Supported platforms
Eclair is supported on the following platforms:
- Linux - as an executable JAR package
- Mac OS - as an executable JAR package
- Windows - as an executable JAR package
Prerequisites
Eclair will use any BTC it finds in the Bitcoin Core wallet to fund any channels you choose to open.
Eclair will return BTC from closed channels to this wallet.
You must configure your Bitcoin Node to use bech32 (segwit) addresses.
See below for the minimal required bitcoin configuration.
testnet=1
server=1
txindex=1
rpcuser=XXX
rpcpassword=XXX
zmqpubhashblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:29000
zmqpubrawtx=tcp://127.0.0.1:29000
Manual installation (Linux, MacOS, Windows)
Download the latest release from https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases and unzip it to your preferred folder. It contains start-up scripts in the bin folder.
The eclair package is named as follows:
eclair-node-<version>.zip