.. _connecting-cln:

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Connect Directly to Core Lightning
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Core Lightning is one of the two lightning implementations found on Start9 servers. It was created and is maintained by `Blockstream <https://blockstream.com>`_.

If you want to connect a wallet to it, you can do so using one of the following guides:

.. toctree::
  :maxdepth: 1

  alby-cln
  fully-noded-cln
  ride-the-lightning
  spark
  zeus-cln-direct