Agora

Decentralized Application

A Nostr-based activist coordination and mutual aid platform built by AOS Foundry enabling activists worldwide to connect, organize local and international actions, and send direct financial support to people on the ground. Designed for communities engaged in political activism, mutual aid, and grassroots organizing with censorship-resistant infrastructure.

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License Open source; https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/agora
Dev Status 🟢 Active
Dev Status Detail Released / Beta (live at agora.spot; GitLab repo active)
Owner AOS Foundry (And Other Stuff collective); https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/agora
Country USA (AOS collective)
Start Year 2026
Stack TypeScript/JavaScript (Soapbox/Nostr client stack); Nostr relays
Funding AOS Foundry incubation; OpenSats / HRF funding likely (AOS pattern)
Last Investigated Jul 1, 2026

Use Case Domains

Co-Creation & Knowledge

Decentralized Application Attributes

Origins Activism / Mutual aid (motivated by need for censorship-resistant organizing tools for activists facing repression; built on Nostr for permissionless identity and relay diversity)
Database Nostr relays (distributed event storage)
Query Language Nostr event subscription filters
Data Formats Nostr events (NIP-compliant JSON); Bitcoin/Lightning payment events (NIP-57 zaps)
Collaborative Live Editing N/A
Rich Text Editing Basic text
Mobile Support Unconfirmed
Web Support Yes (agora.spot web app)
Native Apps N/A
Terms Free (unconfirmed; AOS collective open-source ethos)
Funds Undisclosed
Based On Nostr (Fed Pro — identity and event routing); Soapbox (Nostr client framework by same team)
Use Case Category Activist coordination / Mutual aid / Civic engagement
User Interface Type Feed / Action hub (connect with activists; local and international action discovery; direct support flows)
Offline Capabilities Partial (Nostr relay caching; relay-dependent for new content)
Collaboration Features Activist network connections; action coordination (local and international); direct financial support to activists
Data Portability High (Nostr keypair identity; data portable across relays)
Integration Ecosystem Nostr ecosystem; Bitcoin/Lightning (zaps for direct activist support)
Web2 Data Export No
Prosocial Coherence Very high (explicit mission: activist support and censorship resistance; direct value transfer to people on the ground; permissionless identity)
Economic Flows Yes (Bitcoin zaps via Lightning — direct support to activists internationally)
Governance & Decision Making Unconfirmed (community-driven; no formal governance documented)
Media / Publishing Yes (action announcements, activist content publishing)
Knowledge Management No
Sensemaking Partial (action discovery surfaces relevant organizing opportunities)
Project Management Partial (action coordination; no formal project management)
Communication Model Asynchronous + coordination (global activist network messaging and action coordination)
Network Resilience Very high (Nostr relay diversity; censorship-resistant by design; no central server; designed for activists in repressive environments)
Discovery Mechanism Nostr relay-based; activist network social graph
Max Participants Unlimited
Data Sovereignty High (Nostr keypair identity; user-controlled keys; no platform custody)