Pigeon consists of two parts:
- pigeon_nest: A reverse proxy service deployed on a server.
- pigeon: A local client that forwards messages between the local relay and pigeon_nest.
Pigeon communicates with pigeon_nest via websocket. Upon connection, it performs a NIP-42 auth and uses the pubkey as the relay address. I've already deployed pigeon_nest on my server, you can compile pigeon and give it a try: https://github.com/CodyTseng/pigeon/tree/master/pigeon
Here's my local relay:
wss://proxy.nostr-relay.app/4de3d1195084605b44638f816d1e787ee984e1751001a659396466173c787bb9
I also see this project having potential as a paid service, similar to ngrok
cody / Cody Tseng
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2025-03-18 13:08:14
in reply to nevent1q…8803
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2025-03-18 13:08:14Event JSON
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