Primal
Shares rank 18 of 20 social networks by recommenders
People recommend Primal as a free Nostr app that makes video and content sharing easy, with a crypto wallet built into the app.
6 people recommended Primal in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
Summary written by Claude from 5 comments.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 0
The record
Recommended in 5 of 12 months
In 5 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
- Recommended in 5 threadsNeeds 5 or more, met.
- The biggest thread supplies 33% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 5 of the 6 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good Nostr client options
“There are a lot of pretty good nostr clients”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Friendica – A Decentralized Social Network” “there's decent apps too these days (Primal”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Toot.community Is Shutting Down”
Other social networks people recommend
The four most recommended other social networks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mastodon | 201 | 56 | 202 | 50% | 12 | 3 yrs12 people | — |
| Bluesky | 180 | 103 | 347 | 34% | 12 | — | — |
| X (formerly Twitter) | 119 | 102 | 920 | 11% | 12 | 13 yrs13 people | — |
| 79 | 111 | 666 | 11% | 12 | 5 yrs10 people | — | |
| PrimalThis page | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“there's decent apps too these days (Primal”
“has built a crypto wallet into their app”
“There are a lot of pretty good nostr clients”
“Primal also makes video and content sharing easy over Nostr.”
“Primal works great for browsers”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.