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 →
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Bitcoin Core0 upvotesFull node - 2
Bitcoin Knots0 upvotesFull node - 3
btcd0 upvotesFull node (Go) - 4
Libbitcoin0 upvotesFull node toolkit - 5
Floresta0 upvotesUtreexo node - 6
LND0 upvotesLightning node - 7
Core Lightning0 upvotesLightning node - 8
Eclair0 upvotesLightning node - 9
LDK0 upvotesLightning library - 10LDK Node0 upvotesLightning library
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BDK0 upvotesWallet library - 12
Umbrel0 upvotesNode OS - 13
StartOS0 upvotesNode OS - 14
RaspiBlitz0 upvotesNode OS - 15
myNode0 upvotesNode OS - 16
nix-bitcoin0 upvotesNode OS - 17
mempool0 upvotesExplorer - 18
electrs0 upvotesElectrum server - 19
Fulcrum0 upvotesElectrum server - 20
Electrum Personal Server0 upvotesElectrum server - 21
Esplora0 upvotesExplorer - 22
BTCPay Server0 upvotesPayment processor - 23
JoinMarket0 upvotesPrivacy / coinjoin - 24
Wasabi Wallet0 upvotesWallet - 25
Sparrow0 upvotesWallet - 26
Electrum0 upvotesWallet - 27
Specter Desktop0 upvotesWallet - 28
rust-bitcoin0 upvotesLibrary - 29
bitcoinjs-lib0 upvotesLibrary - 30
libsecp256k10 upvotesCryptography library - 31
bitcoinj0 upvotesLibrary - 32
python-bitcoinlib0 upvotesLibrary - 33
Nutshell (Cashu)0 upvotesEcash mint - 34
LNbits0 upvotesLightning accounts - 35
Alby Hub0 upvotesLightning node - 36
ThunderHub0 upvotesLightning node manager - 37
Ride The Lightning0 upvotesLightning node manager - 38
Lightning Terminal0 upvotesLightning node manager - 39Loop0 upvotesLightning liquidity
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Breez SDK0 upvotesLightning SDK - 41
Boltz0 upvotesSwaps - 42
RoboSats0 upvotesP2P exchange - 43
Bisq0 upvotesP2P exchange - 44
Liana0 upvotesWallet - 45Elements0 upvotesSidechain
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Stratum V2 Reference0 upvotesMining protocol - 47
Bitaxe0 upvotesOpen-source miner - 48
ESP-Miner0 upvotesMiner firmware - 49
NerdMiner0 upvotesSolo lottery miner - 50
Public Pool0 upvotesMining pool software - 51
DATUM Gateway0 upvotesMining template protocol - 52
miningpool-observer0 upvotesMining transparency - 53
Warnet0 upvotesNetwork simulation - 54BIPs0 upvotesSpecifications
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Payjoin Dev Kit0 upvotesPayjoin library - 56
SeedSigner0 upvotesSigning device firmware - 57
Krux0 upvotesSigning device firmware - 58
Coldcard Firmware0 upvotesSigning device firmware - 59
Trezor Firmware0 upvotesSigning device firmware - 60
BitBox02 Firmware0 upvotesSigning device firmware - 61Jade Firmware0 upvotesSigning device firmware
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Zeus0 upvotesWallet - 63Phoenix0 upvotesWallet
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BlueWallet0 upvotesWallet - 65
Fedimint0 upvotesFederated ecash - 66
Ark (arkd)0 upvotesLayer 2 - 67HWI0 upvotesHardware wallet interface
- 68Bitcoin Core GUI0 upvotesFull node GUI
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bitcoin-s0 upvotesLibrary - 70Neutrino0 upvotesLight client
- 71Nostr Wallet Connect0 upvotesProtocol
