# Amethyst (open-source social media client)

> Amethyst is a free, open-source social media client for Android. Nostr Client for Android. It has 1,606 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 1,606 |
| License | MIT (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/com.vitorpamplona.amethyst/ (package com.vitorpamplona.amethyst) |
| F-Droid anti-features | Relies on a non-free network service |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitorpamplona.amethyst |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Social & Fediverse clients |
| Latest release | v1.17.0 (Oct 5, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 8, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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