esplora vs sparrow

esplora

Explorer for Bitcoin and Liquid (by Blockstream)

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sparrow

Desktop Bitcoin Wallet focused on security and privacy. Free and open source. (by sparrowwallet)

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esplora		sparrow
	Project
17	Mentions	75
934	Stars	1,169
2.9%	Growth	5.4%
6.6	Activity	9.5
16 days ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
JavaScript	Language	Java
MIT License	License	Apache License 2.0

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

esplora

Posts with mentions or reviews of esplora. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-24.

bitcoind - rpc
2 projects | /r/Bitcoin | 24 Jul 2023
How do I actually validate a bitcoin block's hash
2 projects | /r/Bitcoin | 25 Apr 2023

API instructions: https://github.com/Blockstream/esplora/blob/master/API.md
Bitcoin Node and Data Extraction
3 projects | /r/Bitcoin | 30 Jan 2023
What fun graphical things I can do after running a full node?
4 projects | /r/Bitcoin | 5 Jan 2023
What are best tools for ground up bitcoin/lightning node?
4 projects | /r/lightningnetwork | 26 Dec 2022

I like RTL, services like loopd for channel rebalancing or if you're so inclined, the whole lightning terminal package. I love jochen's mempool explorer (source code) when estimating fees. I use blockstream's block explorer esplora (source) for my block explorer. There's so many fun tools out there I can't even come close to naming them all.
some beginner questions
2 projects | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 17 Dec 2022

Yes, block explorers do indeed get their data from a full node and additional software like this example- https://github.com/Blockstream/esplora
Best Place to Educate Myself About Setting Up and Running a BTC Node
4 projects | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 4 Dec 2022
bitcoin-rpc: How to get address balance
1 project | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 7 Nov 2022
Bitcoin core: 2Q's
3 projects | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 12 May 2022
How can I see the blockchain for myself?
1 project | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 10 May 2022

sparrow

Posts with mentions or reviews of sparrow. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-09.

Safe 3 and compatibility with Bitcoin wallets, sparrow, electrum and others
3 projects | /r/TREZOR | 9 Dec 2023
Sparrow Wallet 1.7.7
1 project | /r/Bitcoin | 10 Jul 2023
Bitcoin core wallet
3 projects | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 10 Jul 2023
Desktop wallet with specific feature? (double spend)
1 project | /r/Bitcoin | 3 Jul 2023

I don't now if it will help you, but the latest SparrowWallet release lists
Dedicated mobile bitcoin wallet with hardware support
1 project | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 26 Jun 2023
Is bluewallet the way to go here?
2 projects | /r/Bitcoin | 15 Jun 2023

Exactly this. Blockstream Jade hardware wallet used with Sparrow wallet on a laptop with linux, to make transactions. Then Bluewallet for a watch-only wallet on your phone device.
Cold storage with KYC BTC
1 project | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 12 Jun 2023
Have I lost my Bitcoin?
1 project | /r/Bitcoin | 9 Jun 2023

Its just well established, open source, well featured. While it is a wallet, here it just plays the role of interface. Yes, there are other apps for this, most notably Sparrow.
Bitcoin beginner looking for the most secure cold storage wallet.
2 projects | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 5 Jun 2023
Open source wallets
1 project | /r/CryptoCurrency | 3 Jun 2023

Sparrow has the best UI/UX in my experience, and it's completely open sourced. https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow

What are some alternatives?

When comparing esplora and sparrow you can also consider the following projects:

btc-rpc-explorer - Database-free, self-hosted Bitcoin explorer, via RPC to Bitcoin Core.

specter-desktop - A desktop GUI for Bitcoin Core optimised to work with hardware wallets

umbrel - A beautiful home server OS for self-hosting with an app store. Buy a pre-built Umbrel Home with umbrelOS, or install on a Raspberry Pi 4, Pi 5, any Ubuntu/Debian system, or a VPS.

electrum - Electrum Bitcoin Wallet

electrs - An efficient re-implementation of Electrum Server in Rust

joinmarket-clientserver - Bitcoin CoinJoin implementation with incentive structure to convince people to take part

mempool - Explore the full Bitcoin ecosystem with mempool.space, or self-host your own instance with one-click installation on popular Raspberry Pi fullnode distros including Umbrel, Raspiblitz, Start9, and more!

BlueWallet - Bitcoin wallet for iOS & Android. Built with React Native

firmware - ❄️ Firmware and simulator for Coldcard Hardware Wallet

robosats - A simple and private bitcoin exchange