# Link Alby Hub

## Introduction

Alby Hub is your self-custodial lightning wallet. But it is more than that: It's your Hub for instant bitcoin payments across a growing ecosystem of apps and flexible enough to serve your very own use case. with superpowers:

* **Easiness**: Running your own node has never been easier
* **Ownership**: 24/7 online wallet with a lightning address and more cool features 
* **Connectivity**: Plug-in your Hub for self-custodial in-app payments in any app out there

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## How to get started with Alby Hub

Alby Hub is a lightweight wallet created to run on different systems such as in the cloud offered by Alby, on a server of your choice, on your desktop or even on a Raspberry Pi.

### As a new users choose one of these options to run your Hub:

Navigate to <https://getalby.com/subscription/new>