Alternatives to Wasabi Wallet
Privacy-focused Bitcoin desktop wallet with built-in CoinJoin mixing. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Wasabi Wallet
Privacy-focused Bitcoin desktop wallet with built-in CoinJoin mixing.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Wasabi Wallet.
Sparrow Wallet
Power-user desktop Bitcoin wallet with broad hardware wallet support.
Sparrow Wallet is a desktop Bitcoin wallet focused on hardware wallet support and PSBT, without Wasabi's built-in CoinJoin or default Tor routing.
Electrum
A lightweight open-source Bitcoin wallet for desktop and Android, developed continuously since 2011.
Electrum is a lightweight Bitcoin wallet with reproducible builds that also runs on Android, but it has no built-in CoinJoin mixing.
Bitcoin Core
Run a Bitcoin node that independently validates the blockchain.
Bitcoin Core pairs a wallet with a fully validating node, which needs substantial storage and sync time, and has no built-in CoinJoin.
BlueWallet
Open-source self-custody Bitcoin and Lightning wallet for iOS and Android.
BlueWallet moves you to iOS and Android with Lightning, multisig and hardware wallet support, but has no desktop client or CoinJoin feature.
Specter Desktop
Open-source Bitcoin wallet software for multisig setups using hardware wallets and your own node.
Specter Desktop is an MIT-licensed Bitcoin wallet for multisig with hardware signing devices, connecting to your own node rather than offering CoinJoin.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Wasabi Wallet as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Liana
An open-source, self-custody Bitcoin wallet with built-in recovery paths so you are not locked out of your coins.
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.
Nunchuk
A Bitcoin multisig wallet with hardware wallet support and non-KYC inheritance planning using on-chain timelocks.
Wasabi Wallet is a free open-source desktop Bitcoin wallet focused on privacy with built-in CoinJoin and Tor, rather than multisig and inheritance on mobile.
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.
Feather
A small, fast, open-source Monero desktop wallet for Linux, Tails, Windows and macOS.
Cake Wallet
An open-source, non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet for Monero, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and other coins.
