Layer 3 · Head-to-head

Pick two. Compare everything.

Side-by-side dossier across every tracked metric — repo health, news velocity, ship cadence.

2-up dossier

Selection

Side A·Sidechain / L2

Liquid Network

Blockstream · primarySidechain / L24 repos pooled
Side B·Sidechain / L2

Core Lightning

CompetitorSidechain / L23 repos pooled

Ledger

Metric face-off

Direction-aware: bars highlight the winner per row.

A · 3tie · 4B · 7
Liquid NetworkMetricCore Lightning
1,238

Stars

github

3,226
470

Forks

github

1,078
342

Contributors

github

263
181

Open issues

github · lower wins

286
8

Commits 7d

github

4
14

Commits 30d

github

70
35

Commits 90d

github

381
0d

Days since push

github · lower wins

0d
9d

Days since release

github · lower wins

3d
0

News 24h

news

0
0

News 7d

news

0
0

News sources 7d

news

0
1

Releases 30d

changelog

4
9d

Release silence

changelog · lower wins

3d

iOS rating

appstore

iOS reviews

appstore

d

iOS days since update

appstore · lower wins

d

Trajectories

Trend strip

Last 24 snapshots per series.

Side A

Liquid Network

Stars

1,238

Commits 30d

14

News 7d

0

Release silence

9

Side B

Core Lightning

Stars

3,226

Commits 30d

70

News 7d

0

Release silence

3

Activity

Recent shipping & coverage

5 most recent items per side.

Core Lightning

dossier

Recent releases

Apr 20

v26.04 Negative Routing Fees

ElementsProject/lightning

Apr 8

Release v26.04

ElementsProject/cln-application

Recent coverage

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