A nostr relay bouncer.

Bostr is a multi nostr relay proxy that were serving as a nostr relay.

Nostr relays is a bunch of dummy servers that store user events. Normally nostr clients usually connects to more than 5-10 relays to receive and transmit events.

Due to it's nature that connects to more than just a single relay, Client bandwidth usage is high. And because of this, Nostr bandwidth usage is not really recommended for some users, notably mobile data users.

This project solve the problem by reducing the number of connected relays, at the same time proxying multiple relays in a single socket to nostr client.

• NodeJS (v16 or up)
• libsqlite installed in your system
• A fast internet connection

git clone https://github.com/Yonle/bostr
cd bostr
npm i

Rename config.js.example as config.js, Start editing the file and fill some required fields accordingly to your needs. You could either run it for everyone or only for yourself.

node index.js

Or run in background with tmux:

tmux new -d "node index.js"

When configuring reverse proxy, Ensure that x-forwarded-proto header was set as https.

• CLUSTERS - Run Bostr with specified numbers of clusters.
• LOG_ABOUT_RELAYS - Whenever to log about relay connections

git clone https://github.com/Yonle/bostr
cd bostr
docker build -t bostr:local .
docker run --rm --name bostr -p 8080:8080 -v ./config.js:/usr/src/app/config.js bostr:local

Note: You will need to edit config.js before running the bouncer.

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