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Zap

Zap is a free Lightning Network wallet focused on user experience and ease of use, with the overall goal of helping the cryptocurrency community scale Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

The UI for Zap is created using Electron + React + Redux.

We have an active slack channel where you can join the discussion on development, design and product.

Installing

Note: If you would like to use a full bitcoin node, please see the advanced usage page.

Download the latest release for your appropriate OS and follow the instructions below.

macOS

Once you have the .dmg file downloaded, double click on the file the mount the image.

Then drag-and-drop the Zap.app to Applications.

Finally, open Zap.app

Windows

Once you have the .exe file downloaded, simply double click on the file.

Linux (.deb)

Once you have the .deb file downloaded, you will need to install the package with dpkg:

sudo dpkg -i file.deb

If this is your first time installing zap, you may have some unmet dependencies. This can be resolved with the following command:

sudo apt-get -f install

To run Zap you can either navigate through the GUI or run the following command:

zap-desktop

Linux (AppImage)

Once you have downloaded the .AppImage file, you will need to navigate to the download directory and make it executable:

chmod +x file.AppImage

Then you can simply run the file:

./file.AppImage

Advanced Usage

If you would like to install from source or run a full bitcoin node, please see the advanced usage page.

Contributing

If you would like to help contribute to the project, please see the contributing guide.

Q & A (Quality and Assurance)

Note: If you are having problems with Zap, please report the issue in GitHub or on slack with screenshots and/or how to reproduce the bug/error.

A good product not only has good software tests but also checks the quality of the UX/UI. Putting ourselves in the shoes of a user is a very important design principle of Zap.

Example User Stories

User wants to connect to a peer

User wants to open a channel

User wants to create a payment request

User wants to make a payment