Install with Poetry

Install LNbits from source using Poetry for Python dependency management.

Poetry is the traditional Python dependency manager used by LNbits.

Prerequisites

bash

git clone https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits.git
cd lnbits

# Install dependencies
poetry install

# Copy config
cp .env.example .env

bash

poetry run lnbits

LNbits is now running at http://localhost:5000.

bash

poetry run lnbits --reload

If you prefer pip over Poetry:

bash

pip install lnbits
lnbits

bash

cd lnbits
git pull --rebase
poetry install --only main

If you installed with pip:

bash

pip install --upgrade lnbits

After updating, use Admin UI → Extensions → "Update All" to update extensions.