ZEUS

ZEUS is a mobile Bitcoin/Lightning wallet and remote node manager for LND and Core Lightning. ⚡️

ZEUS is built on TypeScript and React Native. It runs on both Android and iOS.

Read more on our documentation site.

App Store links

Android

• Google Play
• F-Droid
• Zapstore

iOS

• Apple App Store

Get in touch with us

• Come chat with us on Telegram
• Join our developer Slack
• Keep up with us on Twitter and Nostr
• Open a channel with our node

Features

• Bitcoin only wallet
• Self-custodial
• No KYC
• Fully open source (AGPLv3)
• Connect to LND or Core Lightning remote node
• Manage multiple lightning nodes at once
• Connect via LNDHub instances
• Lightning accounts
• On-chain accounts
• Easy to use activity menu
• NFC payments and requests
• PIN or passphrase encryption
• Connect over Tor
• Privacy mode - hide your sensitive data
• Lightning address send
• Full LNURL support (pay, withdraw, auth, channel)
• Lightning channel management
• Detailed routing reports
• Set and manage routing fees
• MPP/AMP support
• Keysend support
• SegWit support
• Sign & verify messages
• Fiat currency integrations
• Various language support
• Multi-theme
• On-chain coin control
• External signer support
• Watch-only accounts
• Contact list for easier payments
• Nostr contact import
• Point of Sale (Standalone and Square integration)
• Lightning address receive
• Taproot support
• Connect a watchtower
• Advanced security center
• Batch on-chain transactions
• Batch channel opens
• PayJoin
• Lightning Node Connect
• Self-custodial lightning address (ZEUS Pay)

Remote Connections and Integrations

See the Remote Connections and Integrations document for details on connecting ZEUS to your node, Tor connection guides, and platform integrations.

For the most up-to-date remote connection guides, visit our documentation site.

Starting development

Don’t trust, verify the code with your own two eyes. Then when ready proceed to the steps below based on your platform.

Prerequisites

• Node.js (minimum version: v22.11)

Android

1. install and setup react-native and its related dependencies under “Building Projects with Native Code” on react-native’s Getting Started page
2. if using your phone, enable Developer mode and USB Debugging , then make sure it is connected to your computer by running adb devices
3. install node dependencies with yarn
4. open up your Android simulator or connect your phone and run npx react-native start
5. open a new tab and run npx react-native run-android

iOS

1. install and setup react-native and its related dependencies under “Building Projects with Native Code” on react-native’s Getting Started page
2. install node dependencies with yarn
3. cd ios && pod install
4. open ios/zeus.xcworkspace in Xcode and hit Run.

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community. Please read our Contribution Guidelines.

First-time contributors are highly encouraged to start with code review first, before creating their own Pull Requests.

Reproducible builds

Read our docs on reproducible builds here.

Translations

Do not directly modify the files in /locales unless you are adding new copy to the app in English. Instead, translators and reviewers should visit out Transifex page and request a role on the language you’d like to contribute to.

Release + Commit Verification

All releases and all maintainer commits as of October 20, 2021 are signed by key AAC48DE8AB8DEE84 (zeusln@tutanota.com). The key can be found in this repo and on the ZeusLN.com website.

Past Keys

989CC718EBA8BB68 (January 24, 2020 - October 19, 2021)

Donations

If you’d like to help cover the development costs of running the ZEUS project you can send a payment to us via our BTCPayServer portal, via Lightning Address (tips@pay.zeusln.app), or via PayNym (+holymorning7d1). You can also become a community sponsor and have your Twitter or Nostr avatar displayed on our website and in-app.

As of v0.11.5, you can also donate an additional percentage of each Lightning payment made in the wallet. You can set your donation percentage under Menu > Support ZEUS > Add a Tip with Each Payment or under Payment settings.

Thank you.

License

Distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL v3). See LICENSE file.