<p>Since <a href="https://rompert.com/recksplorer/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://rompert.com/recksplorer/</a> apparently is no longer available (<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/u9aJ1.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>screen shot</strong></a>), I add the following link including a mostly visual collection of the Lightning Network:</p>

<p><a href="https://gist.github.com/bretton/798ec38165ffabc719d91e0f4f67552d" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://gist.github.com/bretton/798ec38165ffabc719d91e0f4f67552d</a></p>

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2019-02-28T12:29:11.313Z
2019-02-28T12:29:11.313Z
Questioner
<p>As for (1) yes you can use tools like the recksplorer as suggested by JBaczuk but you can also query the gossip store of your lightning node directly. Each node has to know the entire topology of the network for source based routing. C-Lightning provides a command line interface to retrieve this data. </p>

<p>However nodes can have private channels or be even private themselves. So with the Recksplorer which utilizes the Gossipstore and with the Gossip store you will only get a fraction of the Lightning Network. People Using Bitcoin Lightning Wallet or Eclaire mobile Wallet will currently not be public. </p>

<p>As for (2) I have created an autopilot for c-lightning with the python client library which analyzed the graph with the networkx module of python. you can check out the code at this pull request: <a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/1888" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/1888</a> This should give you a starting point for doing more statistics about the topology.</p>

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2019-01-17T14:57:20.897Z
2019-01-17T14:57:20.897Z
Rene Pickhardt
<p>You can try recksplorer at <a href="https://rompert.com/recksplorer/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://rompert.com/recksplorer/</a> to get a node count, or drill down on individual nodes:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/orF9h.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/orF9h.png" alt="Recksplorer"></a></p>

<p>Source is at: <a href="https://github.com/chemicstry/recksplorer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/chemicstry/recksplorer</a></p>

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2019-02-27T16:04:32.017Z
Thank you ; however  https://rompert.com/recksplorer/ apparently is no longer available [screen shot](https://imgur.com/LOtZi2V).
Questioner
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2019-04-24T09:26:27.370Z
recksplorer is working
Rafael Muhamedzyanov
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2019-01-17T14:50:31.953Z
2019-01-17T14:50:31.953Z
JBaczuk
<ol>
<li><p><strong>Amboss</strong> - <a href="https://amboss.space/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://amboss.space/</a> - Gives stats around Lightning network
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/MQ6MD.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/MQ6MD.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>1ml.com</strong> - <a href="https://1ml.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://1ml.com/</a> - Similar to amboss
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/eLK1R.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/eLK1R.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>LN Lighthouse</strong> - <a href="https://lnlighthouse.online/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://lnlighthouse.online/</a> - Helps to group (by capacity) and visualise peers of any node (Disclaimer: I am the front end dev of this app)
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/kQXDn.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/kQXDn.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
</li>
</ol>

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2022-09-22T06:21:05.303Z
2022-09-22T06:21:05.303Z
saiy2k
<p><strong>(1)</strong> Is there any tool by which we can know the current number of nodes (participants as payer/payee) and number of channels in Lightning Network with an accurate estimation?</p>

<p><strong>(2)</strong> As a more advanced query, is it also possible to know the topology of this graph? (vertices as participants and edges as channels) </p>

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Number of nodes and channels in Lightning Network?
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# Number of nodes and channels in Lightning Network?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-17)

**(1)** Is there any tool by which we can know the current number of nodes (participants as payer/payee) and number of channels in Lightning Network with an accurate estimation?

**(2)** As a more advanced query, is it also possible to know the topology of this graph? (vertices as participants and edges as channels)

**Tags:** lightning-network, tools, ln-topology


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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2019-02-28. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Since <https://rompert.com/recksplorer/> apparently is no longer available ([**screen shot**](https://i.sstatic.net/u9aJ1.jpg)), I add the following link including a mostly visual collection of the Lightning Network:

<https://gist.github.com/bretton/798ec38165ffabc719d91e0f4f67552d>


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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-01-17. Score: 3

As for (1) yes you can use tools like the recksplorer as suggested by username_2 but you can also query the gossip store of your lightning node directly. Each node has to know the entire topology of the network for source based routing. C-Lightning provides a command line interface to retrieve this data.

However nodes can have private channels or be even private themselves. So with the Recksplorer which utilizes the Gossipstore and with the Gossip store you will only get a fraction of the Lightning Network. People Using Bitcoin Lightning Wallet or Eclaire mobile Wallet will currently not be public.

As for (2) I have created an autopilot for c-lightning with the python client library which analyzed the graph with the networkx module of python. you can check out the code at this pull request: <https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/1888> This should give you a starting point for doing more statistics about the topology.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-01-17. Score: 1

You can try recksplorer at <https://rompert.com/recksplorer/> to get a node count, or drill down on individual nodes:

[![Recksplorer](https://i.sstatic.net/orF9h.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/orF9h.png)

Source is at: <https://github.com/chemicstry/recksplorer>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you ; however  https://rompert.com/recksplorer/ apparently is no longer available [screen shot](https://imgur.com/LOtZi2V).  
> **username_3**: recksplorer is working  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2022-09-22. Score: 1

1. **Amboss** - <https://amboss.space/> - Gives stats around Lightning network
   [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/MQ6MD.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/MQ6MD.png)
2. **1ml.com** - <https://1ml.com/> - Similar to amboss
   [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/eLK1R.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/eLK1R.png)
3. **LN Lighthouse** - <https://lnlighthouse.online/> - Helps to group (by capacity) and visualise peers of any node (Disclaimer: I am the front end dev of this app)
   [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/kQXDn.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/kQXDn.jpg)


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