Glow

Glow is a self-custody crypto wallet that works only on Solana. This page covers the Glow wallet made by Luma Labs, Inc., which is a different project from Glow Finance. Glow runs as a browser extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Brave, and as an app for iOS and Android. You hold your own keys, and the wallet adds token swaps with no Glow fee, SOL staking, an NFT viewer and a tool that burns spam tokens. Glow launched around December 2021. The wallet still works and its stores are live, but updates have slowed: the iOS app's latest version dates from 2024.

How Glow wallet works: self-custody keys and transaction simulation

Glow is a non-custodial wallet, which means your keys stay on your device and Luma Labs cannot move your funds. Glow's own developer docs describe it as "a non-custodial crypto wallet for the Solana blockchain". You set it up with a recovery phrase, and that phrase is the only way back in if you lose the device.

On iPhone, the App Store listing says keys are stored in the Apple Keychain and can be backed up to iCloud. You can lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID.

Glow also tests each transaction before you approve it. The wallet runs a simulation, shows what would change, and blocks requests that look malicious, according to its Google Play listing. That helps against the common scam where a fake site asks you to sign away your tokens. It will not catch everything, so read each prompt before you approve.

Glow wallet extension, iOS app and Safari support

Glow runs on four desktop browsers and on both main phone systems. The Glow website lists add-ons for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Brave, plus apps for iOS and Android.

The iPhone app comes with a Safari add-on. With it, you can connect to Solana apps inside Safari, so you do not need a browser built into the wallet. The Android app has its own browser for the same job, per Glow's docs. The App Store page also lists iPad, Mac and Apple Vision.

Two details are worth knowing before you download:

• The Chrome extension is still named "Glow - Solana Wallet BETA", more than four years after launch. A third-party extension tracker showed version 0.61.0 with about 20,000 users in October 2026.
• The iOS app's version history ends at 1.6.3, a 2024 release that added iOS 18 support. The release before it, 1.5.3, dates from January 2023.

Zero-fee swaps, SOL staking and the spam token burner

Glow's main features are swaps, staking, an NFT viewer and a spam burner, all inside the wallet.

Glow advertises token swaps "with zero fees". That means Glow does not add its own charge to a swap. You still pay Solana's network fee, and the price you get depends on the route the swap takes.

You can stake SOL from inside the app and earn staking rewards. Glow's site does not say which validators it uses, so check where your stake is going before you confirm. Our validator comparison shows commission and performance for each one, and our staking dashboard explains how rewards work.

The spam burner removes unwanted tokens that strangers have sent to your wallet. Each token sits in a small account that holds a deposit of SOL, known as rent. When Glow burns the token and closes the account, that deposit comes back to you.

For collectors, Glow shows NFTs in a gallery. App Store release notes show that NFT minting arrived in November 2022, and minting from Stable Diffusion AI images followed in January 2023. Support for Ledger hardware wallets was added to the iOS app in September 2022.

Who Glow wallet suits

Glow suits people who only use Solana, mostly on a phone, and want a simple wallet for small day-to-day sums. iPhone users who open Solana apps in Safari get the most from it. CoinLedger's Solana wallet guide, reviewed on 22 September 2026, names Glow its pick for iPhone and Android users. It also points NFT fans to Glow for its gallery.

Glow is a poor fit in three cases. The first is when you hold coins on Ethereum, Bitcoin or any other chain, because Glow cannot show them. The second is when you want a wallet that ships new features often. The third is a large sum you plan to keep for years. The same CoinLedger guide says to treat Glow as a wallet for convenience, and to keep long-term savings elsewhere, because its Chrome listing is still marked beta.

On the App Store, Glow had a rating of 4.5 out of 5 from 214 ratings in October 2026.

Is Glow wallet safe? Security, bug bounty and risks

Glow has no known hack on its record, and it has real safety tools, but it also has gaps you should weigh. SwissBorg's review from May 2025 found no major breach tied to Glow. Our own search in October 2026 found none either.

On the plus side, you hold your own keys. Glow tests each transaction before you sign, and you can lock the app with your face or fingerprint. You can also sign with a Ledger. Glow runs a bug bounty that pays up to $250,000. It covers the phone apps, the Safari add-on and the browser add-on. It pays for bugs that leak a recovery phrase or secret key, or that lock a wallet for good.

The risks are these:

• Slow maintenance. A wallet that rarely ships updates can fall behind new Solana features and new scam techniques. We found no posts from Glow's X account in the two months to 12 October 2026, and its developer docs were last updated in May 2025.
• No published audit. Glow's website and docs do not link to a third-party security audit of the wallet. Glow's public GitHub holds the developer SDK, and the source code for the wallet apps is not there.
• Hot wallet exposure. Without a Ledger, your keys live on a phone or computer that is connected to the internet.
• You are the backup. Glow's support page says staff will never ask for your recovery phrase. Anyone who does is trying to steal your funds, and a lost phrase cannot be reset.

Glow's terms of use, dated 23 December 2021, provide the service "as is" and limit Luma Labs' liability.

Glow vs Phantom, Solflare and Backpack

The main alternatives to Glow are Phantom CASH$0.999+0.0%, Solflare and Backpack. CoinLedger's September 2026 guide ranks Phantom as the best Solana wallet overall and Solflare as the best Solana-only wallet. Glow comes fifth among its software wallets as the mobile pick, one place ahead of Backpack, which the guide rates best for Solana DeFi.

Glow makes sense if you like its design and only need the basics on Solana. Solflare is the closest match if you want to stay Solana-only, and Phantom is that guide's overall favourite. For bigger balances, a hardware wallet keeps your keys offline whichever app you pick.

If you only want Glow for its spam burner, any tool that closes empty token accounts does the same job. Solana Compass runs one of them: our rent reclaim tool works with whichever wallet you connect. We earn a fee from it, so weigh that when comparing.

Glow SDK, Glow ID and on-chain programs

Developers can add Glow to an app with two code packages. One is @glow-xyz/glow-client. The other, @glow-xyz/glow-react, wraps it for React apps. The app checks that Glow is installed, asks the user to sign in, then asks the wallet to sign. The glow-js code on GitHub was last updated in June 2026.

Other Glow side projects have stopped. NFToken, which Glow called "a new, simple NFT standard for Solana", was archived on GitHub in April 2024. The code for Glow ID, an on-chain identity tool, was archived in late 2023.

Our listing shows two Solana programs under Glow's name:

• Glow Note: noteD9tEFTDH1Jn9B1HbpoC7Zu8L9QXRo7FjZj3PT93
• Glow ID Program, marked as open beta: GLoW6kDXmQHFjtQQ44ccmXjosqrKkE54bVbUTA4bA3zs

Glow is a self-custody wallet, so your tokens sit in Solana accounts that your own keys control.

Who makes Glow: Luma Labs, team and token

Glow is made by Luma Labs, Inc. That is the firm named as seller on the App Store and in Glow's terms of use. The Chrome store entry names Victor Pontis as the contact, with an address in San Francisco. Glow's home page shows a quote from Raj Gokal, who co-founded Solana: "Great designers are finally coming to crypto."

Glow wallet has no token. Its website and docs mention no token and no governance system.