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Awesome Nostr Relays

A curated catalogue of Nostr relays from around the world, organised into discovery collections and continuously health-checked.

CI Health Check Pages Relays healthy

Endpoints

Published to GitHub Pages with Content-Type: application/json, permissive CORS, and no rate limit. Prefer these over raw.githubusercontent.com/..., which throttles unauthenticated clients to 60 req/hour.

curl -sL https://relays.meowl.social/urls.json         # flat URL list
curl -sL https://relays.meowl.social/relays.json       # full dataset + health
curl -sL https://relays.meowl.social/collections.json  # grouped by collection id
curl -sL https://relays.meowl.social/nip66.json        # NIP-66 kind 30166 discovery events
curl -sL https://relays.meowl.social/health.json       # raw health snapshot
curl -sL https://relays.meowl.social/schema/relay.schema.json  # JSON Schema for an entry

The catalog is schema_version: 2, with field semantics aligned to NIP-66. Entry shape in relays.json (the health block appears once a relay has been probed):

{
  "url": "wss://relay.damus.io/",
  "name": "Damus",
  "operator": "Damus Team",
  "country": "US",
  "network": "clearnet",                  // NIP-66 `n`: clearnet | tor | i2p | loki
  "software": "strfry",
  "requirements": { "payment": false },   // NIP-66 `R`: auth | payment | pow | writes
  "collections": ["featured", "global", "regional-americas"],
  "topics": ["popular", "ios"],           // NIP-66 `t`
  "health": {
    // healthy | flaky | warn | dead | stale | blocked | skipped | unknown
    "state": "healthy",
    "last_checked": "2026-06-06T03:00:00Z",
    "last_success": "2026-06-06T03:00:00Z",
    "consecutive_failures": 0,
    "last_outcome": "success",
    "rtt_open_ms": 234,                    // NIP-66 `rtt-open`
    "supported_nips": [1, 11, 42, 50]
  }
}

relays.json also carries top-level monitor (probe cadence + checks, NIP-66 kind 10166) and summary (relay counts per health state).

Data layout: main holds only the curated source (relays.toml), the Rust workspace, and the web/ shell. The health snapshot and generated api/ artefacts are published to the orphan data branch by CI and served by GitHub Pages, keeping the source history free of high-frequency machine commits.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md. PRs adding / updating / removing relays should only touch relays.toml.

Catalogue

Catalog last generated at 2026-06-06 06:56:40 UTC. 107 relays tracked · live health healthy · full machine-readable status in relays.json.

Featured

Hand-picked, widely adopted relays with strong operational track record.

  • wss://nos.lol/nos.lol · US
  • wss://nostr.mom/nostr.mom · US
  • wss://nostr.wine/nostr.wine · US · 💰 — Paid relay for wine enthusiasts and everyone else.
  • wss://pyramid.fiatjaf.com/Pyramid — Invite-only relay with a WoT invitation tree.
  • wss://relay.damus.io/Damus · US
  • wss://relay.nostr.band/Nostr.Band — Indexing and full-text search relay (NIP-50).
  • wss://relay.primal.net/Primal · US
  • wss://trending.relays.land/Trending — Relay showcasing trending Nostr content.

Global Feeds

General-purpose relays that accept events from any pubkey.

  • wss://ditto.pub/relayDitto · US
  • wss://nos.lol/nos.lol · US
  • wss://nostr-01.yakihonne.com/YakiHonne · SG
  • wss://nostr.mom/nostr.mom · US
  • wss://nostr.oxtr.dev/oxtr
  • wss://nostr.superfriends.online/Superfriends
  • wss://offchain.pub/offchain.pub · US
  • wss://relay.damus.io/Damus · US
  • wss://relay.divine.video/Divine Video · US
  • wss://relay.getalby.com/Alby · AT
  • wss://relay.nos.social/nos.social
  • wss://relay.nostr.band/Nostr.Band — Indexing and full-text search relay (NIP-50).
  • wss://relay.noswhere.com/noswhere
  • wss://relay.nostr.net/nostr.net
  • wss://relay.primal.net/Primal · US
  • wss://relay.snort.social/Snort

Curated Communities

Relays that focus on community-driven content and curation.

  • wss://bitcoiner.social/Bitcoiner Social · US
  • wss://christpill.nostr1.com/Christpill
  • wss://groups.0xchat.com/0xchat Groups
  • wss://noornode.nostr1.com/Noor Node
  • wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social/nostr.bitcoiner.social · US
  • wss://nostr.einundzwanzig.space/Einundzwanzig · DE — Relay for the German bitcoin podcast community.
  • wss://nostr.lopp.social/lopp.social · US
  • wss://nostr.plebchain.org/Plebchain · US
  • wss://pareto.space/Pareto
  • wss://primus.nostr1.com/Primus
  • wss://relay.0xchat.com/0xchat
  • wss://relay.44billion.net/44billion — Relay with built-in ranking and language-aware search.
  • wss://relay.nostr.moe/nostr.moe · JP — Anime / otaku community relay.
  • wss://relay.nostrzh.org/nostrzh · XX — Pyramid-style Chinese-language relay.
  • wss://relays.land/spatianostraSpatia Nostra
  • wss://theforest.nostr1.com/The Forest
  • wss://thecitadel.nostr1.com/The Citadel
  • wss://yabu.me/yabu.me · JP — Japanese-language aggregator relay.
  • wss://relay.groups.nip29.com/NIP-29 Groups — Group-chat relay built on khatru + relay29.

Special Purpose

Relays with unique filtering rules, display mechanisms, or event constraints.

  • wss://140.f7z.io/140 · US — Short-form relay limiting content to 140 characters.
  • wss://bookmarks.relays.land/Bookmarks · US — Relay scoped to bookmark-style events.
  • wss://bucket.coracle.social/Coracle Bucket · US
  • wss://feedback.relays.land/Feedback — Feedback-scoped relay on the relays.land network.
  • wss://groups.0xchat.com/0xchat Groups
  • wss://haven.girino.org/outboxGirino Haven Outbox
  • wss://impromptu.relays.land/Impromptu — Ephemeral impromptu events.
  • wss://inbox.nostr.wine/inbox.nostr.wine · US · 💰
  • wss://lockbox.relays.land/Lockbox — Events are write-only and hidden from general reads.
  • wss://njump.me/njump — Companion relay to njump.me content previews.
  • wss://personal.relays.land/Personal — Relay scoped to personal events only.
  • wss://pow.relays.land/PoW — Events must include Proof-of-Work (NIP-13).
  • wss://purplepag.es/Purple Pages · US — Indexing relay for public metadata (kind 0 / 3 / 10002).
  • wss://pyramid.fiatjaf.com/Pyramid — Invite-only relay with a WoT invitation tree.
  • wss://relay.wikifreedia.xyz/Wikifreedia — Relay backing the Wikifreedia long-form wiki.
  • wss://trending.relays.land/Trending — Relay showcasing trending Nostr content.
  • wss://relay.groups.nip29.com/NIP-29 Groups — Group-chat relay built on khatru + relay29.

Interest Groups

Single-topic relays for focused discussions.

  • wss://bitcoiner.social/Bitcoiner Social · US
  • wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social/nostr.bitcoiner.social · US
  • wss://nostr.lopp.social/lopp.social · US
  • wss://nostr.plebchain.org/Plebchain · US
  • wss://relay.wikifreedia.xyz/Wikifreedia — Relay backing the Wikifreedia long-form wiki.
  • wss://topic.relays.land/askTopic: Ask — Questions addressed to the community.
  • wss://topic.relays.land/complaintTopic: Complaint
  • wss://topic.relays.land/leftTopic: Left
  • wss://topic.relays.land/praiseTopic: Praise
  • wss://topic.relays.land/uncommonTopic: Uncommon
  • wss://topic.relays.land/whalesTopic: Whales
  • wss://nostr.bitcoinplebs.de/Bitcoin Plebs DE · DE
  • wss://relay.bitcoinpark.com/Bitcoin Park · DE
  • wss://nostr.zebedee.cloud/Zebedee · US
  • wss://relay.coinos.io/Coinos · CA
  • wss://relay.fountain.fm/Fountain
  • wss://relay.olas.app/Olas
  • ws://bitcoinr6de5lkvx4tpwdmzrdfdpla5sya2afwpcabjup2xpi5dulbad.onion/bitcoiner.social (onion) · tor

Automated Feeds

Relays that primarily serve bot / algorithm / news feeds.

  • wss://news.utxo.one/UTXO News
  • wss://algo.utxo.one/UTXO Algo
  • wss://rsslay.fiatjaf.com/rsslay — RSS-to-Nostr bridge.
  • wss://rss.nos.social/Nos RSS

Search & Index

Relays exposing NIP-50 search or acting as indexers.

  • wss://nfrelay.app/nfrelay (nostr-filter-relay) — Aggregator relay with content filtering (SFW/NSFW, language, topic).
  • wss://purplepag.es/Purple Pages · US — Indexing relay for public metadata (kind 0 / 3 / 10002).
  • wss://relay.44billion.net/44billion — Relay with built-in ranking and language-aware search.
  • wss://relay.nostr.band/Nostr.Band — Indexing and full-text search relay (NIP-50).

Paid Relays

Relays that require payment (admission, subscription, or per-event) to post.

  • wss://atlas.nostr.land/Atlas (nostr.land) · US · 💰
  • wss://eden.nostr.land/Eden (nostr.land) · US · 💰
  • wss://filter.nostr.wine/filter.nostr.wine · US · 💰
  • wss://inbox.nostr.wine/inbox.nostr.wine · US · 💰
  • wss://nostr.land/nostr.land · US · 💰
  • wss://nostr.mutinywallet.com/Mutiny Wallet · US · 💰
  • wss://nostr.wine/nostr.wine · US · 💰 — Paid relay for wine enthusiasts and everyone else.
  • wss://premium.primal.net/Primal Premium · US · 💰
  • wss://puravida.nostr.land/Pura Vida (nostr.land) · US · 💰
  • ws://nostrland2gdw7g3y77ctftovvil76vquipymo7tsctlxpiwknevzfid.onion/nostr.land (onion) · tor · 💰 — Tor mirror of the paid wss://nostr.land/ relay.
  • ws://nostrwinemdptvqukjttinajfeedhf46hfd5bz2aj2q5uwp7zros3nad.onion/nostr.wine (onion) · tor · 💰 — Tor mirror of the paid wss://nostr.wine/ relay.

Web of Trust

Relays filtering content by web-of-trust policies.

  • wss://haven.girino.org/outboxGirino Haven Outbox
  • wss://pyramid.fiatjaf.com/Pyramid — Invite-only relay with a WoT invitation tree.
  • wss://wot.dergigi.com/Gigi WoT
  • wss://wot.girino.org/Girino WoT
  • wss://wot.nostr.net/nostr.net WoT
  • wss://wot.utxo.one/UTXO WoT

Bridges & Aggregators

Relays that bridge other networks (ActivityPub, RSS, etc.) or aggregate content.

  • wss://ditto.pub/relayDitto · US
  • wss://filter.nostr.wine/filter.nostr.wine · US · 💰
  • wss://nfrelay.app/nfrelay (nostr-filter-relay) — Aggregator relay with content filtering (SFW/NSFW, language, topic).
  • wss://relay.mostr.pub/Mostr — Bridge relay to the fediverse (ActivityPub).
  • wss://rsslay.fiatjaf.com/rsslay — RSS-to-Nostr bridge.
  • wss://rss.nos.social/Nos RSS

Regional — Americas

Relays operated in North & South America.

  • wss://atlas.nostr.land/Atlas (nostr.land) · US · 💰
  • wss://bitcoiner.social/Bitcoiner Social · US
  • wss://eden.nostr.land/Eden (nostr.land) · US · 💰
  • wss://filter.nostr.wine/filter.nostr.wine · US · 💰
  • wss://inbox.nostr.wine/inbox.nostr.wine · US · 💰
  • wss://nos.lol/nos.lol · US
  • wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social/nostr.bitcoiner.social · US
  • wss://nostr.land/nostr.land · US · 💰
  • wss://nostr.lopp.social/lopp.social · US
  • wss://nostr.mom/nostr.mom · US
  • wss://nostr.mutinywallet.com/Mutiny Wallet · US · 💰
  • wss://nostr.plebchain.org/Plebchain · US
  • wss://nostr.wine/nostr.wine · US · 💰 — Paid relay for wine enthusiasts and everyone else.
  • wss://offchain.pub/offchain.pub · US
  • wss://premium.primal.net/Primal Premium · US · 💰
  • wss://purplepag.es/Purple Pages · US — Indexing relay for public metadata (kind 0 / 3 / 10002).
  • wss://puravida.nostr.land/Pura Vida (nostr.land) · US · 💰
  • wss://relay.damus.io/Damus · US
  • wss://relay.divine.video/Divine Video · US
  • wss://relay.primal.net/Primal · US
  • wss://nostr.zebedee.cloud/Zebedee · US
  • wss://relay.coinos.io/Coinos · CA
  • wss://relay.fountain.fm/Fountain
  • wss://relay.nostr.ai/nostr.ai · US
  • wss://relay.npub.bar/npub.bar
  • wss://relay.olas.app/Olas

Regional — Europe

Relays operated in Europe.

  • wss://nostr.einundzwanzig.space/Einundzwanzig · DE — Relay for the German bitcoin podcast community.
  • wss://relay.getalby.com/Alby · AT
  • wss://nostr.bitcoinplebs.de/Bitcoin Plebs DE · DE
  • wss://relay.mleku.dev/mleku · DE
  • wss://relay.bitcoinpark.com/Bitcoin Park · DE
  • wss://relay.tchncs.de/tchncs · DE
  • wss://nos.xmark.cc/xmark · GB
  • wss://lang.relays.land/delang: German
  • wss://lang.relays.land/frlang: French
  • wss://lang.relays.land/itlang: Italian

Regional — Asia / Pacific

Relays operated in Asia and the Pacific.

  • wss://nostr-01.yakihonne.com/YakiHonne · SG
  • wss://relay.nostr.moe/nostr.moe · JP — Anime / otaku community relay.
  • wss://nrelay-jp.c-stellar.net/c-stellar JP · JP
  • wss://relay-jp.nostr.wirednet.jp/WiredNet JP · JP
  • wss://relay.nostr.or.jp/nostr.or.jp · JP
  • wss://relay.nostr.wirednet.jp/WiredNet · JP
  • wss://yabu.me/yabu.me · JP — Japanese-language aggregator relay.
  • wss://lang.relays.land/jalang: Japanese
  • wss://lang.relays.land/kolang: Korean
  • wss://lang.relays.land/vilang: Vietnamese
  • wss://lang.relays.land/zhlang: Chinese

Language Communities

Relays scoped by spoken language.

  • wss://nostr.einundzwanzig.space/Einundzwanzig · DE — Relay for the German bitcoin podcast community.
  • wss://relay.nostrzh.org/nostrzh · XX — Pyramid-style Chinese-language relay.
  • wss://nrelay-jp.c-stellar.net/c-stellar JP · JP
  • wss://relay-jp.nostr.wirednet.jp/WiredNet JP · JP
  • wss://relay.nostr.or.jp/nostr.or.jp · JP
  • wss://relay.nostr.wirednet.jp/WiredNet · JP
  • wss://yabu.me/yabu.me · JP — Japanese-language aggregator relay.
  • wss://nostr.bitcoinplebs.de/Bitcoin Plebs DE · DE
  • wss://lang.relays.land/arlang: Arabic
  • wss://lang.relays.land/delang: German
  • wss://lang.relays.land/enlang: English
  • wss://lang.relays.land/eslang: Spanish
  • wss://lang.relays.land/frlang: French
  • wss://lang.relays.land/itlang: Italian
  • wss://lang.relays.land/jalang: Japanese
  • wss://lang.relays.land/kolang: Korean
  • wss://lang.relays.land/ptlang: Portuguese
  • wss://lang.relays.land/rulang: Russian
  • wss://lang.relays.land/trlang: Turkish
  • wss://lang.relays.land/vilang: Vietnamese
  • wss://lang.relays.land/zhlang: Chinese

Tor / Onion

Relays reachable via Tor hidden services (.onion).

  • ws://oxtrdevav64z64yb7x6rjg4ntzqjhedm5b5zjqulugknhzr46ny2qbad.onion/oxtr.dev (onion) · tor — Tor mirror of wss://nostr.oxtr.dev/.
  • ws://skzzn6cimfdv5e2phjc4yr5v7ikbxtn5f7dkwn5c7v47tduzlbosqmqd.onion/Snort (onion) · tor — Tor mirror of wss://relay.snort.social/.
  • ws://nostrland2gdw7g3y77ctftovvil76vquipymo7tsctlxpiwknevzfid.onion/nostr.land (onion) · tor · 💰 — Tor mirror of the paid wss://nostr.land/ relay.
  • ws://nostrwinemdptvqukjttinajfeedhf46hfd5bz2aj2q5uwp7zros3nad.onion/nostr.wine (onion) · tor · 💰 — Tor mirror of the paid wss://nostr.wine/ relay.
  • ws://bitcoinr6de5lkvx4tpwdmzrdfdpla5sya2afwpcabjup2xpi5dulbad.onion/bitcoiner.social (onion) · tor

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