Replying to Avatar Mike Dilger ☑️

Can someone suggest a good resource or two for someone who wants to setup their own Lighting Node in their house on linux or openbsd using open source software? Do I need the full blockchain? What software is good? Please I want to avoid software that is heavy on the installation and setup (e.g. no docker (easy but heavy) or ruby package nightmare crap). Thanks.
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finch ☦️ 2y ago

The most popular node implementations are LND (https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd) and CoreLN (https://github.com/elementsproject/lightning)

LND seems to have more plugins and tools that integrate with it, and CoreLN seems to be more performant. Both require connecting to a bitcoin node either locally or remotely (doesn't have to be yours).

An alternative option would be to install something like Umbrel which has a nice GUI and makes things easy to install, sets up your node behind Tor automatically, etc. I believe it works fine on Debian/Ubuntu: https://umbrel.com/

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