macOS
brew install gossiplocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / Rang 8571
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für gossip in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install gossiplocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo apk add gossipAlpine Linux edge package indexes · gossip · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#gossipnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/go/gossip/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo apt install libgossip-javaDebian stable package indexes · libgossip-java · Quelle: deb.debian.org
scoop install extras/gossipScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/gossip.json · Quelle: api.github.com
Überblick
Desktop client for Nostr written in Rust
Verlauf
Gossip is a native desktop client for Nostr, written in Rust and aimed at Windows, macOS, and Linux users who prefer a non-browser client. Its README describes Nostr as a relay-based open social protocol and positions Gossip around desktop use, encrypted key handling, performance, user control, and relay-discovery behavior.
The project emerged with the Nostr application wave as a desktop-first client focused on micro-blogging and chat-style social use. Its README says Gossip avoided the browser stack, used LMDB for storage, and kept private keys encrypted on disk, all choices that distinguished it from web clients.
A central design idea is the 'Gossip Model': instead of using only a manually configured relay list, the client tries to find posts where followed people are likely to publish, based on relay lists and other heuristics. The README says that model influenced similar client behavior around NIP-65.
Gossip has been distributed through GitHub releases with platform-specific artifacts including Debian packages, macOS disk images, MSI installers, Flatpak builds, and AppImage archives. The Homebrew formula also packages it for command-line installation, while the README points to an approved but separate fork for continued development when the original repository became idle.
Users run Gossip as a desktop Nostr client, configure identity and relays through the GUI, and can tune moderation, spam filtering, media handling, relay roles, and per-profile data directories. A Rhai script named filter.rhai in the gossip data directory can be used for programmable spam filtering.
Gossip is interesting to package nerds because it is a Rust desktop application shipped outside the usual browser-extension/web-app path, with native packages across several operating systems. It also maps an evolving protocol culture, where NIPs, relay behavior, local encrypted key storage, and GUI packaging all affect what the package actually delivers.
Sicherheitslage
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
$XDG_DATA_HOME/gossip/filter.rhaiExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
gossip | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
Aktualität
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Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:gossip |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.14.0 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip |
| Repository | https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip |
| Bottle | nicht erfasst |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
libgossip-java 1.8-3
Small and fast logging provider for SLF4J
https://github.com/jdillon/gossip
sudo apt install libgossip-javagossip
nix profile install nixpkgs#gossiplibgossip-java 1.8-2.1
Small and fast logging provider for SLF4J
http://github.com/jdillon/gossip
sudo apt install libgossip-javagossip 0.14.0_git20250820-r0
Desktop client for Nostr
https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip
sudo apk add gossipgossip-doc 0.14.0_git20250820-r0
Desktop client for Nostr (documentation)
https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip
sudo apk add gossip-docextras/gossip
scoop install extras/gossipQuellspur
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