Running a Lightning node at home is the heartbeat of the decentralized network, but exposing your physical Home IP address to the internet introduces significant DDoS and privacy risks. Tor gives you anonymity, but costs you the lightning-fast gossip and settlement speeds of Clearnet.

Enter Hybrid Routing with Tunnel⚡Sats.

We are beyond excited to announce the launch of Tunnel⚡Sats v3.1.0, built seamlessly for the new immutable ☂️ umbrelOS architecture. Setup takes seconds, and the app programmatically intercepts and tunnels only your LND or Core Lightning traffic through our global, high-performance WireGuard exit nodes. It’s the ultimate privacy shield without compromising your entire Umbrel’s network traffic.

Why Hybrid Routing Matters

With TunnelSats, you maintain the anonymity of Tor while peering and routing payments with the absolute speed of Clearnet. It just works.

• Zero Exposure: Your home IP is hidden behind our global VPN servers.
• Targeted Tunneling: We strictly route LND/CLN. Your other self-hosted apps stay untouched.
• NWC Renewals: Link your subscription on our dashboard using Nostr Wallet Connect, and your node pays for its own VPN.

🚀 Install the Community App Today

We are working diligently to be approved for the official Umbrel App Store under the Bitcoin category. But you don’t have to wait.

Install it manually from our Community App repo right now:

👉 https://github.com/Tunnelsats/ts-umbrel-app

We’re keen to hear your feedback! If things aren’t going as planned or you want to request a feature, drop us an issue on our GitHub Repo or reply to this note.

🔌 Built By The Community, For The Community

Our Umbrel App is entirely open-source. What makes the Lightning Network so incredibly resilient is the community of builders, reviewers, and node runners behind it. We want to keep that ethos alive! We invite everyone to review our code, battle-test our implementations, and contribute to the project. Whether you are finding edge cases, improving the UI, or extending the bash tooling, your feedback makes the entire ecosystem stronger.

Want to get your hands dirty and help us build? Check out our developer documentation and get started today:
👉 Read our DEVELOPING.md on GitHub

Keep stacking, keep routing, stay private. ⚡

Website: tunnelsats.com API Docs: api.tunnelsats.com System Status: status.tunnelsats.com