List of Wallets
Well-known and actively maintained wallets supporting the Cardano Blockchain are Eternl, Typhon, , Yoroi, Lace, ADAlite, NuFi, Daedalus, Gero, LodeWallet, Coin Wallet, ADAWallet, Atomic, Trust and Exodus.
Note that in case of issues, usually only queries relating to official wallets can be answered in Cardano groups across telegram/forum. You may need to consult with specific wallet support teams for third party wallets.
Tip
- Its is important to ensure that you're in sole control of your wallet keys, and that the keys used can be restored via alternate wallet providers if a particular one is non-functional. Hence, put extra attention to
Non-Custodial
andCompatibility
fields. - The score column below is strictly a count of checks against each feature listed, the impact of specific feature (and thus, score) is up to reader's descretion.
- The table represents current state on mainnet network, any future roadmap activities are out-of-scope.
- Info on individual fields can be found towards the end of the page.
- Any field that shows partial support (eg: open-source field) does not score the point for that field.
- New additions are welcome, please click edit link and submit PRs if any of the below is found to be outdated or if a new wallet support is to be added.
Name | Type | Score | Non-Custodial | Compatibility | Stake Control | Transparent Support | Voting | Hardware Wallet | Native Assets | dApp Integration | Stability | Testnets Support | Custom Backend Support | Single/Multi Address Mode | Mobile App | Desktop (app,extension,web) | Open Source |
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Eternl | Light | 14 | ( ,, ) | ||||||||||||||
Typhon | Light | 13 | ( ,, ) | Partial | |||||||||||||
Yoroi | Light | 11 | ( ,, ) | ||||||||||||||
Lace | Light | 11 | ( ,, ) | ||||||||||||||
ADAlite | Light | 10 | ( ,, ) | ||||||||||||||
NuFi | Light | 9 | ( ,, ) | ||||||||||||||
Gero | Light | 9 | ( ,, ) | ||||||||||||||
ADAWallet | Light | 8 | ( ,, ) | ||||||||||||||
Daedalus | Full | 8 | ( ,, ) | ||||||||||||||
LodeWallet | Light | 7 | ( ,, ) | ||||||||||||||
Coin Wallet | Light | 6 | ( ,, ) | ||||||||||||||
Atomic | Light | 6 | ( ,, ) | ||||||||||||||
Trust | Light | 4 | ( ,, ) | ||||||||||||||
Exodus | Light | 2 | ( ,, ) |
Brief info on fields above⚓︎
- Non-Custodial: are wallets where payment as well as stake keys are not shared/reused by wallet provider, and funds can be transparently verified on explorer
- Compatibility: If the wallet mnemonics/keys can easily (for non-technical user) be used outside of specific wallet provider in major other wallets
- Stake Control: Freedom to elect stake pool for user to delegate to (in user-friendly way)
- Transparent Support: Easy approachability of a public interactive - eg: discord/telegram - group (with non-anonymous users) who can help out with support. Twitter/Email supports do not count for a check
- Voting: Ability to participate in Catalyst voting process
- Hardware Wallet: Integration with atleast Ledger Nano device
- Native Assets: Ability to view native assets that belong to wallet
- dApp Integration: Ability to interact with dApps
- Stability: represents whether there have been large number of users reporting missing tokens/balance due to wallet backend being out of sync
- Testnets Support: Ability to easily (for end-user) open wallets in atleast one of the cardano testnet networks
- Custom Backend Support: Ability to elect a custom backend URL for selecting alternate way to submit transactions transactions created on client machines
- Single/Multi Address Mode: Ability to use/import Single as well as Multiple Address modes for a wallet
- Mobile App: Availability on atleast one of the popular mobile platforms
- Desktop (app,extension,web): Ways to open wallet app on desktop PCs
- Open Source: Whether the complete wallet (all components) are open source and can be run independently.