NWC Applications

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.

Content

• Apps
• Developer Tools & Libraries for Apps
• Wallets
• Wallet Services

Apps

Accounting

• Clams - Dedicated accounting platform for your wallet

Browsers

• Spring Browser - Purpose-built browser to explore the universe of Nostr apps

Chat

• 0xChat - Chat app built on the Nostr protocol with encrypted group chats
• Corny Chat - Audio & chat rooms with zaps, over Nostr
• ThunderTip - Telegram tip bot with your own wallet

Community Apps

• Nostr Kiwi - Place for you to share notes & curate content in communities
• Stacker News - Internet communities that let you upvote content and pay you bitcoin
• Zapddit - Choose topics to follow and join communities

Games

• Satoshi Settlers - Settle and develop the blocks of Bitcoin on a shared world map
• Zappy Bird - Super fun version of Flappy Bird

Long-form Content Publishing

• Habla - Read, write, curate and monetize long form content over Nostr
• YakiHonne - A well-designed decentralized long-form content media platform
• Highlighter - Highlighter stands out by offering creators true ownership of their audience

Music Publishing

• Wavlake - Music streaming app with direct contributions to creators

Finance & Payment Planners

• BitcoinLink - Create URL vouchers to send sats from your wallet
• ZapPlanner - Send regular payments to your favorite publisher
• ZapplePay - Smart app to zap from any nostr client & auto-zaps
• Bringin - Sell bitcoin from your wallet directly to IBAN accounts

Point of Sale

• BTCPay Server - Open-source payment processor
• BuzzPay PoS - Super simple self-custodial PoS
• Flash - Instant & multi-feature lightning payment gateway

Short-form Content Publishing

• Amethyst - Feature-rich Nostr client for Android
• Coracle - Web client for the Nostr protocol
• Damus - Excellent Nostr client for iOS
• Freerse - Nostr client for Android and iOS
• Freefrom - Closed-source, twitter like client for Androis and iOS
• Lume - Multi-purpose nostr client for Desktop
• More Speech - A desktop client for the Nostr protocol
• noStrudel - Platform for notes and streaming over Nostr
• Nostter - Lightweight, elegant client with NWC
• Nostur - Top-notch Nostr client for iOS
• Primal - Super fast Nostr client for web, Android and iOS
• Snort - Feature-packed Nostr web client
• Whereostr - Explore where your Nostr friends are located
• Yana - Yet another Nostr app for web, Android and iOS but with very responsive UI

Video Publishing

• Zap.Stream - Slick website for live streaming and chat with zaps

Wallet Interfaces

• Alby Browser Extension - Connect your wallet and surf the web of bitcon apps
• Nostr Pay - Simple Android app to connect for your NWC wallet
• Vortex - The fastest way to use bitcoin on macOS

NWC Developer Tools & Libraries for Apps

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

• Alby JS SDK - JavaScript SDK for apps to handle NWC connection strings
• Bitcoin Connect - Easy to integrate components for web apps that let users connect their lightning wallets with a full payment flow UX
• rust-nostr - Nostr protocol implementation, SDK and FFI
• NDK - Nostr Development Kit
• NWC HTTP API - HTTP API to communicate NWC payment requests without the need of websockets
• $prism - API for apps to connect to wallet services
• React Native (Expo) - An example of using Alby JS SDK (Nostr Wallet Connect) in a React Native Expo project

NWC Wallets

• Alby - Bitcoin lightning wallet ready to be connected to any bitcoin app on the web and mobile
• Boardwalk Cash - Dollar-denominated Ecash and lightning wallet
• Cashu.me - eCash-based Cashu wallet PWA
• LN Node - Innovative service designed to simplify the setup and management of a lightning node
• Mutiny - self-custodial lightning wallet that is targeting the web browser first
• 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

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 for CLN
• Breez SDK - NWC service for the Breez SDK (experimental)
• LNbits - Nostr Wallet Connect service using LNbits API (experimental)
• LND - Nostr Wallet Connect for LND nodes
• NWC - Open-source wallet service to allow 3rd-party apps to connect to your wallet or node
• Start9 - Wallet service for StartOS users
• Strike - NWC service using Strike API (experimental)
• Umbrel - Wallet service for Umbrel nodes

Communities Using NWC

• NWC.dev - Discord channel for developers building apps and wallets with Nostr Wallet Connect
• Plebnet.dev - A Bitcoin-centric group dedicated to shaping the future through open source Bitcoin and lightning infrastructure.

Misc

• Lightning Address Server - Request lightning invoices from your wallet via NWC