⚡️ Zap Cooking
Food is culture. Food is community.
Zap Cooking is a Nostr-native cooking and recipe platform built around discovery, creativity, and value-for-value culture. It is not just a recipe app. It is a place where people share food, ideas, and inspiration without algorithms, ads, or extraction.
Built on open protocols. Powered by Nostr. Fueled by people who love to cook.
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🌍 What Zap Cooking Is
Zap Cooking is a decentralized recipe and food culture app where: • Recipes are shared as Nostr events • Identity is your Nostr key, not an account • Value flows peer-to-peer through Lightning zaps • Discovery comes from people, not algorithms • Creativity compounds through community feedback
If you believe food connects people and culture matters more than clicks, you’re in the right place.
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🔑 Core Principles • Nostr-native Built directly on the Nostr protocol. No walled gardens. • Value for Value Support creators with Lightning zaps. No ads. No paywalls. • Human Discovery Explore recipes, cooks, and ideas organically. • Open and Experimental This project evolves in public and improves through iteration.
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✨ Current Features • 🔍 Explore Page Browse recipe categories, discover new cooks, and surface recent additions. • 🧑🍳 Creator Profiles Follow cooks and explore recipes tied to Nostr identities. • ⚡ Lightning Zaps Support creators directly using Bitcoin Lightning. • 🔐 Nostr Authentication Login via NIP-07 browser extensions, with fallback options. • 📱 Responsive UI Designed to work smoothly across desktop and mobile. • 🚀 Performance Focused Optimized relay usage, caching, and loading behavior. • 💼 Integrated Wallet Built-in wallet supporting NWC (Nostr Wallet Connect) and Spark (Breez SDK). • ₿ On-Chain Bitcoin Receive Bitcoin directly to on-chain addresses with deposit claiming. • 🛡️ Branta Guardrail Payment address verification so users can confirm they're paying the right recipient.
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🛠 Tech Stack • Frontend: Svelte / SvelteKit • Protocol: Nostr • Hosting: Cloudflare Pages • Auth: NIP-07, NIP-46 (Nostr Connect), nsec • Payments: Bitcoin Lightning (zaps), On-chain Bitcoin • Wallet: NWC, Spark (Breez SDK), WebLN • Verification: Branta Guardrail
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🚧 In Progress / Coming Soon • Improved onboarding and UX polish • Better recipe discovery and filtering • Enhanced performance monitoring • Mobile-first refinements • Additional creator and community features
Zap Cooking is intentionally iterative. Small improvements shipped often. A recipe-sharing client for nostr. Check it out at zap.cooking!
Everyone is welcome to contribute.
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