🖼 Frame review: security, features and score
76/100SCORE · BTrustedSelf custody, seed phrase
Grade B, very good
Desktop users who sign with hardware and want no extras in the way.
The facts
- DEVELOPER
- Frame Labs
- LAUNCHED
- 2019
- TYPE
- Desktop
- CUSTODY MODEL
- Self custody, seed phrase
- KEY MODEL
- Hardware wallet first. Designed to be used with a device rather than a hot seed.
- CHAINS
- Ethereum and all EVM chains
- PLATFORMS
- macOS, Windows, Linux
- OPEN SOURCE
- Full
- AUDITS
- Open source, community reviewed
- HARDWARE SUPPORT
- Ledger, Trezor, Lattice1
- SWAP COST
- None. It has no in-wallet swap.
What it can do
How the score breaks down
Each dimension is explained on the methodology page.
Where it is strong and where it is not
✓ Strengths
- Native desktop app rather than a browser extension
- Hardware wallet first by design
- Fully open source
- Own RPC control, so you are not trusting Infura
✗ Weaknesses
- Desktop only
- No swap, staking or fiat
- Genuinely unfriendly to newcomers
Incident history
No security breach or significant incident on record.
Frame connects to dapps through a browser extension companion. Install both or nothing will connect.
Reputation and reviews
A reputation score out of 100, kept separate from the feature score above. It reflects what users actually report over time rather than a star rating scraped on one day.
REPUTATION
80/100
A small, technical following who value it precisely because it does less. Not a wallet for a beginner and it does not pretend to be.
Check current reviews yourself
Star ratings change constantly, so we link to the sources rather than printing a number that is out of date the day after it is written.
If something goes wrong
COMMON FIXES
Transaction stuck pendingYour transaction has sat as Pending for minutes or hours and nothing is moving.Transaction failed but the gas was still takenThe transaction reverted, you got nothing, and the fee left your wallet anyway.Token is not showing in my walletThe block explorer shows the tokens arrived, but the wallet shows nothing.I sent tokens to the wrong networkYou withdrew to your address but picked the wrong chain, and the balance is not where you expected.
RISK WARNING
Crypto assets are highly volatile and largely unregulated. You can lose everything you put in.
Nothing on this page is financial, investment or tax advice, and nothing here is a recommendation
to buy or sell any asset. Do your own research and never commit money you cannot afford to lose.