Alby is an open-source, self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning payment project that builds wallet tools and developer infrastructure for sending and receiving payments online, in apps and in person. Alby's Twitter Score is 35 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #31,141 (top 10%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Alby was co-founded by Michael Bumann and Moritz Kaminski, with a focus on open-source tooling, interoperability and user sovereignty across the Bitcoin Lightning ecosystem. Its flagship browser extension integrates Lightning payments and authentication directly into websites, supporting WebLN and LNURL standards, connecting to multiple wallet or node backends, and including Nostr key-signing integration.
Alby introduced Alby Hub on July 24, 2024, an open-source, self-custodial Lightning wallet with an integrated node, Nostr Wallet Connect support and an app marketplace. Alby Hub supports multiple Lightning implementations and uses LDK by default. It can be self-hosted on desktop, server or Raspberry Pi, or run through a hosted Alby Cloud option. In January 2026, Alby Hub replaced the project's earlier shared wallet. Alby also maintains Bitcoin Connect and JavaScript tooling for building Lightning-enabled web applications, as well as a WordPress plugin supporting Lightning paywalls, donations and value-for-value payments. More than 100 contributors have participated in building these tools, and the project remains active, with the browser extension publishing release v3.14.2 in March 2026.
Alby has accumulated 44,418 followers as of July 2026 across 6,878 posts. Alby has been mentioned by 107 accounts a total of 449 times.
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The accounts that follow Alby include 176 founders, 14 angel investors, 130 influencers and 3 VCs. Among them are Udi Wertheimer, Adam Back, 0xMaki, Lyn Alden, Notsofast and IcoBeast.eth.