Nostr Web Client

Noob question here: Whats the open source equivalent of Alby?

I dont like that Alby has some sats of mine. I dont like that alby holds the npub to my nostr account, I want controll over that.

#decentralisation #OpenSource #Alby #plebchain #Help #nostr

Alby 2y ago

We are mostly open-source, sir!

Our browser extension holds your Nostr keys... but we don't!

Nsec in the Alby extension is used to sign nostr events locally, and it never leaves the machine - is not sent to any nostr clients, neither to us!

Ie: We don't hold your nostr keys, your browser does, secured with our open-source extension

https://github.com/getAlby/lightning-browser-extension

As per custodial Alby Account, that we also provide: We also don't necessarily like having some sats of yours - we encourage users to go non-custodial and stay FOSS!

Also remember, that our extension can be connected to any lightning node, not only your Alby Account - then you can be both open-source and non-custodial 😃

And for lots of convenience, Alby is a great tool.

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levlion 2y ago

I really appreciate this answer and meant no good to Alby in general, just I like open source software!

What do you mean by "Mostly" Open source? I dont mean that in a bad way, im just genuinely curious! ((this perhaps is connected to the text I write in the next parragraph I imagine, If not, please let me know!)

So, In order for me to use Alby in a non custodial way, what I would need to do is to run my own lightning node Im I correct?

Wow I really appreciate this message! Gonna zap you some sats for that as I respect a lot what you just did! All the best for you all in your endevours!