Monero web wallet: what's left in 2026 and what to use instead

Quick steps

1. Stop using browser wallets. Do not type a seed into any site calling itself MyMonero or a Monero web wallet. MyMonero closed on 6 January 2026.
2. Install a light wallet from its official site. Type the address yourself: cakewallet.com for phones, featherwallet.org or getmonero.org for computers. Check the publisher in app stores.
3. Restore or create your wallet. Choose restore from seed and enter your 25 words, or create a new wallet and write the seed on paper.
4. Let it sync through a remote node. The wallet scans the blockchain on your device. Optionally enable Tor or connect to your own node.
5. Move funds out of risky services. If you hold XMR on XMRWallet.com or another web wallet, send it to your new wallet's address, starting with a small test.
6. Back up and test. Store the seed offline, note the restore height, and send yourself a small amount to confirm everything works.

The short answer

A "web wallet" is a Monero wallet that runs in a browser tab with nothing to install. For years that meant MyMonero. It is gone. MyMonero announced its sunset on 6 October 2025 and went offline on 6 January 2026. The site now says it has closed and that you can no longer view your balance or send transactions through it.

What is left on the open web is either undocumented, accused of theft, or fake. Meanwhile, the light apps that replaced web wallets are free, quick to set up and keep your keys on your own device. If you came here because you need to send or receive XMR quickly, install one of the wallets in the what to use instead section. If you came here because you had a MyMonero wallet, your coins are not lost: jump to recovering a MyMonero wallet.

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Monero web and light wallet options in October 2026

The table covers every browser-based or server-assisted option we could find, plus the closest safe alternatives for comparison.

Multi-coin apps change often: Exodus ended Monero support on 18 August 2025. See multi-coin wallets for Monero for Atomic, Unstoppable, Stack Wallet and others.

How Monero web and light wallets work

Why a Monero wallet needs help

A Bitcoin wallet can ask any server "what is the balance of this address?" A Monero wallet cannot. Every payment goes to a one-time stealth address, and only the holder of the private view key can tell which outputs belong to them. So a wallet has to examine every new block. That scanning is the heavy work, and the real question for any wallet is: where does the scanning happen?

Three ways to scan

What a light-wallet server can and cannot see

The private view key cannot spend. A server that holds it still cannot move your coins. But it can see every payment you receive, the amounts and the timing. Because the wallet reports spent outputs back, the server can also infer much of your outgoing history. You are trusting the operator with your financial privacy, and with keeping that data safe. See the Monero view key explained.

MyMonero worked this way. According to Privacy Guides (24 Nov 2025), MyMonero said that requiring view keys was "increasingly at odds with Monero's privacy evolution". The open-source server software monero-lws can be self-hosted, which is how Skylight is meant to be used: your own server, your own view key.

Why the browser adds risk

A desktop or phone app is installed once, and each version can be checked. A web wallet's code is downloaded again on every visit. The operator, or anyone who breaks into its server, content-delivery network or analytics tags, can quietly serve key-stealing code to one visitor or to all of them. "Open source" means little unless the code the site actually serves matches a published, reproducible build. A browser extension sits in between: its code is installed and versioned, which is why the planned Monero Browser Wallet is an extension rather than a website.

XMRWallet.com: what is alleged

XMRWallet.com is still online and describes itself as free and open source, saying your seed is never transmitted. In February and March 2026 the anti-phishing group PhishDestroy published a report alleging that the site sends users' private view keys to its server in dozens of requests per session, and that transactions built in the browser are replaced on the server. The report also claims the code the site serves differs from its public repository, which has reportedly not been updated since November 2018.

These are allegations from one group. We found no independent audit confirming them and no published response from the operator. Trustpilot rated the site 2.2 out of 5 when checked, with 2026 reviews reporting emptied wallets, though Trustpilot does not verify reviews. Given the stakes, we do not recommend using it. If you have funds there, move them to a wallet you control. Our XMRWallet review has the details.

Phishing copies of MyMonero and fake web wallets

When a well-known wallet closes, scammers move in on its name. People searching for "MyMonero web wallet" now find lookalike sites that ask for your seed and empty the wallet. PhishDestroy reported on 14 December 2025 that wallet.mymonero[.]co, titled "MyMonero Wallet: Fast, Private Monero (XMR) for Web", was a drainer. Its domain was registered on 5 October 2025, one day before the sunset was announced. Related lookalikes included wallet.mymonero[.]fi, wallet.myrnonero[.]co (note "rn" instead of "m"), mymonero[.]ws and wallet.mymonero[.]dev.

This is an old pattern:

• In January 2019 a fake "My Monero" Android app on Google Play collected users' private keys.
• In August 2020 a cloned MyMonero website on a .co domain was promoted through search ads.
• In May 2025 a phishing email about a "browser-based" Monero update led to getmoneroupdate[.]org, a clone of getmonero.org that installed remote-access software.
• In September 2025 monero-wallet[.]io impersonated getmonero.org and asked for a "passphrase" to "connect hardware".

Signs a "Monero web wallet" site is fake

• It uses the MyMonero name or logo. MyMonero has closed, so any working "MyMonero wallet" is not the real one.
• It appears as a sponsored result or ad above the normal results.
• The domain is a near-copy: an extra word, a different ending such as .co, .fi, .ws or .dev, or swapped letters like "rn" for "m".
• It asks for your 25-word seed, a "passphrase" or your private spend key to "import", "sync" or "connect hardware".
• It promises bonuses, airdrops or "recovery" of lost funds.
• It pressures you with a countdown or a warning that your wallet will be "deactivated".

If you already typed your seed into such a site, assume it is compromised. Create a new wallet in a trusted app on a clean device and move any remaining funds immediately.

The rule is simple: there is no legitimate MyMonero website any more, and no real wallet site needs you to type your seed into a web page. More examples are in Monero scams and phishing.

What to use instead

These wallets give you most of a web wallet's convenience while scanning on your own device. None of them sends your view key to a server.

Note that Cake Wallet's Windows builds are paused during a redesign. For more choices, see the best Monero wallets or Cake vs Feather vs Monerujo. To set one up, follow how to create a Monero wallet.

Recovering a MyMonero wallet

MyMonero never held your coins. They are on the Monero blockchain, and your 25-word seed controls them. Install Cake Wallet, Feather or the Monero GUI from its official site, choose "restore from seed", type your 25 words and, if you know it, a restore height from around when you created the wallet. Cake's announcement says Cake never receives MyMonero users' view keys, addresses or history.

One thing cannot be recovered: transaction keys and notes stored only by the MyMonero service. If you ever need to prove a payment, save the transaction key in your new wallet when you send. Full steps: restore a Monero wallet and our MyMonero page.

Safety checklist

1. Type addresses yourself or use a bookmark. Official sites include getmonero.org, cakewallet.com, featherwallet.org and monerujo.app. Do not click wallet ads in search results.
2. Never enter your seed on a website. Not to "connect", "validate", "migrate" or "claim".
3. Verify downloads. In November 2019 getmonero.org briefly served malicious binaries. Check the SHA256 hash and GPG signature listed on getmonero.org.
4. Ignore update emails. Monero does not announce updates by email.
5. Check the app-store publisher before installing any wallet app.
6. Prefer local scanning. If you use a light-wallet server, run your own or use one you trust.
7. Use a hardware wallet for savings. Neither Ledger Live nor Trezor Suite handles XMR; use GUI or Feather with the device.
8. Wait for confirmations. Received XMR is spendable after 10 blocks (about 20 minutes). After an 18-block reorganisation on 14 September 2025, wait longer before treating large payments as final.

Our privacy checklist and address validator run entirely in your browser and never ask for keys.

What comes next for browser wallets

Two projects could bring back a safer browser-style wallet. Skylight is an app built to pair with a MyMonero-style server you run yourself, such as monero-lws, and the community-funded Monero Browser Wallet extension aims to scan inside the extension. Separately, the FCMP++ upgrade is being tested on a stress-test network (fork of 5 October 2026), with no mainnet date announced. Every wallet and light-wallet server will need an update when it activates. See the FCMP++ upgrade explained.

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