Route96 is a self-hosted media server for the Nostr ecosystem, implementing the Blossom protocol and NIP-96 standard so that you can store and serve files directly from your own node.
Key features:
- Full Blossom protocol support (BUD-01 through BUD-09): blob upload, download, delete, list, mirror, and media optimisation
- NIP-96 file-storage protocol with Nostr authentication (kind 24242 events)
- Image & video compression with automatic WebP conversion and thumbnail generation
- Blurhash progressive image previews
- AI content labelling using configurable HuggingFace ViT models
- EXIF privacy protection — optionally reject images with sensitive metadata such as GPS coordinates
- Whitelist support to restrict uploads to approved Nostr public keys
- Per-user quota management
- Web-based admin dashboard for content and user management
- Moderation queue with community reporting (NIP-56) and automated flagging
- RFC 7233 range-request support for smooth video streaming
Route96 is built in Rust for high performance and low resource usage, and pairs naturally with any Nostr relay or client.
