This challenge is not something everyone is ready to go through. For instance, I need my wallets to be available at least on both desktop Linux and Android. And they must be FOSS in both cases. And I cannot find a single LN wallet in F-Droid that would be actively maintained. Don't send me to Google Play, I don't trust it, at least for this task. What do you suggest?

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I don't use f-droid so I'm not sure what's there.

But which FOSS LN wallet would you recommend for Android?

For simple sending and receiving lightning payments, look at Breez, Phoenix, and Zeus. If you're looking for something to use to receive zaps on Nostr, a custodial LN wallet like Alby or Lightning Tip Bot are far easier but also require an email (Alby) or Telegram (Lightning Tip Bot). Zeus can receive zaps non-custodially, but the fees they charge make it not worth it.

Thanks. Custodial options are out of question. I'm also thinking about Blixt: it's not on F-Droid but is open-source and available for store-independent APK download.

Blixt is good too. I used it a couple years ago but ended up using Breez more. Blixt is great though.

Looks like you can get Blockstream Green wallet from both F-Droid as well as an AppImage

Regarding Android, if you install the Obtainum APK, you can then easily install the APKs for Phoenix and/or Blixt wallet, both actively-maintained open-source Lightning wallets.

Obtainium checks for updates, so it acts like a personal app store. For what it's worth, I love Obtainium!

- https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

- https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix

- https://github.com/hsjoberg/blixt-wallet

The only maintained Linux bitcoin wallet with Lightning, that I know of, is Electrum wallet. I don't know how up-to-date their Lightning implementation is.

Thanks, will take a look at these options.