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Lightning Development Kit (LDK)

Lightning Development Kit (LDK) is a complete, flexible, and customizable implementation of the Lightning Network packaged as an SDK. It provides tools for developers building Lightning nodes and applications across mobile, web, hardware security modules, Lightning Service Providers, and cloud infrastructure.

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11 current maintainers10 active leads2 new active leads

Maintainer signals as of Aug 10, 2026

Maintainer Intelligence

This view starts from the canonical internal-employee model. A maintainer is an internal employee who merged at least one pull request in a non-fork repository; external contributors, bots, and PR authors are not treated as causal. Active leads have merged within the last three months.

11

Current maintainers

10

Active leads

2

New active leads

0

Lead step-downs

0

Lead movements

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Early lead departures

Signals as of Aug 10, 2026github.com/lightningdevkit

Maintainers (16)

@tnullCurrent employee

PRs merged: 346
Internal authors supported: 14
Currently active authors: 11
First merge: Sep 19, 2022
Last merge: Aug 7, 2026

Active leadEarly maintainer

Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@wpaulino @vincenzopalazzo @valentinewallace @tankyleo @joostjager @jkczyz @elnosh @dunxen @carlaKC @benthecarman @arik-so @TheBlueMatt

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@ConorOkusCurrent employee

PRs merged: 29
Internal authors supported: 9
Currently active authors: 4
First merge: Oct 12, 2021
Last merge: Jul 29, 2026

Active leadEarly maintainer

Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@wpaulino @valentinewallace @tnull @moneyball @dunxen @dennisreimann @benthecarman @arik-so @G8XSU

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@benthecarmanCurrent employee

PRs merged: 32
Internal authors supported: 6
Currently active authors: 6
First merge: May 3, 2025
Last merge: Jul 28, 2026

Active leadEarly maintainer

Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@vincenzopalazzo @tnull @tankyleo @joostjager @jkczyz @elnosh

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@jkczyzCurrent employee

PRs merged: 91
Internal authors supported: 11
Currently active authors: 8
First merge: Mar 3, 2021
Last merge: Jul 14, 2026

Active leadEarly maintainer

Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@wpaulino @vincenzopalazzo @valentinewallace @tnull @joostjager @dunxen @benthecarman @arik-so @TheBlueMatt @G8XSU @ConorOkus

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@TheBlueMattCurrent employee

PRs merged: 880
Internal authors supported: 14
Currently active authors: 10
First merge: Feb 28, 2018
Last merge: Jul 2, 2026

Active leadEarly maintainer

Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@wpaulino @vincenzopalazzo @valentinewallace @tnull @tankyleo @moneyball @joostjager @jkczyz @elnosh @dunxen @carlaKC @benthecarman

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@ldk-reviews-botCurrent employee

PRs merged: 3
Internal authors supported: 3
Currently active authors: 3
First merge: Jun 28, 2026
Last merge: Jun 30, 2026

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Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@wpaulino @valentinewallace @TheBlueMatt

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@wpaulinoCurrent employee

PRs merged: 95
Internal authors supported: 10
Currently active authors: 9
First merge: Feb 11, 2023
Last merge: Jun 26, 2026

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Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@valentinewallace @tnull @tankyleo @joostjager @jkczyz @elnosh @dunxen @carlaKC @benthecarman @TheBlueMatt

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@valentinewallaceCurrent employee

PRs merged: 185
Internal authors supported: 13
Currently active authors: 10
First merge: Jan 29, 2021
Last merge: Jun 24, 2026

Active leadEarly maintainer

Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@wpaulino @tnull @tankyleo @joostjager @jkczyz @elnosh @dunxen @carlaKC @benthecarman @arik-so @TheBlueMatt @G8XSU

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@joostjagerCurrent employee

PRs merged: 6
Internal authors supported: 5
Currently active authors: 5
First merge: Mar 6, 2025
Last merge: Jun 24, 2026

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Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@valentinewallace @tnull @elnosh @carlaKC @TheBlueMatt

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@tankyleoCurrent employee

PRs merged: 24
Internal authors supported: 5
Currently active authors: 5
First merge: Aug 20, 2025
Last merge: Jun 16, 2026

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Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@wpaulino @valentinewallace @tnull @benthecarman @TheBlueMatt

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@carlaKCCurrent employee

PRs merged: 0
Internal authors supported: 0
Currently active authors: 0
First merge: Dec 1, 2025
Last merge: Dec 1, 2025

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@G8XSUFormer employee

PRs merged: 21
Internal authors supported: 7
Currently active authors: 4
First merge: Dec 1, 2022
Last merge: Mar 31, 2025

Early maintainer

Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@vincenzopalazzo @tnull @moneyball @elnosh @dunxen @arik-so @TheBlueMatt

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@arik-soFormer employee

PRs merged: 56
Internal authors supported: 8
Currently active authors: 7
First merge: Nov 10, 2020
Last merge: Mar 14, 2025

Early maintainer

Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@wpaulino @valentinewallace @tnull @joostjager @jkczyz @benthecarman @TheBlueMatt @G8XSU

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@dunxenFormer employee

PRs merged: 7
Internal authors supported: 3
Currently active authors: 3
First merge: Aug 31, 2022
Last merge: Jan 14, 2025

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Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@vincenzopalazzo @tnull @jkczyz

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@moneyballFormer employee

PRs merged: 1
Internal authors supported: 1
Currently active authors: 1
First merge: Feb 4, 2021
Last merge: Jan 2, 2025

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@dennisreimannFormer employee

PRs merged: 3
Internal authors supported: 1
Currently active authors: 1
First merge: Jul 7, 2021
Last merge: Oct 29, 2021

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Maintainer Movements (1)

@dennisreimann moved lead merge authority to BTCPay Server.

Confirmed Apr 14, 2025 · Observed

Last source merge Oct 29, 2021 · First destination merge Apr 14, 2025