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How do I generate the keys locally?

I keep clicking around, but can't find how to properly start.

What I'd like is a CLI utility (preferably in Rust, or available in NixOS) that I could use to generate the key locally. Then I can put the public key in https://branle.netlify.app and sign my posts from CLI, I guess.

Could I maybe use my pgp on a yubikey?

Please excuse if this is not the best place to ask, and thank you.

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Nostril is a command line utility that allows you to generate pubkey/private key, as well as even sign events.

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To generate your own #nostr private key on linux or command line, run:

$ openssl rand -hex 32

this creates a 256 bit random number, and prints it in hex format, which is taken by nostr clients. You can take this as private key, and then enter into a client, which would show you the public key.

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openssl rand -hex 32

and how to convert to nsec format from that please ?

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How safe is this method of key generation? what is the likelihood that somebody else hasn't allready made a table of pre-generated key pairs?

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openssl rand -hex 32

lol is it that simple?

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You could use python-nostr https://github.com/jeffthibault/python-nostr

and generate a keypair in a little python script

from nostr.key import PrivateKey

private_key = PrivateKey()

public_key = private_key.public_key

print(private_key)

print(public_key)

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Thanks!

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