Hoot

A desktop email/messaging client built on the Nostr protocol using Rust and egui. s

Overview

Hoot is a native GUI application that provides email-like functionality over the Nostr protocol. It features a modern interface for sending and receiving messages, managing contacts, and viewing profiles.

Building

Prerequisites

• Rust 1.70 or later
• OpenSSL development libraries
• Perl and some libraries (probably)

Build from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd hoot

# Build the project
cargo build --release

# Run the application
cargo run --release

Development Build

cargo build
cargo run

Using Nix

If you have Nix with flakes enabled:

nix develop

Development

Profiling

Build with profiling support:

cargo build --features profiling

License

See the project license file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues and pull requests.

Author

Jack Chakany jack@chakany.systems