diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7e7f8e97..14e09b75 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
     "@types/node": "^18.11.18",
     "@types/react": "^18.0.26",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.10",
+    "@types/webscopeio__react-textarea-autocomplete": "^4.7.2",
+    "@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..04d3c578 100644
--- a/src/element/NoteCreator.css
+++ b/src/element/NoteCreator.css
@@ -2,14 +2,11 @@
     margin-bottom: 10px;
     background-color: var(--gray);
     border-radius: 10px;
-    overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 .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;
@@ -18,6 +15,11 @@
     min-width: -webkit-fill-available;
     min-width: -moz-available;
     min-width: fill-available;
+    transition: min-height .5s;
+}
+
+.note-creator .textarea--focused {
+    min-height: 120px;
 }
 
 .note-creator .actions {
diff --git a/src/element/NoteCreator.js b/src/element/NoteCreator.js
index 96582369..cbd68e3b 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;
@@ -15,15 +19,14 @@ 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);
         setNote("");
+        setActive(false);
         if (typeof onSend === "function") {
             onSend();
         }
@@ -44,20 +47,35 @@ export function NoteCreator(props) {
         }
     }
 
+    function onChange(ev) {
+        const { value } = ev.target
+        if (value) {
+          setNote(value)
+          setActive(true)
+        } else {
+          setActive(false)
+        }
+    }
+
     if (!show) return false;
     return (
         <>
             {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)} />
-                    {active ? <div className="actions flex f-row">
+            <div className="flex note-creator">
+                <div className="flex f-col mr10 f-grow">
+                    <Textarea
+                      className={`textarea ${active ? "textarea--focused" : ""}`}
+                      users={users}
+                      onChange={onChange}
+                      onFocus={() => setActive(true)}
+                    />
+                    <div className="actions flex f-row">
                         <div className="attachment flex f-row">
                             {error.length > 0 ? <b className="error">{error}</b> : null}
                             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faPaperclip} size="xl" onClick={(e) => attachFile()} />
                         </div>
                         <div className="btn" onClick={() => sendNote()}>Send</div>
-                    </div> : null}
+                    </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </>
diff --git a/src/element/Text.js b/src/element/Text.js
index 123625b4..d788d8c0 100644
--- a/src/element/Text.js
+++ b/src/element/Text.js
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ function transformHttpLink(a) {
                     return <a key={url} href={url} onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}>{url.toString()}</a>
             }
         } else if (tweetId) {
-            return (
-                <div className="tweet" key={tweetId}>
-                    <TwitterTweetEmbed tweetId={tweetId} />
-                </div>
-            )
+          return (
+            <div className="tweet" key={tweetId}>
+              <TwitterTweetEmbed tweetId={tweetId} />
+            </div>
+          )
         } else if (youtubeId) {
             return (
                 <>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ function extractLinks(fragments) {
     }).flat();
 }
 
-export function extractMentions(fragments, tags, users) {
+function extractMentions(fragments, tags, users) {
     return fragments.map(f => {
         if (typeof f === "string") {
             return f.split(MentionRegex).map((match) => {
@@ -172,4 +172,3 @@ export default function Text({ content, tags, users }) {
     }, [content]);
     return <ReactMarkdown className="text" components={components}>{content}</ReactMarkdown>
 }
-
diff --git a/src/element/Textarea.css b/src/element/Textarea.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8bf04f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/element/Textarea.css
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+.rta__entity {
+  background: var(--gray);
+}
+
+.rta__entity--selected {
+  color: var(--font-color);
+  background: var(--gray-secondary);
+}
+
+.rta__list {
+  border: 1px solid var(--gray-tertiary);
+}
+
+.rta__item:not(:last-child) {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--gray-tertiary);
+}
+
+.user-item {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  align-items: center;
+  font-size: 16px;
+  padding: 10px;
+}
+
+.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;
+}
+
+.nip05 {
+  font-size: 12px;
+}
diff --git a/src/element/Textarea.tsx b/src/element/Textarea.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4d290d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/element/Textarea.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { Component } from "react";
+
+import ReactTextareaAutocomplete from "@webscopeio/react-textarea-autocomplete";
+
+// @ts-expect-error
+import Nip05, { useIsVerified } from "./Nip05";
+import "@webscopeio/react-textarea-autocomplete/style.css";
+import "./Textarea.css";
+// @ts-expect-error
+import Nostrich from "../nostrich.jpg";
+// @ts-expect-error
+import { hexToBech32 } from "../Util";
+import type { User } from "../nostr/types";
+
+function searchUsers(query: string, users: Record<string, User>) {
+  const q = query.toLowerCase()
+  return Object.values(users).filter(({ name, display_name, about, nip05 }) => {
+    return name?.toLowerCase().includes(q)
+      || display_name?.toLowerCase().includes(q)
+      || about?.toLowerCase().includes(q)
+      || nip05?.toLowerCase().includes(q)
+  }).slice(0, 3)
+}
+
+const UserItem = ({ pubkey, display_name, picture, nip05, ...rest }: User) => {
+  const { isVerified, couldNotVerify, name, domain } = useIsVerified(nip05, pubkey)
+  return (
+    <div key={pubkey} className="user-item">
+      <div className="user-picture">
+        {picture && <img src={picture ? picture : Nostrich} className="picture" />}
+      </div>
+      <div className="user-details">
+        <strong>{display_name || rest.name}</strong>
+        <Nip05 name={name} domain={domain} isVerified={isVerified} couldNotVerify={couldNotVerify} />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default class Textarea extends Component {
+  render() {
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    const { users, onChange, ...rest } = this.props
+    return (
+        <ReactTextareaAutocomplete
+          {...rest}
+          loadingComponent={() => <span>Loading....</span>}
+          placeholder="Say something!"
+          ref={rta => {
+            // @ts-expect-error
+            this.rta = rta;
+          }}
+          onChange={onChange}
+          trigger={{
+             "@": {
+               afterWhitespace: true,
+               dataProvider: token => searchUsers(token, users),
+               component: (props: any) => <UserItem {...props.entity} />,
+               output: (item: any) => `@${hexToBech32("npub", item.pubkey)}`
+             }
+           }}
+        />
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/feed/EventPublisher.js b/src/feed/EventPublisher.js
index da8ac448..181d9885 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 +30,23 @@ export default function useEventPublisher() {
         return ev;
     }
 
+
+    function processMentions(ev, msg) {
+        const replaceNpub = (match) => {
+            const npub = match.slice(1);
+            try {
+              const hex = bech32ToHex(npub);
+              const idx = ev.Tags.length;
+              ev.Tags.push(new Tag(["p", hex], idx));
+              return `#[${idx}]`
+            } catch (error) {
+              return match
+            }
+        }
+        let content = msg.replace(/@npub[a-z0-9]+/g, replaceNpub)
+        ev.Content = content;
+    }
+
     return {
         broadcast: (ev) => {
             console.debug("Sending event: ", ev);
@@ -45,7 +64,7 @@ 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 +79,6 @@ export default function useEventPublisher() {
             }
             let ev = Event.ForPubKey(pubKey);
             ev.Kind = EventKind.TextNote;
-            ev.Content = msg;
 
             let thread = replyTo.Thread;
             if (thread) {
@@ -81,6 +99,7 @@ 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/src/nostr/types.tsx b/src/nostr/types.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f9df606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nostr/types.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export type User = {
+  name?: string
+  about?: string
+  display_name?: string
+  nip05?: string
+  pubkey: string
+  picture?: string
+}
+
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 599eb748..1b412655 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2121,6 +2121,13 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/use-sync-external-store/-/use-sync-external-store-0.0.3.tgz#b6725d5f4af24ace33b36fafd295136e75509f43"
   integrity sha512-EwmlvuaxPNej9+T4v5AuBPJa2x2UOJVdjCtDHgcDqitUeOtjnJKJ+apYjVcAoBEMjKW1VVFGZLUb5+qqa09XFA==
 
+"@types/webscopeio__react-textarea-autocomplete@^4.7.2":
+  version "4.7.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/webscopeio__react-textarea-autocomplete/-/webscopeio__react-textarea-autocomplete-4.7.2.tgz#605e8a6b4194fb4b6e55df8a19bc8fcd56319cfa"
+  integrity sha512-e1DZGD+eH19BnllTWCGXAdrMa2kI53wEMuhn/d+wUmnu8//ZI6BiuK/EPdw07fI4+tlyo5qdPZdXdpkoXHJVOw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/react" "*"
+
 "@types/ws@^8.5.1":
   version "8.5.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/ws/-/ws-8.5.4.tgz#bb10e36116d6e570dd943735f86c933c1587b8a5"
@@ -2358,6 +2365,14 @@
     "@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 +3537,11 @@ 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 +8939,11 @@ 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"