NEAR Developer Experience (DX)

Resources for developers building on NEAR Protocol

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NEAR Protocol Developer Guide

NEAR is dedicated to providing the best developer experience possible for building an open web. This mission is next to impossible to achieve without feedback and contributions from people like you. 🫵

Get involved! 👉 please select one of the options above or contribute to one of the essential developer repositories listed below 🙏

📝 Docs

Website	Description	Repo
docs.near.org	NEAR Developer Documentation	near/docs
nomicon.io	NEAR Protocol Specification Documentation	near/neps
near-nodes.io	NEAR Node Documentation (Validator, RPC, Archival)	near/node-docs

⛓️ Protocol

Name	Description	Repo	Latest Release
nearcore	Reference implementation of NEAR Protocol	near/nearcore
NEPs	NEAR Protocol Specifications and Standards	near/neps	➖

🚀 Decentralized Frontend Stack

Create decentralized frontend components by storing it’s source code on the blockchain 🤯.

Name	Description	Repo	Latest Release
👉 GATEWAY
near-discovery	near.org Gateway	near/near-discovery
near.social	near.social Gateway	NearSocial/viewer	➖
near-discovery-components	Core components / primitives for near.org	near/near-discovery-components	➖
👉 EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT
VM	B.O.S. Virtual Machine	nearsocial/VM
BWE	B.O.S. Web Engine *(WIP replacement for VM)*	near/bos-web-engine	➖
👉 DATABASE
B.O.S. Database	Smart contract hosting frontend source code & user data	nearsocial/social-db	➖

🛠️ Dev Tools

Name	Description	Repo
create-near-app	Easy fullstack dApp deployment tool	near/create-near-app
cargo-near	Cargo extension for building smart contracts and ABI schemas on NEAR	near/cargo-near
BOS VSCode Ext.	VSCode extension for building B.O.S. components	near/near-vscode
BOS Loader	Simplifying multiple component local development	near/bos-loader

💻 CLI

Name	Description	Repo
near-cli	JS based CLI for interacting w/ NEAR	near/near-cli
near-cli-rs	Rust based CLI for interacting w/ NEAR	near/near-cli-rs
BOS CLI	CLI for simplifying local development on BOS	bos-cli-rs/bos-cli-rs

🔑 Wallet / Auth

Name	Description	Repo	Latest Release
wallet-selector	Wallet integration tool for NEAR	near/wallet-selector
web3-onboard	Wallet integration tool for multichain	blocknative/web3-onboard
FastAuth Signer	Authenticate and sign transactions w/ FastAuth	near/fast-auth-signer	➖
mpc-recovery	Create and restore accounts w/ OIDC protocol	near/mpc-recovery	➖
iDOS	Decentralized identity, storage, and verification	idos-network/idos-sdk-js	➖

🔌 API

Name	Description	Repo	Latest Release
near-api-js	API tool for frontend & backend JS libraries	near/near-api-js

📝 Smart Contracts

Name	Description	Repo
near-sdk-js	Create smart contracts w/ JavaScript	near/near-sdk-js
near-sdk-rs	Create smart contracts w/ Rust	near/near-sdk-rs
Keypom	Customizable key creation for NFT/FT drops	keypom/keypom

🧪 Testing

Name	Description	Repo	Latest Release
workspaces-js	Testing sandbox written in JS	near/workspaces-js
workspaces-rs	Testing sandbox written in Rust	near/workspaces-rs

🔎 Blockchain Data Indexing

Name	Description	Repo	Latest Release
QueryApi	Build custom indexers and query with GraphQL endpoints	near/queryapi	➖
near-lake-indexer	Built on NEAR Indexer that stores JSON in AWS S3 bucket	near/near-lake-indexer
near-lake-framework-rs	Stream blocks from NEAR Lake into your server	near/near-lake-framework-rs
near-lake-framework-js	Stream blocks from NEAR Lake into your server	near/near-lake-framework-js	➖