Please create a full backup before migrating or any major internal changes like switching to an electrum based installation. You can easily create a backup in Settings --> Backup Specter (zip file).
Artifacts
Specter is available in several forms: as a GUI application, as a binary that can be executed like a web app, as a PyPI package, and as a Docker image.
Signed hashsum files are available for all binaries.
GUI Application
This is a GUI application with a windowed interface, which includes the Specter server.
Supported platforms: Windows, MacOS, Linux (x86_64)
Note on Linux: you need to set up udev rules (included in the archive). Check out the readme.
Note on macOS: The macOS application is currently not code-signed or notarized by Apple. After downloading the DMG and installing, macOS Gatekeeper will block the app. To fix this, run in Terminal:
cd /Applications
xattr -cr "Specter.app"
The current build supports macOS Catalina (10.15) or higher. If you'd like to run Specter on an older macOS version, you can install Specter from Pip. See #2530 for details.
specterd
Specterd is a command-line program that runs only the Specter server, behaving like a traditional web application.
Supported platforms: Windows, MacOS, Linux (x86_64)
PyPi Packages
If you're experienced Python user and/or developer, you might appreciate the pypi-packages which are also available on our github-release-page.
Docker
Official Docker images are published to GitHub Container Registry:
docker pull ghcr.io/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop:v2.1.8-pre3
See all available tags at ghcr.io/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop.
For releases prior to v2.1.2, Docker images were provided by the Chiang Mai LN devs.
Signatures and hashes
SHA256SUMS file contains sha256 hashes of all binary files and signed with "Specter Signer 2026" GPG key.
You can get the public key from here.
Fingerprint of the key is 9DC3 3CA8 3058 9DE3 B322 5C26 EEF5 756B 2EA4 2349
This key has been signed by @k9ert's key. For more information about Verifying signatures, see, e.g. this video.
Release notes
What's Changed
- Chore(deps): Bump psf/black from 22.3.0 to 26.3.0 in /.github/workflows by @dependabot[bot] in #2561
- docs(agents): refresh CI/release section post-GitLab migration by @k9ert in #2605
- Fix Electron stuck on splash in hwibridge mode by @k9ert in #2600
- ci: upgrade Node.js 12→18, migrate CI images to GHCR by @k9ert in #2602
- ci: add GHA test workflow + GPG-verify bitcoind/elementsd downloads by @k9ert in #2606
- Chore(deps): Bump axios and wait-on by @dependabot[bot] in #2592
- ci: retire Cirrus + GitLab, consolidate on GitHub Actions by @k9ert in #2610
- Chore(deps): Bump tar and electron-builder in /pyinstaller/electron by @dependabot[bot] in #2593
Full Changelog: v2.1.8-pre1...v2.1.8-pre3