Official Desktop Ecosystem • Windows, macOS & Linux
Take full ownership of your digital assets with uncompromising cold-storage security. Ledger Live Desktop seamlessly links your hardware wallet with a high-performance desktop interface, empowering you to manage, buy, sell, swap, and stake 5,500+ coins and tokens with verifiable on-chain transparency.
Supported Cryptocurrencies & NFTs
Global Active Hardware Users
Offline Private Key Isolation
Secure Element Chip Breaches
ARCHITECTURE & SECURITY STANDARDS
Unlike web extensions or centralized exchange custodial accounts, Ledger Live Desktop operates on a true zero-trust model. Your private cryptographic keys never touch your computer screen, memory stack, or the Internet. Every outbound transfer, contract authorization, and swap calculation is cryptographically validated inside your physical Ledger device's CC EAL5+ / EAL6+ certified Secure Element.
With native Clear Signing protocols integrated directly into Ledger Live, the desktop software decodes intricate smart contracts into human-readable parameters. This eliminates blind-signing risks commonly exploited by malicious decentralized applications, phishing pop-ups, and hijacked browser plugins.
Whether you manage large Bitcoin treasury holdings, optimize Ethereum proof-of-stake yields, collect high-value non-fungible tokens, or interact with Layer 2 ecosystems like Arbitrum and Optimism, Ledger Live gives you complete sovereign custody with real-time portfolio analytics.
BOLOS Proprietary OS isolates crypto applications independently on-chip.
Clear Signing Verification displays exact destination addresses and gas costs.
Real-Time Countervalue Feeds aggregated from institutional exchange oracles.
Encrypted Local Storage protects cache records and account names locally.
Exchange cryptocurrencies effortlessly across top providers without relinquishing asset ownership. Compare competitive exchange rates in real time and execute cross-chain swaps directly to your self-custody addresses.
Put your idle assets to work. Stake ETH, SOL, ATOM, DOT, and ADA directly from Ledger Live. Earn recurring protocol staking rewards while maintaining entire private key possession offline inside your hardware chip.
Discover decentralized applications in the integrated Discover section. Inspect Polygon, Ethereum, and Solana NFT galleries with rich floor pricing, transaction history, and custom gas parameter controls.
Setting up your secure workstation takes less than five minutes. Follow these fundamental setup recommendations to ensure optimal cryptographic hygiene.
Get the genuine client installer for your OS (Windows .exe, macOS .dmg, or Linux .AppImage). Compare SHA512 signatures to verify zero third-party tampering.
Plug your Ledger Nano S Plus, Nano X, Stax, or Flex via USB-C. Enter your PIN on the device to authenticate genuine cryptographic handshake validation.
Add Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and ERC-20 accounts. Ledger Live scans on-chain nodes to build your encrypted portfolio overview instantly.
Yes. Ledger Live Desktop stores only public addresses and encrypted cache files. Your recovery phrase and private spending keys are generated and retained exclusively on the hardware wallet's Secure Element chip, making fund theft mathematically impossible via PC malware alone.
Ledger Live Desktop fully supports 64-bit Windows 10 and 11, macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or newer including native Apple Silicon ARM chips (M1/M2/M3), and contemporary 64-bit Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora) via official AppImage releases.
Never. Under no circumstances will official Ledger Live software ask for your 24-word seed phrase on your computer keyboard or screen. Your recovery phrase belongs strictly on paper or metal backups and is only ever entered directly on the physical hardware buttons or touchscreen.
Join millions of users safeguarding billions in crypto assets. Download the desktop application and experience true financial self-sovereignty.