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Lightning Labs

At Lightning Labs, we develop software that powers the Lightning Network. Our open source, secure, and scalable Lightning systems enable users to send and receive money more efficiently than ever before. We also offer a series of verifiable, non-custodial Lightning-based financial services. We bridge the world of open source software and the next-generation of bitcoin financial software.

Lightning Labs publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Lightning API. Tagged areas include Bitcoin, Crypto, Lightning Network, and Payments.

Lightning Labs’ developer surface includes engineering blog and 4 more developer resources.

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25.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
BitcoinCryptoLightning NetworkPayments

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 25.1/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 9.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Lightning Labs Lightning API

The Lightning API from Lightning Labs — 64 operation(s) for lightning.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Lightning Labs LND API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Lightning Labs Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Lightning Labs Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Lightning Labs Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Lightning Labs Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Lightning Labs Agentic Access

71 operations · 33 acting · 3 human-in-the-loop

71 operations · 33 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: lightning-labs
name: Lightning Labs
description: At Lightning Labs, we develop software that powers the Lightning Network. Our open source, secure, and scalable
  Lightning systems enable users to send and receive money more efficiently than ever before. We also offer a series of verifiable,
  non-custodial Lightning-based financial services. We bridge the world of open source software and the next-generation of
  bitcoin financial software.
kind: contract
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/lightning-labs.png
tags:
- Bitcoin
- Crypto
- Lightning Network
- Payments
created: '2024-11-08'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightning-labs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: lightning-labs:lightning-labs-lightning-api
  name: Lightning Labs Lightning API
  description: The Lightning API from Lightning Labs — 64 operation(s) for lightning.
  humanURL: https://lightning.engineering/api-docs/api/lnd/
  tags:
  - Lightning
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lightning-labs-lightning-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://lightning.engineering/api-docs/api/lnd/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/lightning-labs-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/lightning-labs-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightning-labs-inc
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/lightningnetwork
- url: https://lightning.engineering/blog/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com