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Ride The Lightning

A powerful dashboard for the Lightning Network

Shahana and Suheb

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About this app

RTL is a full function, device agnostic, web user interface to help manage lightning node operation. It enables full control over your lightning node with rich functionality for Bitcoin base layer and Lightning Network. Some cool features available on RTL are:

  • Rich dashboard with two layout options
  • Send/Receive funds on-chain
  • Rich channel management with advanced features like balance score, circular re-balancing etc.
  • Payments and Invoice management with QR codes
  • Routing analysis for the payments forwarded
  • Channel backups
  • Detailed reports on routing and transaction history
  • Optional Loop interface for submarine swaps
  • Customizable UI with multiple color schemes and dark/light modes
What's new
Version 0.15.6-betalast month

This release contains the following updates:

  • Addresses npm supply-chain attack by using only safe, audited package versions
  • Bump boltz-client to 2.8.9
Version 0.15.5-beta4 months ago

This release contains improvements and various bug fixes:

  • Adds a "Refund Address" input field for boltz swap-ins
  • Fix to show correct experimental-dual-fund configuration from listconfig
  • Bump boltz-client to 2.7.2
Version 0.15.4-boltz-client-2.7.14 months ago

This updates Boltz Client to v2.7.1. The update doesn't include new features for RTL users, but various bug fixes and stability improvements.

The full release notes for the latest Boltz Client releases can be found at https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-client/releases. About Boltz: https://boltz.exchange

Version 0.15.4-beta-boltz10 months ago

This release updates the Boltz Client that runs alongside Ride The Lightning to version 2.3.4. The main change is improved transaction broadcasting.

Full release notes for Boltz Client can be found at https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-client/releases

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases

Version 0.15.4-beta11 months ago
  • Added support to send payments for AMP invoices on LND
  • Improved authentication logic for clearer error handling and validation during login and password reset processes
  • Refined application settings handling to ensure stricter validation of access keys
  • Bug fixes

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases

Version 0.15.2-betalast year
  • Integration with mempool.space api to display prevailing fee rates on various channel open/close modals
  • Links enabled for viewing transactions on mempool.space from modals of on-chain transactions and channel info
  • Added a new config param blockExplorerUrl (-e BLOCK_EXPLORER_URL) to customize for a local/testnet instances of mempool.space
  • CPFP enabled on pending on-chain receive transactions (including funds expected from coop close)
  • Simplification of pending channel open fee bumping modal

Full release notes for boltz-client can be found at https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-client/releases

Version 0.14.1-beta-boltzclientlast year

This release upgrades the Ride The Lightning app to use boltz-client, which employs taproot swaps by default and introduces additional changes under the hood.

Full release notes for boltz-client can be found at https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-client/releases

Version 0.14.1-beta2 years ago
  • Support for opening Taproot Channels
  • Default onchain address type is now P2TR
  • and more!

Full release notes are available at https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases.

Version 0.14.0-beta-hotfix-12 years ago

This is a simple hotfix release to allow users to view their LND configuration file directly in the UI by accessing the Ride The Lightning app, selecting "Node Config" from the menu, and then selecting "LND Config".

The previous v0.14.0-beta release included bug fixes and performance improvements:

  • Navigation bug fixes from the dashboard
  • Connect with a peer from the node lookup page
  • Navigation to node and channel lookup from the info page
  • LND bug fix for the breaking changes on the send payment API

Full release notes can be found here: https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases

Version 0.14.0-beta2 years ago

This release updates the Ride The Lightning app to v0.14.0-beta, and includes bug fixes and performance improvements:

  • Navigation bug fixes from the dashboard
  • Connect with a peer from the node lookup page
  • Navigation to node and channel lookup from the info page
  • LND bug fix for the breaking changes on the send payment API

Full release notes can be found here: https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases

Version 0.13.2-beta-hotfix-12 years ago

This release updates the boltz-lnd dependency of the Ride The Lightning app to v1.2.7, and includes an important fix for LND fee estimation.

Full release notes for boltz-lnd can be found here: https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-lnd/releases/tag/v1.2.7

Version 0.13.2-beta2 years ago
  • Generate Taproot address to receive Bitcoin on-chain
  • Option to generate & pay AMP invoice
  • User customizable grids enabling you to control: number of rows on the page, columns you want to view and default sorting order
  • Setting to control opening of unannounced channels by default
  • Other bug fixes and usability fixes
Version 0.13.1-beta3 years ago
  • Events/day view for routing history report
  • Filtering non routing peers on routing page
  • Invoice lookup feature
  • Circular rebalance infographics
  • Other bug fixes
Version 0.12.1-build-23 years ago

This update removes an outdated version of Loop that could lead to loss of funds. If you still wish to use Loop you can use the latest version in the Lightning Terminal app.

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