Umbrel is just a fancy web UI, is not the real LN software.
We are talking about LN software here.
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Lord nostr:npub1lxktpvp5cnq3wl5ctu2x88e30mc0ahh8v47qvzc5dmneqqjrzlkqpm5xlc shall I use CLN or LND?
Wrong question.
Right question: which type of node should I use? Public or private?
Assuming I want a node that isn't a piece of shit, which, CLN or LND?
Doing what with that node?
This is the important question that every new node runner should answer first.
Then the 2nd question is public or private.
Each LN implementation have more or less features and is suitable for specific use cases.
Read mroe here:
https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/managing-lightning-node-liquidity
There is no mention of the differences between CLN, LND and Eclair
You do not start a node by choosing the LN implementation, but by what do you want to do with it.
CLN = stable, strong, light resources, various plugins, if you want a serious node, run CLN, but you will have some issues connecting to other peers with other implementations.
LND = buggy, using more resources, lots of apps to use, for beginners is good to start learning. Running a routing node with LND will be quite painful. Also quite a lot of incomatibility with CLN and LDK.
Eclair = stable, light resources, trampoline channels, few apps supported, more for specific apps and solutions, used for Phoenix
Electrum = stable, trampoline channels, used in Electrum wallet, is a powerful implementation but less used. Less applications and no routing.
Immortan = light resources, designed for mobile apps (see OBW), hosted channels
LDK = Lightning developing Kit, more used for mobile nodes.
My goal is to run a lnbits with high availibity. My experience is that LND is bloated shitware, but wonder if CLN is better. If CLN is inferior, then we are in trouble. Inwant something that is stable, lightweight, extensible, and its internals traceable, transparent, debuggable, and repairable. I don't have a reason for running a trampoline node, but I hadn't considered it was possible. It looks to me like CLN should be my next node to try, but is trampoline something that might be a future extension for CLN?
Yes Voltage blog have very good articles.