Ride The Lightning (RTL)
Bitcoin Nodes
Ride The Lightning (RTL) is a web-based Lightning node management application with support for LND, Core Lightning, and Eclair implementations. It provides a full-featured dashboard for channel management, payment routing, on-chain transactions, and node monitoring. RTL is one of the most widely used Lightning node managers and is included in most major node packages.
Details
- Type
- Lightning node management UI (web)
- Layer
- Lightning Network
- Language
- TypeScript
- Platforms
- linux, docker, raspberry_pi
- Open Source
- Yes
- Self Hosted
- Yes
- Bitcoin Only
- Yes
- Software Type
- node_management
- Compatible Nodes
- LND, CLN, Eclair
- Lightning Support
- Yes
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