Nostrize Browser Extension

Welcome to Nostrize - the browser extension that empowers any website with the Nostr experience. Nostrize seamlessly integrates tipping and crowdsourcing capabilities through Bitcoin, making every interaction permissionless. Join us in a world where supporting content and collaborative projects is effortless. Elevate your browsing with the power of Nostr and Bitcoin, and become part of the Value4Value movement today.

Presentation

https://slides.com/nostrize/code/fullscreen

Demo video

nostrize-demo-01_compressed_clideo.mp4

Projects

X/Twitter

Do you still need to use X/Twitter because everyone is still there?
Good news: you can use nostr via Nostrize on X/Twitter now! 🤯
Add your npub or nip05 to your account bio and you are ready to receive zaps
Follow other Nostrize users directly from their X/Twitter profile
Read Nostr notes of Nostrize users
Lightsats integration (Will be a part of our Nostr onboarding)

Youtube

Easy integration via channel description by adding your npub or nip05 (see our youtube channel for reference)
Receive donations in your videos or shorts
m.youtube.com support
And more features are coming...

GitHub

The first platform that you could use Nostrize was GitHub. It was chosen as the initial focus because we wanted to fund future Nostrize development using Nostrize itself!

With Nostrize on GitHub, you can:

Seamlessly connect your Nostr and GitHub accounts with a simple step – no waiting list required.
Support any user or organization through donations.
- Receive tips directly without any commission or fees.
Fund issues to incentivize solutions. (coming soon)
- Earn payments for your pull requests that address and resolve issues.
And more features are coming...

Nostrize Booster (WIP)

Nostrize Booster is designed for GitHub and may be added for other platforms later.

Nostrize users can make a boost to a github user, organization or a repository for endorsement, to a PR for visibility that more people can see and review it, or to a github issue for again for visibility hoping people would see and share a workaround or fix it.

sequenceDiagram
    autonumber
    participant Bob as Bob
    participant Extension as Nostrize Extension
    participant NostrizeRelay as Nostrize Relay
    participant NostrizeNode as Nostrize Lightning Node
    participant Alice as Alice

    Bob->>Extension: Initiates a boost request
    Extension->>NostrizeNode: Sends a zap request to Nostrize<br />with tag ["p", "<pubkey_of_alice>"]
    NostrizeNode-->>Extension: Generates and sends the Lightning Invoice
    Extension-->>Bob: Displays Lightning Invoice
    Bob->>NostrizeNode: Pays the invoice (10000 sats)
    NostrizeNode->>Alice: Sends 9600 sats to Alice's wallet
    NostrizeNode-->>NostrizeRelay: Confirms payment, creates zap receipt
    NostrizeRelay-->>Extension: Gets zap receipt from node,<br />sends it to the extension and creates a boost event
    Extension-->>Bob: Displays confirmation of boost
    NostrizeRelay->>NostrizeRelay: Stores boost request and receipt

    autonumber 1

    alt Boost Visibility
        Other Users->>NostrizeRelay: Fetch boost events
        NostrizeRelay-->>Other Users: Return boost events
        Extension-->>Other Users: Displays boosts on GitHub homepage
    end

Telegram Web (web.telegram.org)

The latest integration of Nostrize. Add your npub to your bio and you're ready to go!

If you're a telegram user, please join our group: https://t.me/+3ZIAq1yCcyJlMWUy

How to install

You can only install the development version right now
Go to releases page in nostrize extension github
Download the latest release.zip
Extract zip file in your file system

Installing Nostrize as an Unpacked Extension in Chrome

To test or use your build locally in Chrome, follow these steps to install it as an unpacked extension:

Navigate to chrome://extensions/ in the address bar.
Enable "Developer mode" by toggling the switch in the top-right corner.
Load the Unpacked Extension:

Click the "Load unpacked" button that appears after enabling Developer mode.

if you downloaded the release.zip, find the extracted folder
if you are building, navigate to the dist directory within your Nostrize project directory.

Verify Installation

Ensure Nostrize appears in your list of extensions and is enabled. You can pin the extension to see it all the time.

How to build

Dependencies

We depend on nvm for nodejs versioning.
You can manually install the required nodejs version by looking our .nvmrc file

Build Nostrize Browser Extension

Create a directory: mkdir nostrize
Clone the repo ex: git clone https://github.com/nostrize/extension.git
Go to the directory: cd extension
nvm install if you have nvm to install the required nodejs instance.
npm install to install nodejs dependencies
npm run build to run the build.sh script

Note for Windows Users: The build.sh script is a bash script and may require additional tools like Git Bash, Cygwin, or WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) to run on Windows. Alternatively, consider translating the bash script logic into an equivalent build.bat script or using npm scripts directly for cross-platform compatibility.

After build, a dist directory should be created in the root.

Testing and Usage

Visit a supported website or one of the test pages to see Nostrize in action. If you make changes to the extension, return to chrome://extensions/, find Nostrize, and click the "Reload" button to apply your updates.