# Bitcore

A full stack for bitcoin and blockchain-based applications

Repository: https://github.com/bitpay/bitcore
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bitcore
Homepage: https://bitcore.io/
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-06T21:11:29+00:00
Link (homepage): https://bitcore.io/

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4642, "days_push": 27, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4988, forks 2148 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:04.279159+00:00)

## What it is
Bitcore is a full-stack monorepo from BitPay providing infrastructure for building Bitcoin and blockchain-based applications, including a blockchain API node, multisig wallet service, CLI, and JavaScript libraries for multiple coins. It bundles libraries for transaction creation, address derivation, BIP standards, and peer-to-peer networking, plus the Insight blockchain explorer UI.

## Use cases
- build a bitcoin payment backend
- run a blockchain explorer
- create a multisig wallet service
- derive addresses and sign transactions in JavaScript
- connect to bitcoin p2p network
- interact with multiple blockchain RPCs
- build a litecoin or dogecoin app

## When to choose
- building bitcoin or multi-coin wallet/payment applications in Node.js or TypeScript
- you need a self-hosted blockchain API and explorer
- you want battle-tested libraries for BIP32/BIP39/BIP70 standards

## When to avoid
- you only need Ethereum or smart-contract chains (limited support)
- you want a lightweight single-purpose library rather than a full platform
- you need a non-JavaScript language stack

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: sdk, http-server, api-framework, cryptography, p2p, cli, web-scraping
- domain: blockchain, fintech, developer-tools, backend
- platform: cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency, wallet, multisig, blockchain-explorer, monorepo, litecoin, dogecoin, bitcoin-cash, nodejs, typescript

## Member repositories
- bitpay/bitcore (main) score 66
- bitpay/insight (frontend) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.279159+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:17:39.919811+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bitpay/bitcore (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.279159+00:00, sha 577eb929bc85)
  - homepage: https://bitcore.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:26.573589+00:00, sha 4dfb2bc1eb8d)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/bitcore (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:26.580190+00:00, sha 4a5660cac8fa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.