diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7e7f8e97..26a92e5b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^18.11.18",
     "@types/react": "^18.0.26",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.10",
+    "@webscopeio/react-textarea-autocomplete": "^4.9.2",
     "bech32": "^2.0.0",
     "light-bolt11-decoder": "^2.1.0",
     "qr-code-styling": "^1.6.0-rc.1",
diff --git a/src/element/NoteCreator.css b/src/element/NoteCreator.css
index 2a3205a1..e721056f 100644
--- a/src/element/NoteCreator.css
+++ b/src/element/NoteCreator.css
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
 }
 
 .note-creator textarea {
-    resize: none;
     outline: none;
     min-height: 40px;
-    max-height: 300px;
     border-radius: 10px 10px 0 0;
     max-width: -webkit-fill-available;
     max-width: -moz-available;
diff --git a/src/element/NoteCreator.js b/src/element/NoteCreator.js
index 96582369..68dbc499 100644
--- a/src/element/NoteCreator.js
+++ b/src/element/NoteCreator.js
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-import "./NoteCreator.css";
-import { useState } from "react";
-import useEventPublisher from "../feed/EventPublisher";
+import { useState, Component } from "react";
+import { useSelector } from "react-redux";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { faPaperclip } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
+
+import "./NoteCreator.css";
+
+import useEventPublisher from "../feed/EventPublisher";
 import { openFile } from "../Util";
 import VoidUpload from "../feed/VoidUpload";
 import { FileExtensionRegex } from "../Const";
+import Textarea from "../element/Textarea";
 
 export function NoteCreator(props) {
     const replyTo = props.replyTo;
@@ -15,14 +19,12 @@ export function NoteCreator(props) {
     const [note, setNote] = useState("");
     const [error, setError] = useState("");
     const [active, setActive] = useState(false);
+    const users = useSelector((state) => state.users.users)
 
     async function sendNote() {
-        let ev = replyTo ?
-            await publisher.reply(replyTo, note)
-            : await publisher.note(note);
-
+        let ev = replyTo ? await publisher.reply(replyTo, note) : await publisher.note(note);
         console.debug("Sending note: ", ev);
-        publisher.broadcast(ev);
+        publisher.broadcast(ev)
         setNote("");
         if (typeof onSend === "function") {
             onSend();
@@ -49,8 +51,8 @@ export function NoteCreator(props) {
         <>
             {replyTo ? <small>{`Reply to: ${replyTo.Id.substring(0, 8)}`}</small> : null}
             <div className="flex note-creator" onClick={() => setActive(true)}>
-                <div className="textarea flex f-col mr10 f-grow">
-                    <textarea className="textarea w-max" placeholder="Say something!" value={note} onChange={(e) => setNote(e.target.value)} />
+                <div className="flex f-col mr10 f-grow">
+                    <Textarea className="textarea" users={users} onChange={(ev) => setNote(ev.target.value)} />
                     {active ? <div className="actions flex f-row">
                         <div className="attachment flex f-row">
                             {error.length > 0 ? <b className="error">{error}</b> : null}
diff --git a/src/element/Textarea.css b/src/element/Textarea.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..692507ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/element/Textarea.css
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+.rta {
+  position: relative;
+  font-size: 18px;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  min-width: 100%;
+  min-width: -webkit-fill-available;
+  min-width: -moz-available;
+  min-width: fill-available;
+}
+.rta__loader.rta__loader--empty-suggestion-data {
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  padding: 5px;
+}
+.rta--loading .rta__loader.rta__loader--suggestion-data {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+}
+.rta--loading .rta__loader.rta__loader--suggestion-data > * {
+  position: relative;
+  top: 50%;
+}
+.rta__textarea {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  font-size: 1em;
+}
+.rta__autocomplete {
+  position: absolute;
+  display: block;
+  margin-top: 1em;
+  border: 1px solid var(--gray-tertiary);
+}
+.rta__autocomplete--top {
+  margin-top: 0;
+  margin-bottom: 1em;
+}
+.rta__list {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  list-style: none;
+  max-height: 120px;
+  overflow: scroll;
+}
+.rta__entity {
+  background: var(--gray-secondary);
+  color: var(--font-color);
+  width: 100%;
+  text-align: left;
+  outline: none;
+  min-width: 300px;
+}
+.rta__entity:hover {
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.rta__item:not(:last-child) {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--gray);
+}
+.rta__entity > * {
+  padding: 4px;
+}
+.rta__entity--selected {
+  color: var(--font-color);
+  text-decoration: none;
+  background: var(--gray-tertiary);
+}
+
+.user-item {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  align-items: center;
+  font-size: 14px;
+}
+
+.user-item .picture {
+  width: 30px;
+  height: 30px;
+  border-radius: 100%;
+}
+
+.user-picture {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  margin-right: 8px;
+}
+
+.user-details {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+}
diff --git a/src/element/Textarea.js b/src/element/Textarea.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4b3408c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/element/Textarea.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { Component } from "react";
+
+import ReactTextareaAutocomplete from "@webscopeio/react-textarea-autocomplete";
+
+import Nip05, { useIsVerified } from "./Nip05";
+import "./Textarea.css";
+import Nostrich from "../nostrich.jpg";
+
+function searchUsers(query, users) {
+  return Object.values(users).filter(({ name, display_name }) => {
+    return name.toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase()) || display_name?.includes(query.toLowerCase())
+  })
+}
+
+const UserItem = ({ pubkey, display_name, picture, nip05 }) => {
+  const { isVerified, couldNotVerify, name, domain } = useIsVerified(nip05, pubkey)
+  return (
+    <div className="user-item">
+      <div className="user-picture">
+        {picture && <img src={picture ? picture : Nostrich} className="picture" />}
+      </div>
+      <div className="user-details">
+        <strong>{display_name ? display_name : name !== '_' ? name : domain}</strong>
+        <Nip05 name={name} domain={domain} isVerified={isVerified} couldNotVerify={couldNotVerify} />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default class Textarea extends Component {
+  render() {
+    const { users, onChange, ...rest } = this.props
+    return (
+        <ReactTextareaAutocomplete
+          {...rest}
+          loadingComponent={() => <span>Loading....</span>}
+          placeholder="Say something!"
+          ref={rta => {
+            this.rta = rta;
+          }}
+          onChange={onChange}
+          trigger={{
+             "@": {
+               dataProvider: token => searchUsers(token, users),
+               component: ({ entity }) => <UserItem {...entity} />,
+               output: (item, trigger) => `@${item.pubkey}`
+             }
+           }}
+        />
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/feed/EventPublisher.js b/src/feed/EventPublisher.js
index da8ac448..8bb34b74 100644
--- a/src/feed/EventPublisher.js
+++ b/src/feed/EventPublisher.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { useSelector } from "react-redux";
+
 import { System } from "..";
 import Event from "../nostr/Event";
 import EventKind from "../nostr/EventKind";
 import Tag from "../nostr/Tag";
+import { bech32ToHex } from "../Util"
 
 export default function useEventPublisher() {
     const pubKey = useSelector(s => s.login.publicKey);
@@ -28,6 +30,25 @@ export default function useEventPublisher() {
         return ev;
     }
 
+
+    function processMentions(ev, msg) {
+        const replaceHexKey = (match) => {
+            const idx = ev.Tags.length;
+            ev.Tags.push(new Tag(["p", match.slice(1)], idx));
+            return `#[${idx}]`
+        }
+        const replaceNpub = (match) => {
+            const npub = match.slice(1);
+            const hex = bech32ToHex(npub);
+            const idx = ev.Tags.length;
+            ev.Tags.push(new Tag(["p", hex], idx));
+            return `#[${idx}]`
+        }
+        let content = msg.replace(/@[0-9A-Fa-f]{64}/g, replaceHexKey)
+                         .replace(/@npub[a-z0-9]+/g, replaceNpub)
+        ev.Content = content;
+    }
+
     return {
         broadcast: (ev) => {
             console.debug("Sending event: ", ev);
@@ -45,7 +66,7 @@ export default function useEventPublisher() {
             }
             let ev = Event.ForPubKey(pubKey);
             ev.Kind = EventKind.TextNote;
-            ev.Content = msg;
+            processMentions(ev, msg);
             return await signEvent(ev);
         },
         /**
@@ -60,7 +81,6 @@ export default function useEventPublisher() {
             }
             let ev = Event.ForPubKey(pubKey);
             ev.Kind = EventKind.TextNote;
-            ev.Content = msg;
 
             let thread = replyTo.Thread;
             if (thread) {
@@ -81,6 +101,7 @@ export default function useEventPublisher() {
                 ev.Tags.push(new Tag(["e", replyTo.Id, "", "reply"], 0));
                 ev.Tags.push(new Tag(["p", replyTo.PubKey], 1));
             }
+            processMentions(ev, msg);
             return await signEvent(ev);
         },
         react: async (evRef, content = "+") => {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 599eb748..09530a20 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2358,6 +2358,14 @@
     "@webassemblyjs/ast" "1.11.1"
     "@xtuc/long" "4.2.2"
 
+"@webscopeio/react-textarea-autocomplete@^4.9.2":
+  version "4.9.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@webscopeio/react-textarea-autocomplete/-/react-textarea-autocomplete-4.9.2.tgz#b39e57d8048ad2e8790d70073afe63eafa877345"
+  integrity sha512-9l5lbyA709d5HHvI/COflSnblBJeYGxB2/0ghP3m3YViLzXRMzJwaXqnqz6oA96y7QdR3pQWYtVmkUKA0AUVAA==
+  dependencies:
+    custom-event "^1.0.1"
+    textarea-caret "3.0.2"
+
 "@xtuc/ieee754@^1.2.0":
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@xtuc/ieee754/-/ieee754-1.2.0.tgz#eef014a3145ae477a1cbc00cd1e552336dceb790"
@@ -3522,6 +3530,11 @@ csstype@^3.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/csstype/-/csstype-3.1.1.tgz#841b532c45c758ee546a11d5bd7b7b473c8c30b9"
   integrity sha512-DJR/VvkAvSZW9bTouZue2sSxDwdTN92uHjqeKVm+0dAqdfNykRzQ95tay8aXMBAAPpUiq4Qcug2L7neoRh2Egw==
 
+custom-event@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/custom-event/-/custom-event-1.0.1.tgz#5d02a46850adf1b4a317946a3928fccb5bfd0425"
+  integrity sha512-GAj5FOq0Hd+RsCGVJxZuKaIDXDf3h6GQoNEjFgbLLI/trgtavwUbSnZ5pVfg27DVCaWjIohryS0JFwIJyT2cMg==
+
 damerau-levenshtein@^1.0.8:
   version "1.0.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/damerau-levenshtein/-/damerau-levenshtein-1.0.8.tgz#b43d286ccbd36bc5b2f7ed41caf2d0aba1f8a6e7"
@@ -8919,6 +8932,11 @@ text-table@^0.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/text-table/-/text-table-0.2.0.tgz#7f5ee823ae805207c00af2df4a84ec3fcfa570b4"
   integrity sha512-N+8UisAXDGk8PFXP4HAzVR9nbfmVJ3zYLAWiTIoqC5v5isinhr+r5uaO8+7r3BMfuNIufIsA7RdpVgacC2cSpw==
 
+textarea-caret@3.0.2:
+  version "3.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/textarea-caret/-/textarea-caret-3.0.2.tgz#f360c48699aa1abf718680a43a31a850665c2caf"
+  integrity sha512-gRzeti2YS4did7UJnPQ47wrjD+vp+CJIe9zbsu0bJ987d8QVLvLNG9757rqiQTIy4hGIeFauTTJt5Xkn51UkXg==
+
 throat@^6.0.1:
   version "6.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/throat/-/throat-6.0.2.tgz#51a3fbb5e11ae72e2cf74861ed5c8020f89f29fe"