# Primal

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/primal/

6 people recommended Primal in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Primal as a free Nostr app that makes video and content sharing easy, with a crypto wallet built into the app.

Summary written by Claude from 5 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Good Nostr client options (2 comments in the sample): "There are a lot of pretty good nostr clients" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47678890)) "there's decent apps too these days (Primal" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49113028))

## Other social networks people recommend

- [Mastodon](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mastodon/): 201 recommend, 56 mixed, 202 criticize
- [Bluesky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bluesky/): 180 recommend, 103 mixed, 347 criticize
- [X (formerly Twitter)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/x/): 119 recommend, 102 mixed, 920 criticize
- [Instagram](https://hackerapproved.com/p/instagram/): 79 recommend, 111 mixed, 666 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Primal", https://hackerapproved.com/p/primal/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.