nostr-keygen

🔐 A minimal CLI tool to generate Nostr-compatible key pairs using file-based entropy.

✨ Features

• Uses the contents of any file as a secure entropy source
• Outputs:
  • nsec (private key)
  • npub (public key)
• Drag and drop file support on macOS/Linux Terminal

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🚀 Install

1. Clone & Set Up

git clone https://github.com/btcforplebs/nostr-keygen.git
cd nostr-keygen
chmod +x nostr-keygen
sudo ln -s "$PWD/nostr-keygen" /usr/local/bin/nostr-keygen

# Activate virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# Install required packages globally
pip3 install ecdsa bech32

Now just run:
nostr-keygen

Returns
🔐 Drop a file to use as entropy (or enter path):

Drop file to use as entropy: /Users/username/Desktop/file.txt