Practical overview
When it fits
Use Ibis when you want self-custodial Bitcoin management on Android with wallet-level choices for supported network integrations and transaction controls.
Who it is for
- Experienced Bitcoin users seeking a self-custodial Android wallet.
- Users managing multiple, multisig or watch-only Bitcoin wallets.
- Users who want to select among supported Lightning, Ark, Spark or Liquid integrations.
Documented uses
- Create, import, export and switch between Bitcoin wallets.
- Manage watch-only or multisig wallets and coordinate PSBT signing.
- Select specific on-chain UTXOs, batch payments, or manage unconfirmed transactions with RBF and CPFP.
- Connect Lightning through LND REST, clnrest or NWC, or use documented Ark, Spark and Liquid wallet functions.
- Make Lightning payments or invoices and swap between on-chain and Layer 2 environments.
Requirements & limits
The repository links to APK releases. The README lists Android 8.0 or newer as the minimum SDK.
- It is designed for experienced users and identifies itself as beta software.
- Layer 2 integrations are selectable per wallet, and connection methods vary by network.
- The app documents offline-by-default startup and built-in Tor, along with local locking and privacy controls.
- The repository is public, MIT-licensed and primarily written in Kotlin.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Build the Android app from the repository
Prepare the documented Android build environment and invoke the repository's debug build task.
Before you start
- Android Studio
- JDK 17
Steps
Open the Ibis Wallet repository in an Android Studio environment.
Run
./gradlew :app:assembleDebugfrom the repository.
Expected outcome
The repository's debug APK build task is invoked.
Guide limitations
- The instructions do not provide a device-installation or wallet-use procedure.
- Build instructions do not establish that a build was independently executed or tested.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 14 October 2026
- Original website title
- aeonBTC/IbisWallet · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

