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Best Bitcoin Nodes & Open-Source Software

Node implementations, node OSes, Lightning, libraries and mining software.

Statistical ranking: Developer traction and activity on GitHub, plus share of reachable Bitcoin nodes for node implementations. Signals: GitHub stars 35% · Days since last code push 20% · GitHub forks 15% · Share of reachable nodes 15% · Wikipedia views (last month) 15%. How this is ranked →

  1. 1Bitcoin Core
    Bitcoin Core
    Full node
    score 100 · 90,374 · 0 days
  2. 2LND
    LND
    Lightning node
    score 78 · 8,199 · 0 days
  3. 3Electrum
    Electrum
    Wallet
    score 76 · 8,620 · 1 days
  4. 4BTCPay Server
    BTCPay Server
    Payment processor
    score 76 · 7,794 · 0 days
  5. 5bitcoinj
    bitcoinj
    Library
    score 73 · 5,231 · 1 days
  6. 6BlueWalletscore 73 · 3,318 · 0 days
  7. 7mempool
    mempool
    Explorer
    score 72 · 2,855 · 0 days
  8. 8BIPs
    BIPs
    Specifications
    score 72 · 10,967 · 12 days
  9. 9Bisq
    Bisq
    P2P exchange
    score 72 · 5,142 · 1 days
  10. 10btcd
    btcd
    Full node (Go)
    score 71 · 6,709 · 1 days
  11. 11rust-bitcoinscore 69 · 2,684 · 0 days
  12. 12Umbrel
    Umbrel
    Node OS
    score 68 · 12,366 · 22 days
  13. 13Trezor Firmware
    Trezor Firmware
    Signing device firmware
    score 65 · 1,845 · 0 days
  14. 14Core Lightning
    Core Lightning
    Lightning node
    score 64 · 3,103 · 5 days
  15. 15Wasabi Walletscore 64 · 2,623 · 1 days
  16. 16libsecp256k1
    libsecp256k1
    Cryptography library
    score 64 · 2,491 · 1 days
  17. 17Zeus
    Zeus
    Wallet
    score 63 · 1,400 · 0 days
  18. 18StartOS
    StartOS
    Node OS
    score 62 · 1,991 · 0 days
  19. 19LDK
    LDK
    Lightning library
    score 61 · 1,374 · 1 days
  20. 20electrs
    electrs
    Electrum server
    score 60 · 1,395 · 1 days
  21. 21Sparrow
    Sparrow
    Wallet
    score 59 · 2,162 · 1 days
  22. 22ESP-Miner
    ESP-Miner
    Miner firmware
    score 59 · 977 · 0 days
  23. 23Eclair
    Eclair
    Lightning node
    score 58 · 1,347 · 1 days
  24. 24Bitcoin Core GUI
    Bitcoin Core GUI
    Full node GUI
    score 57 · 747 · 0 days
  25. 25RaspiBlitz
    RaspiBlitz
    Node OS
    score 57 · 2,590 · 39 days
  26. 26bitcoinjs-libscore 57 · 6,002 · 239 days
  27. 27LNbits
    LNbits
    Lightning accounts
    score 56 · 1,237 · 1 days
  28. 28BDK
    BDK
    Wallet library
    score 56 · 1,075 · 1 days
  29. 29NerdMiner
    NerdMiner
    Solo lottery miner
    score 55 · 2,807 · 121 days
  30. 30Esplora
    Esplora
    Explorer
    score 54 · 1,269 · 7 days
  31. 31SeedSigner
    SeedSigner
    Signing device firmware
    score 53 · 1,298 · 7 days
  32. 32Coldcard Firmware
    Coldcard Firmware
    Signing device firmware
    score 52 · 778 · 1 days
  33. 33RoboSats
    RoboSats
    P2P exchange
    score 52 · 1,037 · 2 days
  34. 34Elements
    Elements
    Sidechain
    score 51 · 1,169 · 21 days
  35. 35Bitcoin Knots
    Bitcoin Knots
    Full node
    score 51 · 735 · 23 days
  36. 36Specter Desktopscore 50 · 849 · 2 days
  37. 37Neutrino
    Neutrino
    Light client
    score 50 · 977 · 4 days
  38. 38Fedimint
    Fedimint
    Federated ecash
    score 49 · 702 · 1 days
  39. 39Lightning Terminal
    Lightning Terminal
    Lightning node manager
    score 48 · 597 · 0 days
  40. 40Ride The Lightning
    Ride The Lightning
    Lightning node manager
    score 47 · 801 · 2 days
  41. 41Jade Firmware
    Jade Firmware
    Signing device firmware
    score 47 · 507 · 0 days
  42. 42Phoenix
    Phoenix
    Wallet
    score 46 · 873 · 6 days
  43. 43Loop
    Loop
    Lightning liquidity
    score 46 · 593 · 1 days
  44. 44myNode
    myNode
    Node OS
    score 45 · 742 · 7 days
  45. 45Nutshell (Cashu)score 44 · 500 · 1 days
  46. 46Alby Hub
    Alby Hub
    Lightning node
    score 43 · 282 · 0 days
  47. 47Stratum V2 Reference
    Stratum V2 Reference
    Mining protocol
    score 42 · 353 · 1 days
  48. 48python-bitcoinlibscore 42 · 1,947 · 578 days
  49. 49Liana
    Liana
    Wallet
    score 42 · 466 · 1 days
  50. 50BitBox02 Firmware
    BitBox02 Firmware
    Signing device firmware
    score 42 · 387 · 1 days
  51. 51Floresta
    Floresta
    Utreexo node
    score 40 · 444 · 0 days
  52. 52nix-bitcoinscore 40 · 614 · 23 days
  53. 53HWI
    HWI
    Hardware wallet interface
    score 40 · 602 · 49 days
  54. 54bitcoin-s
    bitcoin-s
    Library
    score 38 · 384 · 1 days
  55. 55JoinMarket
    JoinMarket
    Privacy / coinjoin
    score 38 · 827 · 170 days
  56. 56Fulcrum
    Fulcrum
    Electrum server
    score 37 · 502 · 11 days
  57. 57Libbitcoin
    Libbitcoin
    Full node toolkit
    score 37 · 174 · 0 days
  58. 58Payjoin Dev Kit
    Payjoin Dev Kit
    Payjoin library
    score 37 · 165 · 0 days
  59. 59LDK Node
    LDK Node
    Lightning library
    score 37 · 225 · 2 days
  60. 60Bitaxe
    Bitaxe
    Open-source miner
    score 36 · 1,372 · 412 days
  61. 61Public Pool
    Public Pool
    Mining pool software
    score 36 · 451 · 28 days
  62. 62Krux
    Krux
    Signing device firmware
    score 34 · 376 · 6 days
  63. 63ThunderHub
    ThunderHub
    Lightning node manager
    score 33 · 468 · 41 days
  64. 64Boltz
    Boltz
    Swaps
    score 32 · 188 · 3 days
  65. 65Breez SDK
    Breez SDK
    Lightning SDK
    score 32 · 62 · 0 days
  66. 66DATUM Gateway
    DATUM Gateway
    Mining template protocol
    score 30 · 147 · 6 days
  67. 67Ark (arkd)
    Ark (arkd)
    Layer 2
    score 28 · 171 · 16 days
  68. 68Warnet
    Warnet
    Network simulation
    score 27 · 153 · 23 days
  69. 69miningpool-observer
    miningpool-observer
    Mining transparency
    score 25 · 69 · 4 days
  70. 70Electrum Personal Serverscore 25 · 646 · 970 days
  71. 71Nostr Wallet Connectscore 0 · 7 · 772 days
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