Lantern - Self-Hosted Solana RPC

Lantern is a high-performance, self-hosted RPC load balancer and failover system for Solana. Run your own RPC infrastructure with intelligent routing, health monitoring, and automatic failover.

Key Features

• Load Balancing — Distribute requests across multiple RPC endpoints with smart routing strategies
• Health Monitoring — Automatic health checks and failover when endpoints are unhealthy
• Performance Tracking — Real-time latency monitoring and performance metrics
• WebSocket Support — Full WebSocket subscription proxying and connection management
• Yellowstone gRPC — Native support for Yellowstone gRPC streaming
• Easy Configuration — Simple YAML config files or web-based configuration tool

Installation

Docker (Recommended)

docker run -p 8899:8899 -v ./config.yml:/app/config.yml fluxrpc/lantern

Command Line

curl -sSL https://install.lantern.sh | bash
lantern --config config.yml

Quick Start

1. Download Lantern for your platform
2. Create a configuration file using the Web Configuration Tool
3. Start Lantern with your config: lantern --config config.yml
4. Point your applications to http://localhost:8899

Documentation

• Introduction
• Getting Started
• Installation Guide
• Configuration
• Benchmarking
• FAQ

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