Open Source Projects
Community-driven FOSS projects and repositories.
Alby Hub - Self-Custodial Bitcoin Wallet with Lightning Network Support
Alby Hub is a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet that enables instant payments via the Lightning Network. It offers seamless on-chain and Lightning transactions, supports app integrations, and provides flexible deployment options including desktop and self-hosted setups. Users enjoy full ownership of their funds and access to a growing ecosystem of Bitcoin-powered services.
TREZOR - Hardware Wallet with Bitcoin and Customized Home Screen
TREZOR offers a hardware wallet for secure Bitcoin storage with customizable home screens. The firmware update 1.3.1 introduces enhanced user experience features like improved signing workflows and a notary service, while allowing users to personalize their interface through official design submissions.
Bitvocation - A Talent Network for Bitcoin-Aligned Professionals
Bitvocation curates a vetted community of Bitcoin-aligned professionals, helping companies find qualified talent and enabling job seekers to discover relevant Bitcoin career opportunities. The platform focuses on building a discoverable talent pool for the Bitcoin ecosystem, with features like job alerts and talent curation through the POW Lab.
Cashu Nutshell - Bitcoin Lightning Wallet and Mint
Cashu Nutshell is a non-custodial Chaumian ecash wallet and mint for Bitcoin that supports Lightning Network payments. It offers a standalone CLI wallet and mint server with full support for the Cashu protocol, including deterministic seed phrases, HTLCs, and optional authentication via Keycloak or Redis caching.
Blink Mobile - Bitcoin Wallet with Lightning Network Support
Blink Mobile is a mobile application built with React Native that enables users to manage Bitcoin and Lightning Network transactions. It integrates with Galoy's backend and supports on-chain and Lightning payments, offering a seamless experience for Bitcoin users on both iOS and Android devices.
bitcoinVend - Offline Bitcoin Vending Machine
An offline Bitcoin vending machine that accepts Lightning Network payments via LNURL, enabling users to purchase physical goods with Bitcoin. Built as an open-source hardware and software project, it operates without internet connectivity and uses LNURLVend to facilitate payments through Lightning Network.
Altangent Labs - Lightning Network Developer Tools and Open Source Projects
Altangent Labs is a developer-focused organization offering open-source tools for the Lightning Network, including clients, explorers, and visualizers. Their projects support Bitcoin and Lightning Network payments through public repositories and developer APIs. The site provides accessible, transparent code for building on the Lightning Network ecosystem.
Lightning-Dev Forum - Lightning Network Protocol Discussions
A community-driven discussion forum focused on Lightning Network development, including technical reviews of BOLT specifications and protocol improvements. The site features detailed conversations about HTLC timeouts, transaction scripts, and Lightning Network standards, with references to official RFCs and pull requests.
Eclair Mobile - Android Wallet for Lightning Network
Eclair Mobile is a non-custodial Android wallet that supports the Lightning Network for fast, low-cost Bitcoin payments. It allows users to send and receive Lightning payments, open channels, and manage Bitcoin transactions with on-chain and off-chain capabilities.
ForkLog - Electric Bike Powered by Lightning Network
A German Bitcoin enthusiast has developed an electric bike that uses the Lightning Network for micro-payments. The system allows users to pay via mobile app and activate the bike with a QR code scan, with a cost of 250 satoshis per minute. The project is in proof-of-concept stage and includes a Raspberry Pi-based system for connectivity and power management.
Lightning-Dev - Dynamic Commitments for Lightning Network Protocol Upgrades
A technical proposal for upgrading Lightning Network channel commitment formats without on-chain transactions, enabling safer, more flexible channel types and dynamic parameter changes. The initiative focuses on improving channel security and extensibility through protocol-level modifications using TLV extensions, with support for future commitment formats like anchor outputs and taproot-based designs.
LND Documentation - Lightning Node Configuration Guide
A comprehensive guide to configuring and managing Lightning Network nodes using the LND daemon. Covers key settings, fee policies, database management, and integration with Bitcoin and Tor. Designed for developers and node operators.
Matthias Steinig - Lightning POS for Beekeeping Stores
A point-of-sale system built on the Lightning Network, designed for small businesses like beekeeping shops in Uckermark. Accepts Bitcoin and Lightning payments, enabling fast, low-cost transactions for local entrepreneurs.
lnd-tgrambot - Telegram Bot for LND Control
A simple Node.js script that allows users to control their Lightning Network Daemon (LND) via a Telegram bot. It provides basic functionality to interact with LND using gRPC API, such as managing invoices and payments, though it is currently experimental and incomplete.
LND-GUI - Browser-Based Interface for LND Lightning Network Daemon
LND-GUI is a web-based frontend application that provides a simple user interface to interact with the LND Lightning Network daemon via gRPC. It does not function as a full wallet or store but offers basic access to LND's functionality through HTTP calls to a backend REST API. The project is open-source and designed for developers to explore and test Lightning Network interactions.
SimpleBitcoinWallet - Lightning-Enabled Bitcoin Wallet with Nostr Integration
SimpleBitcoinWallet is a Bitcoin wallet that supports Lightning Network payments and operates on the Nostr protocol. It enables users to manage Bitcoin assets via Lightning addresses and integrates with Nostr for decentralized communication. All future updates and announcements will be shared exclusively on Nostr, and the Twitter account is deprecated.
Bisq - Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Trading Platform
Bisq is a decentralized, non-custodial peer-to-peer trading platform that allows users to trade Bitcoin directly for other cryptocurrencies or fiat currencies without registration or KYC. It operates on a peer-to-peer network secured by Bitcoin and Tor, with full user control over funds and privacy.
BTCPayServer - Lightning Payment Processor for Bitcoin Stores
BTCPayServer enables Bitcoin merchants to accept Lightning Network payments via c-lightning and Spark Wallet integration. It offers a self-hosted, non-custodial payment solution that supports Lightning Network invoices and provides easy setup for e-commerce sites.
Umbrel - Personal Home Cloud and Self-Hosted Bitcoin Node Services
Umbrel provides a self-hosted home server OS that allows users to run their own Bitcoin node and access privacy-focused tools like Lightning Network, AI agents, and decentralized apps. The platform emphasizes data ownership and privacy through self-hosted services, including a Bitcoin node and support for the Lightning Network via LND and other tools.
Bisq - Decentralized Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Exchange
Bisq is a decentralized peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange that enables secure, private, and censorship-resistant trading directly between users without intermediaries. It offers two platforms: Bisq 1 with multisig deposit security for trading Bitcoin for fiat and altcoins, and Bisq 2 with Bisq Easy, which supports no-deposit, no-fee peer-to-peer Bitcoin-fiat trades based on seller reputation.