ledger-live-desktop vs speculos

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⛔️ DEPRECATED - Ledger Live (Desktop) (by LedgerHQ)

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Ledger Nano/Blue apps emulator (by LedgerHQ)

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ledger-live-desktop		speculos
	Project
194	Mentions	2
978	Stars	145
-	Growth	2.1%
9.8	Activity	9.0
almost 2 years ago	Latest Commit	4 days ago
JavaScript	Language	C
MIT License	License	GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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ledger-live-desktop

Posts with mentions or reviews of ledger-live-desktop. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-28.

Setting up new hardware wallet
1 project | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 2 May 2023

Forgot to actually answer your question. The answer, like most things is "in the manual". This page leads you to this page which leads to this page, which leads to this page
Help - Assets stuck on old firmware
2 projects | /r/ledgerwallet | 28 Feb 2023
Can't send tokens coz have to update firmware... but am across country from seed phrase
2 projects | /r/ledgerwallet | 18 Feb 2023
Nano S and Older MBP Issues -- Best path fordward
1 project | /r/ledgerwallet | 13 Jan 2023
Nano S not recognised by app on Windows.
1 project | /r/ledgerwallet | 27 Dec 2022
Way to Label / Annotate Transactions ?
1 project | /r/ledgerwallet | 12 Dec 2022

I see that this has been a request since at least2018
Ledger Live - Warning anyone with access to your computer compromises your privacy. Live DB in plaintext.
1 project | /r/ledgerwallet | 29 Nov 2022

I use a virtual drive. See here: https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live-desktop/issues/3086 and https://www.reddit.com/r/ledgerwallet/comments/km29on/i_discovered_an_extremely_dangerous_attack_vector/
About 6 or 7 years ago I bought some XRP and put it on a Ledger….
1 project | /r/ledgerwallet | 11 Oct 2022

Your old Nano S won't work with the latest Ledger Live and is probably too old to update in one shot for the new firmware. You may need to grab an old version of Ledger Live from github: https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live-desktop/releases
I have windows 7 and I believe since it no longer has security updates, ledger live won't connect to my ledger s. Is there anything I can do? I don't have the money to upgrade.
1 project | /r/ledgerwallet | 3 Oct 2022

Uninstall the updated version and install older 2.42.0 version. https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live-desktop/releases
Ledger Live Update Issue
2 projects | /r/ledgerwallet | 3 Oct 2022

You are correct. I found and installed 2.42. 'https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live-desktop/releases' and got it working again. .... Thanks!

speculos

Posts with mentions or reviews of speculos. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-16.

Any new update regarding Ledger-Support for XCH?
2 projects | /r/chia | 16 May 2023
What happens if an inside job happens at Ledger at some point and a hardware backdoor is leaked somehow?
2 projects | /r/ledgerwallet | 26 Dec 2020

All apps running on the smartcard chip are also Open Source, and you can audit them with the system calls (asking the firmware to perform some specific tasks) emulated - typically with https://github.com/LedgerHQ/speculos

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ledger-live-desktop and speculos you can also consider the following projects:

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