diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/UrlUserTagOutputTransformation.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/UrlUserTagOutputTransformation.kt
index 40bcb20fc7..3b6149d987 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/UrlUserTagOutputTransformation.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/UrlUserTagOutputTransformation.kt
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.SpanStyle
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextDecoration
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.LocalCache
-import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.core.toHexKey
-import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip19Bech32.decodePublicKey
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip19Bech32.decodePublicKeyAsHexOrNull
 import kotlin.coroutines.cancellation.CancellationException
 
 class UrlUserTagOutputTransformation(
@@ -36,15 +35,20 @@ class UrlUserTagOutputTransformation(
     override fun TextFieldBuffer.transformOutput() {
         val text = asCharSequence().toString()
 
-        // Find all @npub mentions using regex and replace in reverse order
+        // Find all user mentions using regex and replace in reverse order
         // so that earlier indices remain valid after replacements.
-        val npubRegex = Regex("@npub1[a-z0-9]{58}")
-        val matches = npubRegex.findAll(text).toList().reversed()
+        // Matches: @npub1..., nostr:npub1..., @nprofile1..., nostr:nprofile1...
+        val mentionRegex = Regex("(?:@|nostr:)(?:npub1[a-z0-9]{58}|nprofile1[a-z0-9]+)")
+        val matches = mentionRegex.findAll(text).toList().reversed()
 
         for (match in matches) {
             try {
-                val key = decodePublicKey(match.value.removePrefix("@"))
-                val user = LocalCache.getOrCreateUser(key.toHexKey())
+                val bech32 =
+                    match.value
+                        .removePrefix("@")
+                        .removePrefix("nostr:")
+                val hex = decodePublicKeyAsHexOrNull(bech32) ?: continue
+                val user = LocalCache.getOrCreateUser(hex)
                 val displayName = "@${user.toBestDisplayName()}"
 
                 replace(match.range.first, match.range.last + 1, displayName)
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/UrlUserTagTransformation.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/UrlUserTagTransformation.kt
index 24f6fc7526..2bd2817afa 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/UrlUserTagTransformation.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/UrlUserTagTransformation.kt
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.text.input.TransformedText
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.input.VisualTransformation
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextDecoration
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.LocalCache
-import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.core.toHexKey
-import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip19Bech32.decodePublicKey
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip19Bech32.Nip19Parser
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip19Bech32.decodePublicKeyAsHexOrNull
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip19Bech32.entities.NProfile
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip19Bech32.entities.NPub
 import kotlin.coroutines.cancellation.CancellationException
 
 data class RangesChanges(
@@ -60,20 +62,19 @@ fun buildAnnotatedStringWithUrlHighlighting(
                 text.text.split('\n').joinToString("\n") { paragraph: String ->
                     paragraph.split(' ').joinToString(" ") { word: String ->
                         try {
-                            if (word.startsWith("@npub") && word.length >= 64) {
-                                val keyB32 = word.substring(0, 64)
-                                val restOfWord = word.substring(64)
+                            val mention = parseUserMention(word)
+                            if (mention != null) {
+                                val (keyPortion, restOfWord, hexKey) = mention
 
                                 val startIndex = builderBefore.toString().length
 
                                 builderBefore.append(
-                                    "$keyB32$restOfWord ",
+                                    "$keyPortion$restOfWord ",
                                 ) // accounts for the \n at the end of each paragraph
 
-                                val endIndex = startIndex + keyB32.length
+                                val endIndex = startIndex + keyPortion.length
 
-                                val key = decodePublicKey(keyB32.removePrefix("@"))
-                                val user = LocalCache.getOrCreateUser(key.toHexKey())
+                                val user = LocalCache.getOrCreateUser(hexKey)
 
                                 val newWord = "@${user.toBestDisplayName()}"
                                 val startNew = builderAfter.toString().length
@@ -181,3 +182,46 @@ fun buildAnnotatedStringWithUrlHighlighting(
         numberOffsetTranslator,
     )
 }
+
+private data class UserMention(
+    val keyPortion: String,
+    val restOfWord: String,
+    val hexKey: String,
+)
+
+private fun parseUserMention(word: String): UserMention? {
+    var key = word
+    val prefix: String
+
+    if (key.startsWith("nostr:", true)) {
+        prefix = key.substring(0, 6)
+        key = key.substring(6)
+    } else if (key.startsWith("@")) {
+        prefix = "@"
+        key = key.substring(1)
+    } else {
+        return null
+    }
+
+    if (key.startsWith("npub1", true) && key.length >= 63) {
+        val keyB32 = key.substring(0, 63)
+        val restOfWord = key.substring(63)
+        val hex = decodePublicKeyAsHexOrNull(keyB32) ?: return null
+        return UserMention("$prefix$keyB32", restOfWord, hex)
+    } else if (key.startsWith("nprofile1", true)) {
+        val parsed = Nip19Parser.uriToRoute(key) ?: return null
+        val entity = parsed.entity
+        if (entity !is NProfile && entity !is NPub) return null
+        val hex =
+            when (entity) {
+                is NProfile -> entity.hex
+                is NPub -> entity.hex
+                else -> return null
+            }
+        val bech32Len = parsed.nip19raw.length
+        val restOfWord = key.substring(bech32Len)
+        return UserMention("$prefix${parsed.nip19raw}", restOfWord, hex)
+    }
+
+    return null
+}