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Alby

On a mission to make Bitcoin Lightning and Nostr accessible everywhere, for everyone. ⚡ [email protected]

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Welcome to Alby! 👋

We envision a world where everyone can seamlessly send and receive value, just as easily as sharing information on the web today. That’s why we’re empowering consumers and developers with easy-to-use bitcoin payment tools using the lightning network - the future protocol of money – everywhere: on the web in mobile apps and the real world. 🐝

Key Features:

  • 🧩 Interoperable We are building on open protocols, to enable software easily work with each other and fully leverage the potential of bitcoin.
  • 🌍 Open-Source: Born from the community, evolving for the community. Decentralized creation and verification.
  • 😌 Ease of use: Our products abstract away complex network interaction. With Alby, every web developer is a bitcoin developer.
  • 🛡️ Secure & Control: Ensuring security and user control of their bitcoin payments and Nostr interactions, enabling users to store & use their private keys safely.

We equip individuals and developers with products and APIs for effortlessly use bitcoin in apps and web platforms, eliminating the complexities of direct bitcoin handling. Initiated as an open-source endeavor, we continue to co-create and refine our tools in collaboration with the community. 👥

Our Products:

For Developers

  • 👨‍💻 DEVELOPER PORTAL Find all necessary building blocks to easily create bitcoin-powered apps and websites.
  • 🔌 Nostr Wallet Connect: Connect apps to control lightning node or wallet over Nostr (NIP-47).
  • 🟦 Bitcoin Connect: Enable users to connect their wallet to lightning-powered websites on any browser.
  • Lightning Tools: NPM package with helpful tools to develop lightning web apps.
  • Alby JS SDK: JavaScript SDK for the Alby OAuth2 Wallet API & the Nostr Wallet Connect API.
  • LndHub.go: Accounting wrapper for the lightning network, provides separate accounts for end-users.
  • WebLN Guide: This guide covers how to build a bitcoin lightning-driven web application using the WebLN standard.



Let's talk! 👥 Every second Thursday we are hosting our Community Calls, in which our team, users and builders come together to discuss updates in the space, demo new projects and get feedback. For any other question, book a private call with experts in our team.

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Useful links

💬 Community Discord

📝 Feedback Board

🤓 User guides

📞 Support

🎨 Brand Kit

📶 Operational status of our systems

🟪 Nostr

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  1. lightning-browser-extension lightning-browser-extension Public

    The Bitcoin Lightning Browser Extension that brings deep Lightning & Nostr integration to the web. Wallet interface to multiple lightning nodes and key signer for Nostr, Liquid and onchain use.

    TypeScript 550 199

  2. lndhub.go lndhub.go Public

    Accounting wrapper for the Lightning Network. It provides separate accounts for end-users. (LndHub compatible API written in Go)

    Go 90 24

  3. nostr-wallet-connect nostr-wallet-connect Public

    Nostr Wallet Connect (NIP-47) application to allow apps to connect to your node

    Go 114 29

  4. js-sdk js-sdk Public

    JavaScript SDK for the Alby OAuth2 Wallet API and the Nostr Wallet Connect API.

    TypeScript 71 24

  5. js-lightning-tools js-lightning-tools Public

    Collection of helpful building blocks and tools to develop Bitcoin Lightning web apps

    TypeScript 38 15

  6. pkgzap pkgzap Public

    ⚡️ View funding information of your dependencies and tip them via lightning

    JavaScript 7 3

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  • awesome-nwc Public
    getAlby/awesome-nwc’s past year of commit activity
    56 10 7 1 Updated Apr 2, 2025
  • go Public

    Alby Go - The easiest mobile app to use bitcoin on the Go and that works great with Alby Hub.

    getAlby/go’s past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 43 MIT 8 33 6 Updated Apr 2, 2025
  • hub Public

    Alby Hub - Your own Bitcoin Lightning node: easy, connectable, feature-rich ✨ Run anywhere. Become self-sovereign.

    getAlby/hub’s past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 165 Apache-2.0 35 110 (1 issue needs help) 12 Updated Apr 2, 2025
  • lightning-browser-extension Public

    The Bitcoin Lightning Browser Extension that brings deep Lightning & Nostr integration to the web. Wallet interface to multiple lightning nodes and key signer for Nostr, Liquid and onchain use.

    getAlby/lightning-browser-extension’s past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 550 MIT 199 190 (11 issues need help) 52 Updated Apr 2, 2025
  • js-sdk Public

    JavaScript SDK for the Alby OAuth2 Wallet API and the Nostr Wallet Connect API.

    getAlby/js-sdk’s past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 71 24 10 8 Updated Apr 2, 2025
  • bitcoin-connect Public

    Connecting lightning wallets to your webapp has never been easier. Enable WebLN in all browsers with a single button

    getAlby/bitcoin-connect’s past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 109 MIT 42 52 (22 issues need help) 4 Updated Mar 31, 2025
  • lite Public

    Lightning address server powered by NWC

    getAlby/lite’s past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 10 1 4 0 Updated Mar 28, 2025
  • vss-server Public Forked from lightningdevkit/vss-server

    Versioned Storage Service

    getAlby/vss-server’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 0 MIT 14 0 0 Updated Mar 27, 2025
  • nwc-tester Public

    simple website to run and test some NWC functions

    getAlby/nwc-tester’s past year of commit activity
    HTML 0 0 0 0 Updated Mar 26, 2025
  • ldk-node Public Forked from lightningdevkit/ldk-node

    A ready-to-go node implementation built using LDK.

    getAlby/ldk-node’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 3 102 4 0 Updated Mar 26, 2025

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