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Wallets Reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Monero GUI and CLI Wallets review
Official open-source Monero desktop wallets published by the Monero Project
- No account needed
- Accepts Monero
- Tor onion address
- Never holds your funds
- Open source
- No email needed
ID never required KYC 0 Documentation reviewed
Privacy
9.3/ 10
Excellent
Safety
7.0/ 10
Strong
Based on terms and documentation. No test transactions published yet. See the arithmetic
Monero GUI and CLI Wallets review in short
Monero GUI and CLI Wallets is a wallet. Its terms put it at KYC level 0 of 4: ID never required. NoKYC Score grades it 9.3/10 for privacy (excellent) and 7.0/10 for safety (strong). In its favour: no account needed, no email needed and no phone number. No incidents are on record.
- Category
- Wallets
- KYC level
- 0 of 4: ID never required
- Grades
- Privacy 9.3/10, Safety 7.0/10
- Sign-up
- No account needed
- Custody
- non-custodial
- Jurisdiction
- Decentralised / none
- Onion address
- Yes
- Incidents on record
- 0
- Last reviewed
- 22 Oct 2026
Cite this review
NoKYC Score, "Monero GUI and CLI Wallets review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/monero-gui-wallet
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What Monero GUI and CLI Wallets is
The Monero Project publishes two official wallets. The GUI wallet runs on Windows, Linux and macOS and offers a simple mode, which connects automatically to a remote node, and an advanced mode for users who want full control of their wallet and their own node. The CLI wallet covers the same platforms plus Android, FreeBSD and several ARM and RISC-V builds. Both were listed at version 0.18.5.3 when reviewed and support Ledger and Trezor hardware wallets. The download page urges users to verify every download against a GPG-signed hash list. As self-custody software there are no accounts and no operator that could collect identity. The project's site is also reachable through an onion address.
What Monero GUI and CLI Wallets offers, and what to watch
8 of 13 privacy and safety features, 0 warnings in its terms.
"Not stated" means its own pages do not say.
Identity
- ID never required Yes The terms rule identity checks out, or the design makes them impossible.
- No account needed Yes Usable without creating an account, or the account is only a random number.
- No email needed Yes An email address is not required to sign up or use it.
- No phone number Yes A phone number is never required.
Payment
- Accepts Monero Yes Monero hides sender, receiver and amount, so the payment cannot be traced to you.
- Accepts Lightning Not stated
Access
- Tor onion address Yes An official .onion address, reachable only through Tor.
- Works without JavaScript Not stated
Trust
- Never holds your funds Yes The operator never controls user funds, so it cannot freeze them.
- Open source Yes The code that matters is public and can be inspected.
- Independent audit Not stated
- Company named Not stated
- 5+ years operating Not stated
Warnings
- May ask for ID Not in terms
- Screens deposits Not in terms
- Holds your funds Not in terms
- Email required Not in terms
- Phone number required Not in terms
- Closed source Not in terms
- Nobody accountable Not in terms
Does Monero GUI and CLI Wallets require KYC?
- 0 Never
- 1 Not mentioned
- 2 Rare
- 3 On risk flag
- 4 Mandatory
KYC level 0: ID never required. The terms rule out identity checks, or the design makes them impossible.
Self-custodial open-source software with no accounts or operator-side service that could collect identity.
How the grades add up
Both grades start at 50 points and move by fixed, published amounts. Nothing is adjusted by hand. The total is divided by ten.
Privacy
9.3- Starting points 50
- KYC level 0: ID never required +20
- No registration +6
- No email needed +3
- No phone needed +1
- Tor onion service +4
- Accepts Monero +4
- Open source +2
- Non-custodial +3
- Total, clamped to 0–100 93
Safety
7.0- Starting points 50
- Open source +8
- Non-custodial +12
- Total, clamped to 0–100 70
Test ledger
Real transactions run by our editors. A badge without a ledger is an assertion; this is the proof.
No test transactions published yet
The grades above rest on Monero GUI and CLI Wallets’s terms and documentation. Tests will appear here with the date, route, amount band and result as they are run.
Incidents on record
No incidents are on record for Monero GUI and CLI Wallets. If you have a documented case, report it.
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Monero GUI and CLI Wallets: common questions
Does Monero GUI and CLI Wallets require KYC?
Monero GUI and CLI Wallets is rated KYC level 0 of 4 on this site: ID never required. Self-custodial open-source software with no accounts or operator-side service that could collect identity.
Is Monero GUI and CLI Wallets safe to use?
Monero GUI and CLI Wallets has a Safety grade of 7.0 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 9.3 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.
Is Monero GUI and CLI Wallets legit?
Monero GUI and CLI Wallets is a working wallet. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 7.0 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.
Is Monero GUI and CLI Wallets a scam?
NoKYC Score does not label services as scams; it records documented incidents with their sources and outcomes. No incidents are on record for Monero GUI and CLI Wallets.
Do I need an account or email to use Monero GUI and CLI Wallets?
No account needed.
Does Monero GUI and CLI Wallets have a Tor onion address?
Yes. Monero GUI and CLI Wallets publishes an official onion address, shown on this page. Open it in Tor Browser.
Which cryptocurrencies does Monero GUI and CLI Wallets support?
Monero GUI and CLI Wallets supports XMR.
Can I use Monero GUI and CLI Wallets over Tor?
Yes. Monero GUI and CLI Wallets publishes an official onion address, shown on this page.
Listing history
- Listing added. Facts and KYC level set from the service's own terms and documentation.