Alternatives to Liana
An open-source, self-custody Bitcoin wallet with built-in recovery paths so you are not locked out of your coins. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Liana
An open-source, self-custody Bitcoin wallet with built-in recovery paths so you are not locked out of your coins.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Liana.
Nunchuk
A Bitcoin multisig wallet with hardware wallet support and non-KYC inheritance planning using on-chain timelocks.
Nunchuk also offers timelock-based inheritance without KYC plus multisig, but runs on Android and iOS rather than desktop, is not open source, and charges for inheritance.
Specter Desktop
Open-source Bitcoin wallet software for multisig setups using hardware wallets and your own node.
Specter Desktop is MIT-licensed desktop software that also uses your own node, handling recovery through multisig with hardware wallets instead of built-in recovery paths.
Sparrow Wallet
Power-user desktop Bitcoin wallet with broad hardware wallet support.
Sparrow Wallet is an open-source desktop Bitcoin wallet for power users with broad hardware wallet support and PSBT, without built-in recovery paths.
Electrum
A lightweight open-source Bitcoin wallet for desktop and Android, developed continuously since 2011.
Electrum is a lightweight open-source Bitcoin wallet with reproducible builds, developed since 2011, adding an Android version but offering no built-in recovery paths.
Wasabi Wallet
Privacy-focused Bitcoin desktop wallet with built-in CoinJoin mixing.
Wasabi Wallet is an open-source desktop Bitcoin wallet focused on privacy, with built-in CoinJoin mixing and Tor by default, rather than recovery path planning.
BlueWallet
Open-source self-custody Bitcoin and Lightning wallet for iOS and Android.
BlueWallet moves self-custody to iOS and Android with Lightning support, multisig vaults and hardware wallet connections, but it has no desktop client.
Bitcoin Core
Run a Bitcoin node that independently validates the blockchain.
Bitcoin Core is the MIT-licensed full node with a built-in wallet and graphical interface, requiring substantial storage, bandwidth and time for initial synchronization.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
MyNode
A Bitcoin and Lightning node distribution with a web interface and an app marketplace.
Muun
Self-custodial Bitcoin and Lightning wallet with built-in submarine swaps.
Phoenix Wallet
Self-custodial Lightning wallet from the team behind the Eclair node.
Zeus
Open-source Lightning wallet that connects directly to your own Bitcoin node.
Bisq
Open-source desktop application for buying and selling bitcoin peer-to-peer without registration or a central server.
BTCPay Server
A self-hosted, open-source payment processor for accepting Bitcoin without a third party or fees.
