Building a better developer community experience using Git. Nostr and Flotilla-Budabit

Flotilla-Budabit is fork of Flotilla which aims to provide a first class, git-centric community experience for developers. Based on the popular [Coracle](https://coracle.social/) client, Flotilla is a drop in replacement for Matrix/Discord/Slack, using a variation of NIP-29. This post is a result of a brainstorming session for features that would deliver the best possible user experience.

Flotilla-Budabit is fork of Flotilla which aims to provide a first class, git-centric community experience for developers. Based on the popular Coracle client, Flotilla is a drop in replacement for Matrix/Discord/Slack, using a variation of NIP-29. This post is a result of a brainstorming session for features that would deliver the best possible user experience.

1. Repositories Overview#

Goal: Browse and discover Git repositories.

Project cards showing name, description, tags, clone URL.
Buttons: Star, Watch, Fork.
Links to discussion channels and activity.

Powered by:
kind:30617

2. Branch and Tag View#

Goal: Show active branches and tags with latest commits.

Branch/tag selector
HEAD pointer visualization
Timeline of commits

Powered by:
kind:30618

3. Issues Board#

Goal: Track bugs, discussions, and feature requests.

Markdown issue rendering
Labels and status indicators
Threaded comments

Powered by:
kind:1621, kind:1630–1632

4. Patch Threads#

Goal: View and discuss patches as threaded conversations.

Rich patch preview
Reply threads for review
Revision tracking

Powered by:
kind:1617, kind:1630–1633, NIP-10

5. Pull Request UX#

Goal: Display patch series as PR-style units.

Patch stack visualization
Merge/apply status indicators
Final result commit link

Powered by:
kind:1617, kind:1631, merge-commit, applied-as-commits

6. Diff and Merge Preview#

Goal: Side-by-side comparison with inline comments.

Expandable diff viewer
Merge conflict resolution UI
Apply/Close buttons

Powered by:
kind:1622, parent-commit, commit

7. Real-time Git Chat#

Goal: Communicate in real-time around a repo.

Dedicated chat channels for each repo
Markdown, code snippets, and tagging support
Pinned patches, issues, and sessions

Powered by:
NIP-29, a:30617, kind:1337

8. Notifications and Mentions#

Goal: Alert users to relevant events.

Mentions, assignments, and status changes
Personal notification pane

Powered by:
p tags, mention e-tags

9. Repository-Wide Search#

Goal: Search patches, issues, snippets.

Full-text search with filters
Search by kind, label, commit ID

Powered by:
kind:1617, 1621, 1337, t, x, l, subject

10. Repository Wikis#

Goal: Collaboratively edit and view project documentation.

Wiki sidebar tab
Markdown articles with versioning
Linked inline in chat

Powered by (proposed):
kind:1341 (Wiki article)
kind:30617 with wiki-home tag

11. Live Coding Sessions#

Goal: Host real-time collaborative coding events.

/livecode starts a session thread
Snippets auto-tagged to session
Export as patch or wiki

Powered by (proposed):
kind:1347 (Live coding session)
kind:1337, kind:1622, kind:1341

Supporting Tools#

1. GitHub Browser Extension#

Goal: Publish GitHub content to Nostr directly.

“Share on Nostr” buttons on PRs, issues, commits

Backed by:
kind:1623, 1622, 1617, 1621

2. VS Code Extension#

Goal: Enable developers to interact with Flotilla from their IDE.

Repo feed, patch submission, issue tracking
Inline threads and comment rendering

Backed by:
kind:1617, 1621, 1337, 163x

3. GitHub Actions Integration#

Goal: Automate Nostr publishing of repo activity.

Push = repo state
PR = patch
Issue/Comment = issue
Merge = status update

Backed by:
kind:30618, 1617, 1621, 1631
Configured via .nostr.yml