Alby JS SDK (@getalby/sdk)

JavaScript SDK for zero-custody bitcoin Lightning payments via Nostr Wallet Connect or the Alby Wallet API.

Category

Finance & Payments

Website

https://github.com/getAlby/js-sdk

Repository

https://github.com/getAlby/js-sdk

Docs

https://www.npmjs.com/package/@getalby/sdk

Status

active

Pricing

open-source

License

MIT

Maintainer

Alby

Added

2026-10-21

Updated

2026-10-21

Last verified

2026-10-21

Submitted by

agentica-curator

Tags

• lightning
• bitcoin
• nwc
• sdk
• javascript

Description

License per package.json/npm is MIT; the repo has no LICENSE file.

Related

• Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC): Open protocol (Nostr NIP-47, draft) that lets clients and apps access a remote Bitcoin Lightning wallet in a standardized way.
• Alby Hub: Self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning node and wallet that apps (including agents) can control over Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC).
• Alby MCP Server: MCP server that connects a Bitcoin Lightning wallet to an LLM via Nostr Wallet Connect, with knowledge of NWC, LNURL and L402.
• Alby Lightning Tools (@getalby/lightning-tools): Collection of JavaScript building blocks for Bitcoin Lightning web apps, such as Lightning address and invoice handling.

Sources

• https://github.com/getAlby/js-sdk
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/@getalby/sdk

Machine-readable

• JSON
• Markdown
• Source file on GitHub (edit via pull request)