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title: "How to Choose a Monero Client"
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title-pre-kick: "How to "
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title-kick: "Choose "
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title-post-kick: "a Monero Client"
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kick-class: "green-kicks"
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icon: "icon_client"
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attribution: "<!-- Icon is based on work by Freepik (http://www.freepik.com) and is licensed under Creative Commons BY 3.0 -->"
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### Mobile, Web, and Lightweight Clients
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The clients below are ideal if you are using Monero for the first time. They are also useful if you are on a device that cannot run a [full Monero node](/getting-started/running).
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{:.text-center .client-list #mymonero}
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[](https://mymonero.com)
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{:.text-center}
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[MyMonero.com](https://mymonero.com) is easy-to-use and works in your browser without you needing to install anything.
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It can be used with some measure of safety, as MyMonero are unable to spend your funds on your behalf.
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It is owned and operated by Riccardo Spagni, one of the Monero Core Team members.
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### Full Monero Client
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If you are able to spare the bandwidth and disk space required to run a full node, doing so helps keep the network stable and robust, and also affords you the maximum privacy Monero has to offer.
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{:.text-center .client-list #monerocore}
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[](/downloads)
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You can read our guide on [running a Monero node](/getting-started/running), and the Monero core software can be downloaded from the [downloads page](/downloads).
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### Third-Party Clients
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There are also several third-party clients that interact with the official Monero core daemon, and are able to provide their own additional functionality.
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{:.text-center .client-list #lightwallet}
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[](https://forum.getmonero.org/20/general-discussion/166/lightwallet-a-lightweight-monero-gui-account-manager)
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lightWallet is a simple and slim client written in Java, and should run on most operating systems. It is written and maintained by jwinterm.
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{:.text-center .client-list}
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**Current Version:** 0.2
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{:.text-center .client-platforms}
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Windows](https://github.com/jwinterm/LightWallet2/releases/download/v0.2/LightWallet.exe)
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Java (All Platforms)](https://github.com/jwinterm/LightWallet2/releases/download/v0.2/LightWallet.jar)
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Source Code](https://github.com/jwinterm/LightWallet2)
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Forum Thread](https://forum.getmonero.org/20/general-discussion/166/lightwallet-a-lightweight-monero-gui-account-manager)
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