One-click Bitcoin Lightning networks for local app development & testing
One-click Bitcoin Lightning networks for local app development & testing
Polar was built to help Lightning Network application developers quickly spin up one or more networks locally on their computers.
With Polar you can:
Supported Network Node Versions:
Polar requires that you have Docker installed to create the local networks
You will be prompted to install Docker if Polar cannot detect it automatically
⚠️ Important Docker Notes
Download Polar v2.2.0 for your OS
Alternative and older version binaries can be found in the GitHub releases
Polar's translations are managed on Crowdin. The initial translations of 10 languages were done by machine (Google Translate) and are likely to not be 100% accurate. If you speak multiple languages and wish to help with translations, please feel free to head over to the project page on Crowdin and submit updated strings. This assistance would be greatly appreciated.
If you would like to learn how to package Polar from source code or want to fix a bug or add a new feature, please see CONTRIBUTING for detailed instructions.
Command | Description |
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yarn |
install dependencies |
yarn dev |
run the app with react hot reloading and electron live restarting |
yarn test |
run unit tests in watch mode |
yarn test:e2e |
run e2e tests |
yarn lint:all |
run typescript and eslint syntax checking |
yarn package |
package the app for your OS |