Core Lightning (previously c-lightning) is a lightweight, highly customizable and standard compliant implementation of the Lightning Network protocol.

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Discussion Forum

The official Core Lightning forum is coming soon!

BuildonL2 Community

The official BuildOnL2 community lives at community.corelightning.org. Join us and build the future of bitcoin on lightning.

Mailing List

For general discussions about CLN implementation, use c-lightning@lists.ozlabs.org. For the Lightning Network, use lightning-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org

Telegram

Community-driven telegram group where most of the node operators hang out. Go to https://t.me/lightningd to join.

Discord

Community-driven discord server where the devs flock together. Go to https://discord.gg/w27fMFESMN to join.

Internet Relay Chat

Don't hesitate to reach out to us on IRC at #lightning-dev @ libera.chat, #c-lightning @ libera.chat.