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Amethyst

Amethyst is a free, open-source social media client for Android. Nostr Client for Android. It has 1,615 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

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About Amethyst

Amethyst brings the best social network to your Android phone. Just insert your Nostr private key and start posting. Nostr is an open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global "social" network, transferring notes and other stuff using relays. It doesn't rely on any trusted central server, hence it is resilient; it is based on cryptographic keys and signatures, so it is tamperproof; it does not rely on P2P techniques, therefore it works.

Privacy and F-Droid

F-Droid builds Amethyst from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.

  • Relies on a non-free network service

Screenshots

  • Amethyst screenshot 1
  • Amethyst screenshot 2
  • Amethyst screenshot 3

Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.

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FAQ

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Is Amethyst free and open source?

Yes. Amethyst's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid flags these anti-features on its latest build: relies on a non-free network service.

How do I install Amethyst?

You can install Amethyst from F-Droid (package com.vitorpamplona.amethyst) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v1.20.0).

Is Amethyst still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 28, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Oct 16, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.