Gridflare.xyz

Gridflare.xyz was a lightning network explorer and channel recommendation engine launched in 2023 and archived in 2026.

Running locally

Download the repository

git clone https://github.com/Gridflare/gridflare.xyz.git
cd gridflare.xyz

Link your credentials

I recommend linking to your credentials with ln -s, but copying and pasting into data/credentials will work too.

mkdir -p data/credentials
cd data/credentials
ln -s ~/.lnd/tls.cert
ln -s ~/.lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet/readonly.macaroon
ln -s ~/.lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet/admin.macaroon

The readonly macaroon is sufficient to run the website, extra permissions are only required if randomgossipconnections is enabled (see below).

Configure the server

Edit processor/node.conf.

1. Set server to your node ip.
2. If you use Neutrino, set use_include_unannounced_workaround = 1 and listener_node_pub.
3. Optional, for better graph knowledge over time, set randomgossipconnections = 1 and macpath to admin.macaroon.

Start the website

docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yml up

Go to localhost:7080 in your web browser.

Additional debug logs are located in processor/processor.log.

tail -f processor/processor.log