lightning
Core Lightning — Lightning Network implementation focusing on spec compliance and performance (by ElementsProject)
RTL
Ride The Lightning - A full function web browser app for LND, C-Lightning and Eclair (by Ride-The-Lightning)
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| lightning | RTL | |
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| 50 | 22 | |
| 2,754 | 728 | |
| 0.9% | 1.4% | |
| 9.9 | 7.2 | |
| 2 days ago | 10 days ago | |
| C | TypeScript | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
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.
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.
lightning
Posts with mentions or reviews of lightning.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-04.
- Opening channel from external wallet in Core Lightning
- Obtain gossip messages without node
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Craig falsely insists that the Lightning Network is infringing on nChain's patents for a CBDC
Wait until they realize Craig Wright's Cryptographic Proof was there all along.
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Lightning node on a pruned bitcoind
https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/issues/5310.
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Serious Question about Bitcoin
c-lightning, developed by [Blockstream]
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Run a node
LND - https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd CLN - https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning
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📑 MiniBolt resources 📚 List of the MiniBolt core/bonus guides + latest versions
Core Lightning (CLN) v.22.11 (Released 30th November 2022) - https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases
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Can't open channels on my Linux VM Core Lightning implementation
I opened an issue on the Core Lightning repo. It has a complete list of the logs that were happening that caused the peer to drain and disconnect https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/issues/5816
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How to use the lightning network without apps.
A country can't stop you from running lnd or Core Lightning, so I'm not sure what you're talking about?
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⚡ RaspiBolt Improvement Proposals (RBIPs) & Bounties 💰
Power cuts can lead to node corruption (e.g. here)
RTL
Posts with mentions or reviews of RTL.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-05.
- What fun graphical things I can do after running a full node?
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📑 MiniBolt resources 📚 List of the MiniBolt core/bonus guides + latest versions
Ride The Lightning (RTL) v0.13.2-beta (Released: 22h November 2022) - https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases
- Can Thunderhub be used with core lightning?
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Minimal Functional Lightning Stack
To handle admin functions over your node (channel opening, closing, etc.) You can install RTL to access a web GUI.
- Eclair Lightning Setup with Bitcoin Core
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⚡ Raspibolt Monthly Rundown 🌕 May 16th, 2022 - Guide & software updates, new Github pull requests & issues and other news
Ride the Lightning v0.12.3 - Release page - Upgrade guide LND: Lookup added for invoices and payments based on the payment hash; bug fixes
- Active HTLCs?
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⚡ Raspibolt Monthly Rundown 🌕 Mar 18th, 2022 - Guide & software updates, new Github pull requests & issues and other news
Ride The Lightning v0.12.2 - Release page - Upgrade guide Navigate to inactive channels from the dashboard; Navigate to individual channels from the dashboard; Dedicated page for analysis on non-routing peers (LND), Specify limits with fractional percentage for routing fee on circular rebalancing (LND), Failed transaction routing pages with more details (C-lightning) (full release notes)
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If you don't already know about them, Citadel is a completely FOSS version of Umbrel and is being completely rewritten. If you've got an Umbrel currently, migrating is easy.
Ride-The-Lightning: RTL is an awesome web based interface for managing your node. MIT License
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⚡Raspibolt Twice-Monthly Rundown - 🌕 Jan 17th, 2022⚡ Guide & software updates, new Github pull requests & issues and other news
RTL v0.12.1 (16th Jan): Release page - Upgrade guide.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing lightning and RTL you can also consider the following projects:
lnd - Lightning Network Daemon ⚡️
thunderhub - ThunderHub LND Lightning Node Manager in your Browser
Eclair - A scala implementation of the Lightning Network.
c-lightning-REST - REST APIs for Core Lightning written with node.js
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.
umbrel-dashboard - [Deprecated] Moved to https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/tree/master/packages/dashboard. Web-based dashboard to interact with your Umbrel.
zeus - A mobile Bitcoin wallet fit for the gods. ⚡️ Est. 563345
lntop - :zap: LN terminal dashboard :bar_chart:
raspiblitz - Get your own Bitcoin & Lightning Node running - on a RaspberryPi with a nice LCD
raspibolt - RaspiBolt v3: Bitcoin & Lightning full node on a Raspberry Pi
zap-iOS - Zap Wallet - Native iOS lightning wallet focused on user experience and ease of use ⚡️
RaspiBolt - RaspiBolt moved to https://raspibolt.org