<p><a href="http://lovebitcoins.org" rel="nofollow">LoveBitcoins.org</a> has a <a href="http://lovebitcoins.org/getStarted.html" rel="nofollow">list of clients</a> for various platforms.</p>

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2012-03-05T22:21:46.823Z
It's missing a lot of more common clients.
Luke Dashjr
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2012-02-23T15:23:58.457Z
2012-02-23T15:23:58.457Z
Jan
<p>There is a current list of clients here
<a href="http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category:Clients">http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category:Clients</a></p>

<p>There is development discussion around alternative clients here
<a href="http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=37.0">http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=37.0</a></p>

<p>Currently the "Official Client" (more specifically, the Satoshi client) is the most widely used and has implementations that run on Windows, OS X, and Linux. However, multiple alternative clients have been developed, including ones that run on Android, and this is currently a high priority for the bitcoin community.</p>

<p>The current most popular alternative clients are BitcoinJ, written in java
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/bitcoinj/">http://code.google.com/p/bitcoinj/</a></p>

<p>and BitDroid, which runs on Android
<a href="https://github.com/cdecker/BitDroid-Network">https://github.com/cdecker/BitDroid-Network</a></p>

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2011-10-07T21:48:10.583Z
I found this site which has an alternative client http://multibit.org/
kirian
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2011-08-31T01:23:21.600Z
I upvoted this but I feel it's worth noting that BitcoinJ and BitDroid aren't really "clients" per se - more like engines. I know technically they satisfy the criteria in the same way that bitcoind.exe does, but when most folks say "clients" they're probably expecting a fully functioning app with a GUI.
David Perry
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2011-08-31T16:46:41.220Z
yes, that is very true. Perhaps worth noting that they are still more suitable for developers to build GUIs and other features around than useful on their own for the average user at this point.
lemonginger
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2012-11-11T16:21:50.473Z
The list of current clients is quite useless. It does not say which clients are desktop versions, etc and some links are dead
Jus12
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2012-11-13T08:03:49.397Z
yes someone should submit a new answer, or re-ask the question and answer it. Unfortunately, lots of questions like these are going to be time-limited in the bitcoin world.
lemonginger
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2011-08-31T01:13:32.047Z
2011-08-31T01:13:32.047Z
lemonginger
<p>Apart from the official client found at the <a href="http://www.bitcoin.org/">bitcoin.org</a> site what is the list of alternative bitcoin clients? And what OS do they work on?</p>

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2012-02-23T16:44:57.163Z
As far as I know the official client is currently the only client capable of doing full transaction validation. (BitcoinJ, libbitcoin, and Armory don't do full validation. Some other clients rely on bitcoind or the partially-validating clients.)
theymos
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Apart from the official bitcoin client what other clients are there?
kirian
# Apart from the official bitcoin client what other clients are there?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-08-31)

Apart from the official client found at the [bitcoin.org](http://www.bitcoin.org/) site what is the list of alternative bitcoin clients? And what OS do they work on?

**Tags:** client

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: As far as I know the official client is currently the only client capable of doing full transaction validation. (BitcoinJ, libbitcoin, and Armory don't do full validation. Some other clients rely on bitcoind or the partially-validating clients.)  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2011-08-31. Score: 10 | Accepted answer

There is a current list of clients here
<http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category:Clients>

There is development discussion around alternative clients here
<http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=37.0>

Currently the "Official Client" (more specifically, the Satoshi client) is the most widely used and has implementations that run on Windows, OS X, and Linux. However, multiple alternative clients have been developed, including ones that run on Android, and this is currently a high priority for the bitcoin community.

The current most popular alternative clients are BitcoinJ, written in java
<http://code.google.com/p/bitcoinj/>

and BitDroid, which runs on Android
<https://github.com/cdecker/BitDroid-Network>

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: I upvoted this but I feel it's worth noting that BitcoinJ and BitDroid aren't really "clients" per se - more like engines. I know technically they satisfy the criteria in the same way that bitcoind.exe does, but when most folks say "clients" they're probably expecting a fully functioning app with a GUI.  
> **username_4**: yes, that is very true. Perhaps worth noting that they are still more suitable for developers to build GUIs and other features around than useful on their own for the average user at this point.  
> **username_0**: I found this site which has an alternative client http://multibit.org/  
> **username_6**: The list of current clients is quite useless. It does not say which clients are desktop versions, etc and some links are dead  
> **username_4**: yes someone should submit a new answer, or re-ask the question and answer it. Unfortunately, lots of questions like these are going to be time-limited in the bitcoin world.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2012-02-23. Score: 2

[LoveBitcoins.org](http://lovebitcoins.org) has a [list of clients](http://lovebitcoins.org/getStarted.html) for various platforms.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: It's missing a lot of more common clients.  

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