How to use Nostr Console with the Json Config File

[vishalxl]

From Aug 2025, version 0.3.8-beta, Nostr Console now supports reading the secret key from a config file.

The config file is in the format written by Nostr Commander ( which is another open source app).

The simplest way to use config file with Nostr Console is following:

1. Create a config file with following contents

Name of file (On windows): C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming\nostr-commander-rs\data\credentials.json
On linux: /home//.config/nostr-commander-rs/data/credentials.json

File Contents:
{
"secret_key_bech32": "nsec key"
}

You can create the file manually, or this file can also be created using Nostr Commander app, like this:

$ nostr-commander-rs --nsec "nsec key"

The above will create the file automatically.

2. Once the given credential file is created, run Nostr Console without giving it any key related arguments. It will then take the secret key mentioned in the config file.