make it a bit prettier. full threads

src/imwald/core/database.py

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ from typing import Any, Generator, Iterable
 
 SCHEMA_VERSION = 2
 
+# Kind-1 text notes plus thread kinds that tag the root via ``e`` (show in feed thread column).
+THREAD_REPLY_KINDS: tuple[int, ...] = (1, 16, 1111, 1244)
+
 DDL = """
 PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;
 PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON;
@@ -443,16 +446,18 @@ class Database:
         return out
 
     def list_replies_to(self, event_id: str, limit: int = 80) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Notes whose ``kind`` is in ``THREAD_REPLY_KINDS`` and tag this event (``e``); excludes reactions (7), etc."""
+        kind_ph = ",".join("?" * len(THREAD_REPLY_KINDS))
         cur = self.conn().execute(
-            """
+            f"""
             SELECT e.id, e.pubkey, e.created_at, e.kind, e.content, e.sig, e.tags_json
             FROM events e
             JOIN tags t ON t.event_id = e.id AND t.name = 'e' AND t.value = ?
-            WHERE e.deleted = 0
+            WHERE e.deleted = 0 AND e.kind IN ({kind_ph})
             ORDER BY e.created_at ASC
             LIMIT ?
             """,
-            (event_id, limit),
+            (event_id, *THREAD_REPLY_KINDS, limit),
         )
         return [
             {
@@ -532,6 +537,114 @@ class Database:
         row = cur.fetchone()
         return int(row["vote"]) if row else None
 
+    def get_latest_kind0_profile(self, pubkey: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+        """Latest non-deleted kind-0 for ``pubkey`` (hex), or None."""
+        cur = self.conn().execute(
+            """
+            SELECT content, created_at FROM events
+            WHERE deleted = 0 AND kind = 0 AND lower(pubkey) = lower(?)
+            ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 1
+            """,
+            (pubkey,),
+        )
+        row = cur.fetchone()
+        if not row:
+            return None
+        return {"content": row["content"] or "", "created_at": int(row["created_at"])}
+
+    def get_latest_kind0_profiles(self, pubkeys: Iterable[str]) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Most recent kind-0 ``content`` per pubkey (lowercase hex keys)."""
+        pks = [p.lower() for p in pubkeys if isinstance(p, str) and len(p) == 64]
+        if not pks:
+            return {}
+        placeholders = ",".join("?" * len(pks))
+        cur = self.conn().execute(
+            f"""
+            SELECT x.pubkey AS pk, x.content, x.created_at
+            FROM (
+              SELECT lower(pubkey) AS pubkey, content, created_at,
+                ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY lower(pubkey) ORDER BY created_at DESC) AS rn
+              FROM events
+              WHERE deleted = 0 AND kind = 0 AND lower(pubkey) IN ({placeholders})
+            ) AS x
+            WHERE x.rn = 1
+            """,
+            pks,
+        )
+        out: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+        for row in cur:
+            pk = str(row["pk"])
+            out[pk] = {"content": row["content"] or "", "created_at": int(row["created_at"])}
+        return out
+
+    def event_engagement_stats(self, event_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Counts from local DB: zaps (9735), reactions (7), boosts (6), quotes (``q`` on kind 1)."""
+        c = self.conn()
+        zaps = c.execute(
+            """
+            SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM events e
+            JOIN tags t ON t.event_id = e.id AND t.name = 'e' AND t.value = ?
+            WHERE e.deleted = 0 AND e.kind = 9735
+            """,
+            (event_id,),
+        ).fetchone()["n"]
+        boosts = c.execute(
+            """
+            SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM events e
+            JOIN tags t ON t.event_id = e.id AND t.name = 'e' AND t.value = ?
+            WHERE e.deleted = 0 AND e.kind = 6
+            """,
+            (event_id,),
+        ).fetchone()["n"]
+        quotes = c.execute(
+            """
+            SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM events e
+            JOIN tags t ON t.event_id = e.id AND t.name = 'q' AND t.value = ?
+            WHERE e.deleted = 0 AND e.kind = 1
+            """,
+            (event_id,),
+        ).fetchone()["n"]
+        reactions_total = c.execute(
+            """
+            SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM events e
+            JOIN tags t ON t.event_id = e.id AND t.name = 'e' AND t.value = ?
+            WHERE e.deleted = 0 AND e.kind = 7
+            """,
+            (event_id,),
+        ).fetchone()["n"]
+        cur_rx = c.execute(
+            """
+            SELECT COALESCE(NULLIF(TRIM(e.content), ''), '+') AS emoji, COUNT(*) AS c
+            FROM events e
+            JOIN tags t ON t.event_id = e.id AND t.name = 'e' AND t.value = ?
+            WHERE e.deleted = 0 AND e.kind = 7
+            GROUP BY 1
+            ORDER BY c DESC, emoji ASC
+            LIMIT 24
+            """,
+            (event_id,),
+        )
+        reaction_breakdown: list[tuple[str, int]] = [
+            (str(row["emoji"]), int(row["c"])) for row in cur_rx
+        ]
+        kind_ph = ",".join("?" * len(THREAD_REPLY_KINDS))
+        replies = c.execute(
+            f"""
+            SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM events e
+            JOIN tags t ON t.event_id = e.id AND t.name = 'e' AND t.value = ?
+            WHERE e.deleted = 0 AND e.kind IN ({kind_ph})
+            """,
+            (event_id, *THREAD_REPLY_KINDS),
+        ).fetchone()["n"]
+        return {
+            "zaps": int(zaps),
+            "boosts": int(boosts),
+            "quotes": int(quotes),
+            "reactions": int(reactions_total),
+            "replies": int(replies),
+            "reaction_breakdown": reaction_breakdown,
+        }
+
     def get_setting(self, key: str, default: str | None = None) -> str | None:
         cur = self.conn().execute("SELECT value FROM settings WHERE key=?", (key,))
         row = cur.fetchone()

src/imwald/core/kind0_profile.py

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""Parse kind-0 profile JSON (NIP-01 metadata)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from typing import Any
+
+
+def parse_kind0_profile(content: str) -> dict[str, str | None]:
+    """Return display fields from kind-0 ``content`` JSON (best-effort)."""
+    empty: dict[str, str | None] = {
+        "name": None,
+        "display_name": None,
+        "about": None,
+        "picture": None,
+        "nip05": None,
+        "banner": None,
+    }
+    try:
+        d: Any = json.loads(content or "")
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        return empty
+    if not isinstance(d, dict):
+        return empty
+
+    def pick(*keys: str) -> str | None:
+        for k in keys:
+            v = d.get(k)
+            if isinstance(v, str) and v.strip():
+                return v.strip()
+        return None
+
+    empty["name"] = pick("name")
+    empty["display_name"] = pick("display_name", "displayName", "username")
+    empty["about"] = pick("about", "bio")
+    empty["picture"] = pick("picture", "avatar", "image")
+    empty["nip05"] = pick("nip05")
+    empty["banner"] = pick("banner")
+    return empty
+
+
+def display_name_from_profile(p: dict[str, str | None]) -> str:
+    return (p.get("display_name") or p.get("name") or "").strip() or "anon"

src/imwald/core/md_render.py

@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ import nh3
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# Bare HTTPS image URLs in notes → Markdown image (so renderer emits ``<img>``).
+_STANDALONE_IMAGE_URL = re.compile(
+    r"(?<![(\[])(https?://[^\s<>()]+?\.(?:png|jpe?g|gif|webp|avif))(?:\?[^\s<>]*)?(?![)\]])",
+    re.IGNORECASE,
+)
+
 _MARKED_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "ui" / "assets" / "vendor" / "marked.min.js"
 _qjs_ctx = None
 _marked_load_failed = False
@@ -67,8 +73,18 @@ def _render_markdown_fallback(md: str) -> str:
     )
 
 
+def preprocess_standalone_image_urls(md: str) -> str:
+    """Turn isolated image URLs in Markdown into ``![](url)`` so they render as images."""
+
+    def repl(m: re.Match[str]) -> str:
+        return f"\n![]({m.group(1)})\n"
+
+    return _STANDALONE_IMAGE_URL.sub(repl, md or "")
+
+
 def markdown_html_fragment(md: str) -> str:
     """Sanitized HTML fragment (body inner HTML) for embedding in templates."""
+    md = preprocess_standalone_image_urls(md)
     raw = _render_marked_js(md)
     if raw is None:
         raw = _render_markdown_fallback(md)
@@ -90,6 +106,19 @@ def markdown_plain_summary(md: str, *, max_len: int = 100) -> str:
     return plain[: max_len - 1] + "…"
 
 
+def markdown_to_plain_text(md: str, *, max_source: int = 200_000) -> str:
+    """Full plain text from Markdown (for thread bodies); keeps paragraph breaks."""
+    src = (md or "")[:max_source]
+    frag = markdown_html_fragment(src)
+    frag = re.sub(r"<br\s*/?>", "\n", frag, flags=re.I)
+    frag = re.sub(r"</p\s*>", "\n\n", frag, flags=re.I)
+    frag = re.sub(r"</(div|blockquote|h[1-6]|li|tr)\s*>", "\n", frag, flags=re.I)
+    plain = html.unescape(re.sub(r"<[^>]+>", "", frag))
+    plain = re.sub(r"[ \t\f\v]+\n", "\n", plain)
+    plain = re.sub(r"\n{4,}", "\n\n\n", plain)
+    return plain.strip()
+
+
 _PREVIEW_CSS = """<style>
 body{font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"Segoe UI",Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0;padding:12px;line-height:1.45;color:#1a1a1a;}
 pre,code{font-family:ui-monospace,"Cascadia Code","Consolas",monospace;font-size:13px;}

src/imwald/core/nostr_engine.py

@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ class NostrEngine(QObject):
                 self._app_stop = app_stop
                 mgr = RelayManager(on_event=on_ev, on_notice=on_notice)
                 self._manager = mgr
-                kinds_main = [1, 20, 21, 30023, 9802, 11]
+                # Kind 0 metadata, 6 reposts, 7 reactions, 9735 zap receipts — for feed UI + engagement counts.
+                kinds_main = [0, 1, 6, 7, 16, 1111, 1244, 9735, 20, 21, 30023, 9802, 11]
                 for u in urls:
                     mgr.register(u)
                     kinds = list(WISP_TRENDING_FEED_KINDS) if is_wisp_trending_relay_url(u) else kinds_main
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ class NostrEngine(QObject):
                     mgr.request_subscribe(
                         AGGR_THREAD_RELAY,
                         "imwald-aggr",
-                        [{"kinds": [1], "limit": 120}],
+                        [{"kinds": [1, 16, 1111, 1244], "limit": 120}],
                     )
                 if len(k3000_owner) == 64 and all(c in "0123456789abcdef" for c in k3000_owner):
                     for u in urls:

src/imwald/ui/feed_page.py

@@ -7,29 +7,109 @@ import json
 from typing import Any
 
 from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
+from PySide6.QtGui import QFont, QTextOption
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
+    QFrame,
     QHBoxLayout,
     QLabel,
-    QListWidget,
-    QListWidgetItem,
+    QPlainTextEdit,
     QPushButton,
+    QScrollArea,
+    QSizePolicy,
     QSplitter,
-    QTextBrowser,
     QVBoxLayout,
     QWidget,
 )
 
-from imwald.core.database import Database
-from imwald.core.md_render import markdown_html_fragment, markdown_plain_summary
+from imwald.core.database import Database, THREAD_REPLY_KINDS
+from imwald.core.kind0_profile import display_name_from_profile, parse_kind0_profile
+from imwald.core.md_render import markdown_html_fragment, markdown_to_plain_text
+from imwald.core.nip19 import encode_npub
 from imwald.core.nostr_engine import NostrEngine
 from imwald.core.ranker import Ranker
+from imwald.ui.note_text_browser import NoteTextBrowser
 
 FEED_KINDS = (1, 20, 21, 30023, 9802, 11)
 
+_FEED_DOC_CSS = """
+<style>
+body { font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;
+  margin: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 1.5; color: #1e1b16; background: transparent; }
+a { color: #2563eb; }
+pre, code { font-family: ui-monospace, "Cascadia Code", Consolas, monospace; font-size: 13px; }
+pre { background: #f0ebe3; padding: 10px; border-radius: 8px; overflow-x: auto; }
+blockquote { border-left: 3px solid #c4b8a8; margin: 8px 0; padding: 4px 0 4px 12px; color: #4a4236; }
+.md img { max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 8px; margin: 6px 0; }
+.md p { margin: 0.45em 0; }
+</style>
+"""
+
+
+def _safe_http_url(u: str | None) -> str | None:
+    if not u or not isinstance(u, str):
+        return None
+    u = u.strip()
+    if u.startswith("https://") or u.startswith("http://"):
+        return html.escape(u, quote=True)
+    return None
+
+
+def _format_engagement_html(stats: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+    parts: list[str] = []
+    z = int(stats.get("zaps") or 0)
+    b = int(stats.get("boosts") or 0)
+    q = int(stats.get("quotes") or 0)
+    rep = int(stats.get("replies") or 0)
+    rtot = int(stats.get("reactions") or 0)
+    if z:
+        parts.append(f"⚡&nbsp;<b>{z}</b>")
+    if rtot:
+        parts.append(f"👍&nbsp;<b>{rtot}</b>")
+    if b:
+        parts.append(f"🔁&nbsp;<b>{b}</b>")
+    if q:
+        parts.append(f"💬&nbsp;<b>{q}</b>")
+    if rep:
+        parts.append(f"↩&nbsp;<b>{rep}</b>")
+    rx = stats.get("reaction_breakdown") or []
+    emoji_bits: list[str] = []
+    for em, c in rx[:18]:
+        e = html.escape(em if em != "+" else "❤", quote=False)
+        if c > 1:
+            emoji_bits.append(f'<span style="font-size:18px" title="{e}×{c}">{e}<sub style="font-size:11px">{c}</sub></span>')
+        else:
+            emoji_bits.append(f'<span style="font-size:18px">{e}</span>')
+    em_row = " &nbsp; ".join(emoji_bits) if emoji_bits else ""
+    head = " &nbsp;·&nbsp; ".join(parts) if parts else "no engagement in local DB yet"
+    if em_row:
+        return f"<div style='margin-bottom:6px'>{head}</div><div>{em_row}</div>"
+    return f"<div>{head}</div>"
+
 
 class FeedPage(QWidget):
     def __init__(self, db: Database, engine: NostrEngine, parent=None) -> None:
         super().__init__(parent)
+        self.setObjectName("FeedPage")
+        self.setStyleSheet(
+            """
+            QWidget#FeedPage { background: #ebe6dc; }
+            QFrame#EngagementBar {
+              background: #faf7f2; border: 1px solid #d9d0c3; border-radius: 10px;
+              padding: 8px 12px; margin-bottom: 8px;
+            }
+            QFrame#OpCard {
+              background: #fffcf7; border: 1px solid #d9d0c3; border-radius: 12px;
+            }
+            QScrollArea#ThreadScroll { border: 1px solid #d9d0c3; border-radius: 10px; background: #faf7f2; }
+            QFrame#ReplyCard {
+              background: #fffcf7; border: 1px solid #e5ddd0; border-radius: 8px; margin: 2px 0;
+            }
+            QLabel#ThreadTitle { font-weight: 600; color: #3d3428; padding: 4px 2px; }
+            QPlainTextEdit#ReplyBody {
+              border: none; background: transparent; font-size: 14px; color: #2a241c;
+            }
+            """
+        )
         self._db = db
         self._engine = engine
         self._ranker = Ranker(db)
@@ -39,10 +119,44 @@ class FeedPage(QWidget):
         self._following: set[str] = set()
         self._list30000_pubkeys: set[str] = set()
 
-        self._op = QTextBrowser()
+        self._engagement = QFrame()
+        self._engagement.setObjectName("EngagementBar")
+        eng_layout = QVBoxLayout(self._engagement)
+        eng_layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        self._engagement_label = QLabel("")
+        self._engagement_label.setTextFormat(Qt.TextFormat.RichText)
+        self._engagement_label.setWordWrap(True)
+        eng_layout.addWidget(self._engagement_label)
+
+        self._op_card = QFrame()
+        self._op_card.setObjectName("OpCard")
+        op_card_lay = QVBoxLayout(self._op_card)
+        op_card_lay.setContentsMargins(10, 10, 10, 10)
+        self._op = NoteTextBrowser()
+        self._op.setObjectName("OpNote")
         self._op.setOpenExternalLinks(True)
+        self._op.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt.ScrollBarPolicy.ScrollBarAlwaysOff)
+        self._op.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding)
+        op_card_lay.addWidget(self._op, stretch=1)
+
         self._why = QLabel("")
-        self._thread = QListWidget()
+        self._why.setStyleSheet("color: #6b5f4f; font-size: 12px;")
+        self._why.setWordWrap(True)
+
+        self._thread_title = QLabel(
+            f"Thread (kinds {', '.join(str(k) for k in THREAD_REPLY_KINDS)})"
+        )
+        self._thread_title.setObjectName("ThreadTitle")
+        self._thread_host = QWidget()
+        self._thread_layout = QVBoxLayout(self._thread_host)
+        self._thread_layout.setContentsMargins(6, 2, 6, 8)
+        self._thread_layout.setSpacing(6)
+        self._thread_scroll = QScrollArea()
+        self._thread_scroll.setObjectName("ThreadScroll")
+        self._thread_scroll.setWidgetResizable(True)
+        self._thread_scroll.setWidget(self._thread_host)
+        self._thread_scroll.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt.ScrollBarPolicy.ScrollBarAlwaysOff)
+
         prev = QPushButton("◀ Previous")
         next_ = QPushButton("Next ▶")
         prev.clicked.connect(self._prev)
@@ -61,18 +175,29 @@ class FeedPage(QWidget):
         nav.addWidget(self._why)
 
         left = QVBoxLayout()
-        left.addWidget(self._op, stretch=1)
+        left.setSpacing(8)
+        left.addWidget(self._engagement)
+        left.addWidget(self._op_card, stretch=1)
         left.addLayout(nav)
 
         lw = QWidget()
         lw.setLayout(left)
+        right = QVBoxLayout()
+        right.setSpacing(4)
+        right.addWidget(self._thread_title)
+        right.addWidget(self._thread_scroll, stretch=1)
+
+        rw = QWidget()
+        rw.setLayout(right)
         split = QSplitter(Qt.Orientation.Horizontal)
         split.addWidget(lw)
-        split.addWidget(self._thread)
+        split.addWidget(rw)
         split.setStretchFactor(0, 3)
-        split.setStretchFactor(1, 1)
+        split.setStretchFactor(1, 2)
+        split.setSizes([780, 420])
 
         outer = QVBoxLayout(self)
+        outer.setContentsMargins(10, 8, 10, 8)
         outer.addWidget(split)
 
     def set_context(
@@ -118,11 +243,21 @@ class FeedPage(QWidget):
         if not ev.get("deleted"):
             self._db.mark_feed_viewed(self._feed_viewer_key(), ev["id"])
 
+    def _clear_thread_rows(self) -> None:
+        while self._thread_layout.count():
+            item = self._thread_layout.takeAt(0)
+            if item is None:
+                break
+            w = item.widget()
+            if w is not None:
+                w.deleteLater()
+
     def _show_current(self) -> None:
         if not self._queue:
             self._op.setPlainText("No events in local database yet — wait for relay sync.")
-            self._thread.clear()
+            self._clear_thread_rows()
             self._why.setText("")
+            self._engagement_label.setText("")
             return
         ev = self._queue[self._index % len(self._queue)]
         if ev.get("deleted"):
@@ -131,8 +266,9 @@ class FeedPage(QWidget):
                 f"<p><i>Marked deleted locally</i></p><pre>{raw}</pre>"
                 f"<p style='color:gray'>{html.escape(ev['id'])}</p>"
             )
-            self._thread.clear()
+            self._clear_thread_rows()
             self._why.setText("")
+            self._engagement_label.setText("")
             return
         score, why = self._ranker.score_event(
             ev,
@@ -140,31 +276,94 @@ class FeedPage(QWidget):
             following=self._following,
             list30000_pubkeys=self._list30000_pubkeys,
         )
-        self._why.setText(f"score={score:.2f}  {json.dumps(why, ensure_ascii=False)[:120]}…")
+        self._why.setText(f"score={score:.2f}")
+        self._why.setToolTip(json.dumps(why, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
+
+        stats = self._db.event_engagement_stats(ev["id"])
+        self._engagement_label.setText(_format_engagement_html(stats))
+
+        pk = ev["pubkey"]
+        prof_row = self._db.get_latest_kind0_profile(pk)
+        parsed = parse_kind0_profile((prof_row or {}).get("content") or "")
+        disp = html.escape(display_name_from_profile(parsed))
+        npub = encode_npub(pk)
+        npub_e = html.escape(npub)
+        pk_short = html.escape(pk[:12] + "…")
+        pic_url = _safe_http_url(parsed.get("picture"))
+        nip05 = html.escape((parsed.get("nip05") or "").strip()) if parsed.get("nip05") else ""
+        about = html.escape((parsed.get("about") or "")[:280]) if parsed.get("about") else ""
+        avatar_html = (
+            f'<img src="{pic_url}" width="52" height="52" style="border-radius:10px;object-fit:cover;vertical-align:middle;margin-right:10px"/>'
+            if pic_url
+            else '<span style="display:inline-block;width:52px;height:52px;border-radius:10px;background:#d9d0c3;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:middle"></span>'
+        )
+        nip_line = f"<div style='color:#6b5f4f;font-size:13px;margin-top:4px'>{nip05}</div>" if nip05 else ""
+        about_line = f"<div style='color:#5c5246;font-size:13px;margin-top:6px'>{about}</div>" if about else ""
+
         tr = ""
         sr = ev.get("source_relay") or ""
         if sr and "nostrarchives.com" in sr:
-            tr = "<p><i>Trending slice (nostrarchives)</i></p>"
-        pk = html.escape(ev["pubkey"][:16] + "…")
+            tr = "<div style='color:#7a6b55;font-size:13px;margin:6px 0'><i>Trending slice (nostrarchives)</i></div>"
+
         eid = html.escape(ev["id"])
         md_body = markdown_html_fragment(ev.get("content") or "")
         body = (
-            f"<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"></head><body>"
-            f"<h2>Kind {int(ev['kind'])}</h2>"
-            f"<p><b>{pk}</b> · {int(ev['created_at'])}</p>"
+            "<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\">"
+            f"{_FEED_DOC_CSS}</head><body>"
+            f"<div style='display:flex;align-items:flex-start;margin-bottom:12px'>"
+            f"{avatar_html}"
+            f"<div style='flex:1'><div style='font-size:18px;font-weight:600'>{disp}</div>"
+            f"<div style='color:#6b5f4f;font-size:13px'>{npub_e} · {pk_short}</div>"
+            f"{nip_line}{about_line}</div></div>"
+            f"<div style='color:#7a6b55;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:8px'>Kind {int(ev['kind'])} · {int(ev['created_at'])}</div>"
             f"{tr}"
             f"<div class=\"md\">{md_body}</div>"
-            f"<p style='color:gray'>{eid}</p>"
-            f"</body></html>"
+            f"<p style='color:#9a8b78;font-size:12px;margin-top:14px'>{eid}</p>"
+            "</body></html>"
         )
         self._op.setHtml(body)
-        self._thread.clear()
-        for r in self._db.list_replies_to(ev["id"]):
-            snippet = markdown_plain_summary(r.get("content") or "", max_len=90)
-            line = f"k{r['kind']} {r['pubkey'][:8]}… — {snippet}"
-            it = QListWidgetItem(line)
-            it.setData(Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole, r["id"])
-            self._thread.addItem(it)
+
+        self._clear_thread_rows()
+        replies = self._db.list_replies_to(ev["id"])
+        pubkeys = [str(r["pubkey"]) for r in replies]
+        profiles = self._db.get_latest_kind0_profiles(pubkeys)
+        for r in replies:
+            rpk = str(r["pubkey"]).lower()
+            pr = profiles.get(rpk) or {}
+            rp = parse_kind0_profile(pr.get("content") or "")
+            rname = html.escape(display_name_from_profile(rp))
+            rnpub = html.escape(encode_npub(rpk))
+            plain = markdown_to_plain_text(r.get("content") or "")
+
+            card = QFrame()
+            card.setObjectName("ReplyCard")
+            vl = QVBoxLayout(card)
+            vl.setContentsMargins(8, 6, 8, 8)
+            rk = int(r["kind"])
+            head = QLabel(
+                f"<span style='color:#8a7b6a;font-size:11px'>k{rk}</span> &nbsp; "
+                f"<b>{rname}</b> &nbsp; <span style='color:#7a6b55;font-size:12px'>{rnpub}</span>"
+            )
+            head.setTextFormat(Qt.TextFormat.RichText)
+            head.setWordWrap(True)
+            f_small = QFont()
+            f_small.setPointSize(11)
+            head.setFont(f_small)
+            body_te = QPlainTextEdit()
+            body_te.setObjectName("ReplyBody")
+            body_te.setReadOnly(True)
+            body_te.setPlainText(plain or "(empty)")
+            body_te.setWordWrapMode(QTextOption.WrapMode.WrapAtWordBoundaryOrAnywhere)
+            body_te.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt.ScrollBarPolicy.ScrollBarAlwaysOff)
+            body_te.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt.ScrollBarPolicy.ScrollBarAsNeeded)
+            body_te.setFrameShape(QFrame.Shape.NoFrame)
+            body_te.document().setDocumentMargin(0)
+            body_te.setMinimumHeight(96)
+            body_te.setMaximumHeight(440)
+            vl.addWidget(head)
+            vl.addWidget(body_te)
+            self._thread_layout.addWidget(card)
+        self._thread_layout.addStretch(1)
 
     def _prev(self) -> None:
         if self._queue:

src/imwald/ui/note_text_browser.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""QTextBrowser that loads remote ``<img src="https://…">`` via ``loadResource``."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import urllib.request
+from typing import Final
+
+from PySide6.QtCore import QByteArray, QUrl
+from PySide6.QtGui import QTextDocument
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import QTextBrowser
+
+_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES: Final = 4 * 1024 * 1024
+_USER_AGENT = "imwald/0.1 (PySide6; +https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr)"
+
+
+class NoteTextBrowser(QTextBrowser):
+    """Fetches HTTPS/HTTP images for rich notes (nh3 strips ``data:`` URIs on img)."""
+
+    def loadResource(self, rtype: int, name: QUrl):  # type: ignore[override]
+        if rtype == QTextDocument.ResourceType.ImageResource:
+            u = name.toString()
+            if u.startswith(("https://", "http://")):
+                try:
+                    req = urllib.request.Request(u, headers={"User-Agent": _USER_AGENT})
+                    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=22) as resp:  # noqa: S310
+                        blob = resp.read(_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES + 1)
+                    if len(blob) > _MAX_IMAGE_BYTES:
+                        return QByteArray()
+                    return QByteArray(blob)
+                except Exception:
+                    return QByteArray()
+        return super().loadResource(rtype, name)

tests/test_md_render.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from imwald.core.md_render import markdown_html_fragment, markdown_plain_summary
+from imwald.core.md_render import markdown_html_fragment, markdown_plain_summary, preprocess_standalone_image_urls
 
 
 def test_plain_summary_strips_markdown_noise() -> None:
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ def test_markdown_renders_strong() -> None:
 def test_markdown_fenced_code() -> None:
     html = markdown_html_fragment("```\n1 + 1\n```")
     assert "<pre>" in html and "<code>" in html
+
+
+def test_preprocess_turns_bare_image_url_into_markdown_image() -> None:
+    md = "hello\nhttps://example.com/x.png\nbye"
+    out = preprocess_standalone_image_urls(md)
+    assert "![](https://example.com/x.png)" in out