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June 20, 2026 · View on GitHub

Curated list of awesome projects implemeting Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC).

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What is NWC?

NWC is an open protocol to be implemented by bitcoin lightning wallets and any app to add bitcoin payment functionality. Users connect wallets instantly – no Nostr account required. Apps orchestrate payments between these wallets without ever touching funds.

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NWC Wallets

Alby Hub - Self-custodial lightning node with wallet and most seamless NWC service
Bankify - Turn any cashu mint into a lightning wallet with NWC support
Bitvora - Custodial wallet and bitcoin lightning API platform for businesses
Blitz - Self-custodial spark and lighting wallet
Buho - Community-drive custodial web wallet for individuals and buisnesses
Cashu.me - ecash-based Cashu PWA wallet
Coinos - Free custodial web wallet and payment page
Electrum - Legendary on-chain and lightning wallet
Flash Wallet - Self-custodial wallet built on Breez SDK
LNbits - Powerful suite of bitcoin tools that has Nostr Wallet Connect plugin
LNCurl - Agent-first custodial NWC wallet provider - create wallets with a single CURL command.
LN Node - Innovative service designed to simplify the setup and management of a lightning node
Minibits - ecash wallet with a focus on performance and usability
Nutstash - ecash wallet with experimental NWC connections (works only when app is running in the foreground)
Club Orange - Social app with a custodial wallet
Primal Wallet - Custodial wallet integrated with Primal Nostr clients
Rizful - Instant, disposable lightning nodes, optimized for education
Sparky Hub - Experimental Spark wallet that can pay lightning invoices through NWC
Zap.land - Open-source example app built on nwc-enclaved wallet to create a lightning wallet with one click
Zeus - Mobile multi-wallet with embedded node, LNDhub and NWC connections (from 0.12)

Embedded Operating Systems

Those below support at least one of NWC wallets in their official appstores:

CasaOS - Open-source personal cloud system
Raspiblitz - Bitcoin & lightning fullnode running on a RaspberryPi
Start9 - Linux-based operating system optimized for running a personal server and bitcoin node
Umbrel - A beautiful home server OS for self-hosting apps and your bitcoin node
Unraid - Operating system for self-hosted servers and network-attached storage

Cloud Hosting of NWC nodes

Alby Pro Cloud - 1-click cloud deployment of Alby Hub that comes with a lightning address
Nodana - 1-click deployment of Alby Hub, LNbits (with NWC) and other services in the cloud
Eggstr - Easy deployment of Nostr & bitcoin apps with own domain

Lightning Backends

The following nodes or lightning backends can be used by at least one of the NWC wallets:

LDK, LND, Cashu, Phoenixd - Alby Hub currently supports these lightning backends. (Cashu + LDK integrated, LND + Phoenixd remote)
LND - Nostr Wallet Connect for LND nodes
CLN - NWC plugin for CLN

NWC Wallet Services

The following apps are NWC wallet services with access to the APIs of the wallets they serve and let users create connection strings:

Core Lightning NWC Plugin - NWC plugin for CLN by daywalker90
Core Lightning NWC Plugin - NWC plugin for CLN by gudnuf
LNbits NWC Service - Nostr Wallet Connect service using LNbits API (experimental)
Strike NWC Service - NWC service using Strike API (experimental)

Apps

AI & Automation

Agent Wallet NWC Bridge - Nostr Wallet Connect (NIP-47) bridge that exposes a local MoneyDevKit's Agent Wallet instance as an NWC wallet-service
Alby Bitcoin Builder Skill - Teach your AI agent how to build lightning apps
Alby Bitcoin Payments MCP - Connect your wallet to your AI agent
Alby Bitcoin Payments Skill - Teach your AI agent how to use a lightning wallet
Cascdr - Build chained workflows of AI apps and API services
LNFly - Prototype lightning apps with a single prompt
n8n-nodes-nwc - Custom n8n nodes for Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) protocol integration
PaidMCP - Charge for your MCP Server tool requests
Pi 402 - Pay-per-use AI inference for Pi.dev agent
PPQ - PayPerQ: No-KYC model provider with NWC auto-topups and AI-friendly API
Pull that up, Jamie! - Search engine powered with AI

Crowdfunding

Geyser - Crowdfunding ideas, projects and product sales, p2p with bitcoin

Education

Alby Sandbox - Explore lightning payment scenarios
Kanbanstr - Kanban boards over Nostr, with zaps
PlebDevs - Online courses on bitcoin & lightning code development
Start with Bitcoin - Give your AI agents identity, wallet, and autonomous payment capabilities using Lightning Network and Nostr

Exchanges

Bitcoin Well - Bitcoin exchange that sends purchased bitcoin directly to your wallet
Bringin - Sell bitcoin from your wallet directly to IBAN accounts
Mostro - Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin exchange on lightning network & Nostr
Swapido - Mexican bitcoin exchange with NWC integration
Wave.space - Live on bitcoin using a debit card with automatic topups powered by NWC

Finance, Accounting & Payment Tools

2fiat Topup - Topup your no-KYC 2fiat debit card with a couple of taps
Alby Card Topup - Topup your debit card with a couple of taps and live on bitcoin
BitBlik - Peer-to-peer, non-custodial app to use Poland's fast payment BLIK system with bitcoin
Bitrequest - Non-custodial, privacy-focused app for accepting crypto payments — in-store or online. Create and share cryptocurrency payment requests.
BitcoinLink - Create URL vouchers to send sats from your wallet
Cashu Redeem - Redeem cashu tokens to your NWC wallet
ChapSmart - Tanzania's M-Pesa mobile money system top-up with lightning
Clams - Dedicated accounting platform for your wallet
Sats Sorter - Bitcoin budgeting app
ZapPlanner - Send regular payments to your favorite publisher
Zaplit - Split bills using lightning payments
ZapplePay - Smart app to zap from any nostr client & auto-zaps
Zap Tracker - Analytics dashboards for lightning insights

Games

Lightning Tic Tac Toe - Earn satoshis playing multiplayer tic-tac-toe
Satoshi Settlers - Settle and develop the blocks of bitcoin on a shared world map
Zappy Bird - Super fun version of Flappy Bird

Live Streaming

HiveTalk - Videocalls, messaging and screensharing with Nostr login and zaps
Corny Chat - Audio & chat rooms with zaps, over Nostr
Zap.Stream - Slick website for live streaming and chat with zaps. Mobile app has 1-tap wallet connect.

Long-form Content Publishing

Bitcoin Lightning Publisher - A Wordpress plugin to accept donations and set paywalls on websites
Highlighter - Highlighter stands out by offering creators true ownership of their audience
YakiHonne - A well-designed decentralized long-form content media platform

Merchant & Business Tools

Bitinfrashop - Enable automated monthly subscription payments via NWC for BTCPayServer users
BLFS - Bitcoin Lightning For Shopify
BTCPay Server - Open-source payment processor
BuzzPay PoS - Super simple self-custodial PoS
Flash - Instant & multi-feature lightning payment gateway
LN POS - Simple NWC PoS that supports NFC payments
Musqet - Securely accept payments in store or online and receive Bitcoin from anywhere in the world
NakaPay - Bitcoin lightning payment service designed for developers and entrepreneurs
Satoshi's Auction House - Self-custodial Bitcoin auctions
Take My Sats - Create your online store and start accepting bitcoin payments instantly
WooCommerce NWC Plugin - Accept Bitcoin Lightning payments at your WooCommerce store

Messengers & Group Chats

0xChat - Chat app built on the Nostr protocol with encrypted group chats
White Noise - Signal-like secure mesasging app over Nostr

Miscellaneous

Blotto - Participate in lightning lottery. Buy lottery tickets and win prizes
Bullish Bulletin - Post a message on a public board
Lightning Invoice Generator - A simple microservice where you can insert your NWC secret and get a unique endpoint for generating invoices on demand on your website
Noogle - Nostr search engine powered by Data Vending Machines
Nostrcheck Server - Comprehensive toolbox for Nostr, with NIP-05 registration, file uploads, gallery, profile management and more
NWC Screensaver - Screensaver that shows incoming payments via NIP-47 notifications
Ricochet - A full-stack application for creating, managing and browsing promotional campaigns for Nostr notes that reward engagement and conversations
Spring Browser - Purpose-built browser to explore the universe of Nostr apps
Zapper - Bulk zap payments, to any Nostr event
Zapstore - Open, permissionless app store with zaps

Music & Podcasts

Castamatic - iOS Podcasting 2.0 app with searchable transcript, chapters and no accounts
Fountain - Music & Podcasting 2.0 app
Wavlake - Music streaming app with direct contributions to creators

Shopping

The Bullish Shop - Bitcoin fashion and merchandise store

Amethyst - Feature-rich Nostr client for Android
Asknostr - Q&A community site for Nostr protocol
Coracle - Web client for the Nostr protocol
Damus - Excellent Nostr client for iOS
Freerse - Nostr client for Android and iOS
Lume - Multi-purpose nostr client for Desktop
Lumina - Social media platform for sharing images, built on the Nostr protocol
More Speech - A desktop client for the Nostr protocol
Nostr Kiwi - Place for you to share notes & curate content in communities
noStrudel - Platform for notes and streaming over Nostr
Notedeck - Desktop Nostr client for power users
Nostur - Top-notch Nostr client for iOS
Nostter - Lightweight, elegant client with NWC
Olas - Instagram-like Nostr app for iOS
Club Orange - Social media app for Bitcoiners
Primal - Fast and easy Nostr client for web, Android and iOS
Snort - Feature-packed Nostr web client
Stacker News - Internet communities that let you upvote content and pay you bitcoin
Whereostr - Explore where your Nostr friends are located
Yana - Yet another Nostr app for Android and iOS
Zapddit - Choose topics to follow and join communities
Zappix - Nostr image sharing client
Jumble - Fast Nostr Web client

Tipping Bots

ThunderTip - Telegram tipping bot via your own connected wallet
Zap Bot - Discord tipping bot via your own connected wallet
ZapGram - Bitcoin lightning wallet in Telegram

Wallet Interfaces

Alby Account - Web wallet interface and lightning address to NWC wallets with ability to log in with OAuth to many apps (eg. Podcasting 2.0)
Alby Browser Extension - Connect your wallets and surf the web of bitcoin apps
Alby CLI - CLI for Nostr Wallet Connect (NIP-47) with lightning tools
Alby Go - The simplest mobile NWC wallet interface. Supports connecting multiple wallets and authorizing connecting apps or websties to the connected NWC wallet
Avocadough - Open source iOS NWC wallet interface
BitBanana - Mobile lightning wallet and node management for Android
Bitvora - Bitcoin lightning API platform for businesses
BuhoGO - A community-driven mobile NWC wallet interface
bullishNWC - A simple, streamlined PWA to connect to your NWC wallets
Brick Wallet - A web frontend for NWC
LaWallet - Create and manage Boltcard payments to your connected NWC wallets
Nostr Pay - Simple Android wallet connecting to your NWC wallet [not maintained]
Portal App - A mobile identity wallet for secure authentication and payments using the Nostr protocol
Split Rewards - Fully loaded Bitcoin rewards app. Earn sats for spending Bitcoin. Connect to your Alby node.
Tides - A zap and NWC enabled Nostr messenger Browser extension for Chromium-based browsers
Vortex - Raycast extension, the fastest way to use bitcoin on macOS
Zeus - Mobile multi-wallet with embedded node, LNDhub and NWC connections (from 0.10)

Hardware

BoltCard NWC - Create an open, self-custodial NFC lightning card
BTClock - E-paper clock displaying block height, price, median fee and halving countdown
LightningPiggy - An electronic cash piggy bank for children that accepts bitcoin sent over lightning
Wesatoshis - Hardware wallet with access to RSK DeFi and NWC integration

VPS / VPN / eSIM

LNVPS - High-performance VPS powered by Bitcoin. No KYC, no fuss. NWC auto-renewal supported.
nadanada - No-KYC eSIM, VPN and phone numbers
zap.best - Non-KYC mobile data provider

Communities Using NWC

NWC.dev Discord - Discord channel for developers building apps and wallets with Nostr Wallet Connect
Alby Discord - Users, friends and team of Alby, with NWC as preferred app<>wallet connection protocol
Bitcoin Design Discord - Open source community of Bitcoin designers
Dwadzieścia Jeden Telegram - Community of Polish bitcoiners
Plebnet Discord - A Bitcoin-centric group dedicated to shaping the future through open source bitcoin and lightning infrastructure.

NWC Developer Tools & Libraries

These tools and libraries help apps to integrate the NWC protocol and enable in-app payments

$prism - API for apps to connect to wallet services
Alby JS SDK - JavaScript SDK for apps to handle NWC connection strings
Alby Sandbox - Explore lightning payment scenarios
bark-nwc - A Rust daemon that bridges a Bark (Ark / L2 Bitcoin) wallet to any NWC client
Bitcoin Connect - Easy to integrate components for web apps that let users connect their lightning wallets with a full payment flow UX
Dart NDK - Nostr Development Kit for Dart/Flutter
Dart Package - A Dart package that simplifies the integration of Nostr Wallet Connect into client applications
Flutter Package - A Flutter package that takes care of the wallet service side of the NWC
Go NWC - Go NWC Client library by untreu2
Go NWC - Go NWC Client library by rolznz
Grimoire - Nostr protocol explorer and developer tool
L402 Nginx - L402 authentication module for Nginx enabling lightning monetization for REST APIs
Lightning Address Server - Request lightning invoices from your wallet via NWC
NDK - Nostr Development Kit
NNostr - A Nostr Relay and Client written in C# with NWC support
nostr-core - Complete Nostr toolkit with 40+ NIPs, NWC wallet client, eCash, BOLT-11, Blossom media, RSS import, and protocol primitives for JavaScript and TypeScript
Nostrduino - NWC for Arduino and ESP32
NostrDVM - Nostr NIP90 framerwork for Data Vending Machines in Python
NostrKit - Nostr protocol implementation written in Swift with NWC support
Nostr PHP NWC - Client-side implementation NWC for PHP
NWC Enclaved - Custodial NWC wallet for a Trusted Execution Environment
NWC Faucet - NWC Faucet allows you to create test wallets / dummy NWC connections for rapid app development and testing
NWC HTTP API - HTTP API to communicate NWC payment requests without the need of websockets
NWC Playground - Connect and test Nostr Wallet Connect commands
nwc-ruby - Ruby library for integrating Nostr Wallet Connect into apps and services
nwcjs - Vanilla Javascript library
NWC Tester (Simple) - Test NWC Connection Secrets
NWC Tester (Advanced) - Check NWC Connection Secrets' permissions, perform events
pkgzap - Support npm packages used by your project and get tipped for your package
Portal SDK - Nostr-based authentication and payment SDK allowing applications to authenticate users and process payments through Nostr and Lightning Network
Python3 library
React Native (Expo) - An example of using Alby JS SDK (Nostr Wallet Connect) in a React Native Expo project
Rust Nostr - Nostr protocol implementation, SDK and FFI
Thor - A lightning address server powered by Rust and NWC, allowing you to receive sats to your own domain without running a node

Relays

Alby NWC Relay - NWC relay maintained by Alby
NWCLay - Nostr relay that opnly accepts NWC events
Wallet Relay - Specialized relay for wallet service providers to process NWC and Cashu Wallet events

Protocols

Protocols built on top, or interoperable with NWC

Bitcoin Deposits - Layer 3 protocol for zero UTXO trust-minimized lightning wallets
Cashu Wallet Connect - Extension to NWC to support Cashu ecash wallets
LN Link - Extenstion of NWC for Taproot assets
UMA Auth - Extends NWC to simplify the UX of connecting a wallet (using OAuth 2.0), and add cross-currency payments
Nostr Wallet Auth - Protocol allowing to initiate NWC connections from the app instead of from NWC wallets

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community!

To ensure consistency and quality, please take a moment to read through our CONTRIBUTING guide before opening a pull request or submitting an issue.
It outlines how to structure your contributions, coding style, and other important details.