# 使用 Homebrew, apk, Nix, apt, scoop 安装 gossip

查看 gossip 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:gossip
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gossip
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add gossip
```

  证据: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gossip from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gossip
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gossip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install libgossip-java
```

  证据: Debian stable package indexes: libgossip-java from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/gossip
```

  证据: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gossip.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:gossip
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 0.14.0
- **来源摘要:** Desktop client for Nostr written in Rust
- **主页:** <https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- gossip (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 0.14.0
## 项目历史与用法

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.

### 项目历史

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.

### 采用历史

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.

### 使用方式

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.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

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.

### 时间线

- 2022: The GitHub repository metadata in the release pages identifies the mikedilger/gossip project line used for packaged releases.
- 2024-10: 0.12.0 release notes add bookmarks, global and per-relay feeds, friends-of-friends scoring, and spam-filtering improvements.
- 2024-12: 0.13.0 release notes add file metadata support, Blossom support, NIP-89 handler recommendations, NIP-50 search, and follower/followed views.
- 2025-03: 0.14.0 release notes describe a major release with search, UI, relay, media, protocol, and database changes.

### Related projects

- Nostr is the relay-based protocol Gossip implements.
- NIP-65 is related to the relay-list model highlighted in Gossip's README.
- YGGverse/gossipfork is named by the original README as a fork with continued development.

### 来源

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gossip>
- <https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip>
- <https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip/releases.atom>
- <https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip/tree/master/docs>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikedilger/gossip/master/docs/CONFIGURATION.md>


## 安全说明

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger 风险:** blue / 中
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

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.


## Configuration files

- Unix: $XDG_DATA_HOME/gossip/filter.rhai
## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Debian apt - libgossip-java - 1.8-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgossip-java from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Small and fast logging provider for SLF4J | https://github.com/jdillon/gossip
- Nix - gossip: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gossip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libgossip-java - 1.8-2.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgossip-java from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Small and fast logging provider for SLF4J | http://github.com/jdillon/gossip
- apk - gossip - 0.14.0_git20250820-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gossip from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Desktop client for Nostr | https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip
- apk - gossip-doc - 0.14.0_git20250820-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gossip-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Desktop client for Nostr (documentation) | https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip
- Scoop - extras/gossip: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gossip.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gossip.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gossip.yml)


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
