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 Power to the people.
 
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 Agora is a Nostr client focused on community ownership, expressive identity, and censorship resistance. This repository (`agora-3`) is the Agora-branded app built from the Ditto codebase.
 
 **[agora.spot](https://agora.spot)** | **[Source](https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/agora-3)**