag := nostr.Tag{"authors"}
+		for _, author := range filter.Authors {
+			authorsTag = append(authorsTag, author.Hex())
+		}
+		spell.Tags = append(spell.Tags, authorsTag)
+	}
+
+	// add ids
+	if len(filter.IDs) > 0 {
+		idsTag := nostr.Tag{"ids"}
+		for _, id := range filter.IDs {
+			idsTag = append(idsTag, id.Hex())
+		}
+		spell.Tags = append(spell.Tags, idsTag)
+	}
+
+	// add tags
+	for tagName, values := range filter.Tags {
+		if len(values) > 0 {
+			tag := nostr.Tag{"tag", tagName}
+			for _, value := range values {
+				tag = append(tag, value)
+			}
+			spell.Tags = append(spell.Tags, tag)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// add limit
+	if filter.Limit > 0 {
+		spell.Tags = append(spell.Tags, nostr.Tag{"limit", strconv.Itoa(filter.Limit)})
+	}
+
+	// add since
+	if filter.Since > 0 {
+		spell.Tags = append(spell.Tags, nostr.Tag{"since", strconv.FormatInt(int64(filter.Since), 10)})
+	}
+
+	// add until
+	if filter.Until > 0 {
+		spell.Tags = append(spell.Tags, nostr.Tag{"until", strconv.FormatInt(int64(filter.Until), 10)})
+	}
+
+	// add search
+	if filter.Search != "" {
+		spell.Tags = append(spell.Tags, nostr.Tag{"search", filter.Search})
+	}
+
+	if err := kr.SignEvent(ctx, &spell); err != nil {
+		log("failed to sign spell: %s\n", err)
+	}
+
+	return spell
+}