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⚡ A curated list of awesome Lightning Network projects for developers and crypto enthusiasts

⚡ awesome-lightning-network Awesome

A curated list of awesome Lightning Network resources, apps, and libraries

Contents

Lightning Network Protocol

Implementations

Implementations of the Lightning Network Protocol

  • LND - Lightning Network Daemon (Golang)
  • eclair - A Scala implementation of the Lightning Network (Scala)
  • lit - Lightning Network node software (Golang)
  • c-lightning - A Lightning Network implementation in C
  • lightning-onion - Onion Routed Micropayments for the Lightning Network (Golang)
  • ptarmigan - C++ BOLT-Compliant Lightning Network Implementation [Incomplete]

Specifications / White Papers

Applications

Desktop Interfaces

Web Interfaces

Mobile applications

Explorers

Misc

Developer Resources

Libraries

  • FileBazzar - Sell digital files with Lightning
  • Lighter - LN node wrapper for c-lightning, eclair and LND (Python)
  • lightning-charge-client-js - JavaScript client for lightning-charge
  • lightning-charge-client-php - PHP client for lightning-charge
  • lightning-charge - A simple drop-in solution for accepting lightning payments (Javascript)
  • lightning-integration - Lightning Integration Testing Framework
  • lightning-payencode - Minimal QR-code-ready encoding for requesting lightning payments
  • lightning-php - PHP client for direct RPC-based access to the c-lightning daemon
  • LightningJ - LND Integration API for Java
  • ln-paywall - Go middleware for monetizing APIs on a per-request basis with Lightning
  • ln-service - Lightning REST Service
  • lncall - LND implementation of paypercall
  • lnrpc - Auto-generated LND RPC interface with Typescript type definition support
  • lseed - A DNS seed for the Lightning Network
  • paypercall - Charge for HTTP APIs on a per-per-call basis with Lightning
  • webln - An app library & set of standards for communication between apps and Lightning clients in the browser (similar to Web3)
  • woocommerce-gateway-lightning - A WooCommerce gateway for lightning payments
  • wordpress-lightning-publisher - Lightning Publisher for WordPress
  • glightning - Golang based plugin for c-lightning
  • Sitzprobe - A c-lightning plugin that actively sends test payments through the lightning network allowing finding and/or deprecating channels for the payments
  • get-lightning-paid - A Flask REST API to generate lightning invoices and payment confirmations
  • lnd-sql - Output the lnd node data in a relational SQL database

Tutorials

Example Projects

  • ilp-lightning-demo - Demo sending payments between Bitcoin and Litecoin Lightning Networks using Interledger
  • lightning-coindesk - An example news app exemplifying Lightning Network micropayments integration

Learning Resources

Talks

Books

Community

IRC

Related Lists

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