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  • 👋 Welcome, bee!
  • 🐝 Alby Hub, Browser Extension and Alby Go
  • 👋 Welcome, dev!
  • 🏠 Hub, Browser Extension, Account
  • Alby Go
    • 📲Get Alby mobile app
    • 👩‍🚀Send, Receive, Go!
  • Alby Hub
    • â„šī¸Introduction
    • đŸšĸGetting Started
    • 🍕Alby Hub flavors
      • Alby Pro Cloud
      • Other Cloud Options
      • Desktop
      • Docker
      • Umbrel, Start9, etc
      • 🐧Linux
      • 🆙Updating
    • 👛Wallet
      • đŸ’ĢOpen your first channel
      • 📤Send
      • đŸ“ĨReceive
      • âŦ†ī¸Buy Bitcoin
        • 💰Withdraw from an exchange
      • âŦ‡ī¸Sell Bitcoin
    • 🔗App Connections
    • 🎮App Store
      • 🏡Sub-wallet, Friends & Family
        • Fast sub-wallets (no lightning address)
        • Sub-wallet with lightning address âšĄī¸
        • Podcaster & musicians sub-wallets
        • ❓Q&A of sub-wallets
      • 📅ZapPlanner
    • 🚰Node
      • đŸ“ĨIncrease receiving capacity
      • 📤Advanced: Increase Spending Balance with on-chain bitcoin
      • â¤ī¸Node Health
      • 💰On-chain Balance
      • Swap In & Out
    • 🔐Backups & Recover
    • ❓FAQ Alby Hub
      • How can I access Alby Hub from my phone?
      • Why do I need to link my Alby Account?
      • Should I open a private or public channel?
      • How can I change routing fees?
      • How can I close a channel? What happens to the sats in this channel?
      • Why was my lightning channel closed and what to do next?
      • How can I update my Alby Hub?
      • How can I change my unlock password?
      • How can I check budgets of connected apps?
      • How can I backup my keys
      • Where is Alby Hub physically located?
      • How can I migrate Alby Hub to a different machine?
      • How to use Fly.io to run Alby Hub
      • What to do during times of high onchain fees?
      • What to do if I cannot send a payment?
      • What to do if I cannot receive a payment
      • Should I open multiple channels with the same counterparty?
      • What happens if the healthcheck indicator turns red?
    • 📚Bitcoin Wallet Glossary
  • Alby Browser Extension
    • 👾Features
      • đŸ’ŗManage multiple wallets
      • đŸ’ĩCreate and change budgets
      • 🔂Send and receive bitcoin
      • đŸĨManage site connections
      • đŸ—ī¸Master Key
      • đŸĻ¤Nostr
      • 🌊Liquid
      • âš–ī¸HOLD Payments
    • 🔗Link wallet
      • Alby web Account
      • Umbrel
      • Alby Hub via NWC link
      • LND
      • No limits - quick & easy
    • 🎮Discover apps
    • 🐞Debugging
      • Connecting your LN node
      • Google Chrome
      • Mozilla Firefox
      • Using nightly builds
    • ❓FAQs Alby Extension
      • How do I install the Alby Browser Extension?
      • Why do I need a unlock password?
      • Can I trust the software?
      • Lost Password
      • Does the extension work on Mobile?
      • Implementing payments and authentication
      • Can I use Alby with the Tor Browser?
      • What is the Alby Companion App?
      • How to enable Alby only on specific websites?
      • Can I connect LND with readonly permissions?
      • How to use Alby with nosft.xyz to get NFT ordinals/inscriptions?
      • How to access my old account in apps with the Alby Extension
      • What permission does the extension require?
      • How can I run my own Lightning node?
      • Migrate from old LNDHub setup
      • I lost my Nostr ID when making a new account
  • Alby Account
    • â„šī¸Introduction
    • 🔗Link wallet
      • 🔗Link Alby Hub
      • 🔗Link other NWC wallet
    • 🌮Features
      • Nostr identifier
      • Lightning Address
      • Notifications and reports
      • Email, Password, Currency
      • âŦ†ī¸Top up your wallet
        • Card or bank transfer
        • Exchange service
        • Other bitcoin wallet
        • Other crypto wallet
      • âŦ‡ī¸Convert to fiat
    • 🎮Connect to apps
      • App Connections via NWC
      • Alby Browser Extension
      • BTCPay Server
      • Podcast apps
      • Alby Go mobile app
    • 👩‍đŸ’ģCustomize your lightning address
      • Nostr
      • Own domain
    • ❓FAQs Alby Account
      • Alby Hub is here! What happens to my existing balance?
      • Are there transaction limits with my Alby Account?
      • Why is there a minimum balance required?
      • Which service fees apply for using an Alby account?
      • What are fee credits in my Alby account
      • Embrace Alby Hub - phasing out Alby’s shared wallet
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🏠 Hub, Browser Extension, Account

A simple breakdown of Alby's products and services.

Last updated 10 months ago

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Alby Hub

  • Self-custodial bitcoin lightning wallet

  • App marketplace

  • App permission management

  • In-app BTC purchases via cards and bank transfers

  • Powers the Alby Browser Extension and Alby mobile (soon)

  • Runs in the cloud, or on desktop and mini computers

Alby Browser Extension

  • Link and manage multiple wallets

  • Use lightning and Nostr apps on the web (your Bitcoin & Nostr companion!)

  • Holds your keys to Nostr, Lightning-Auth, Bitcoin onchain and Liquid on your device

  • Recovered by Master Key (12-word seed phrase)

  • Easy way for web app developers to interact with lightning wallets via the WebLN standard

Alby Account

  • Your customized personal@getalby.com lightning address

  • Connect your account to mobile wallets, Nostr apps and many more:

  • Link your Alby Account to your own wallet via

  • Customize your tipping page, lightning address, avatar and payment notifications

  • Use SDKs and APIs to develop your own bitcoin app

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Features of Alby Hub and how to use it.

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Features of the Alby Account and how to use it.

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