ethereum-developer-tools-list

A guide to available tools, components, patterns, and platforms for developing on Ethereum.

Intro

Creation of this list was spurred by product managers at Consensys who saw a need for better sharing of tools, development patterns, and components amongst both new and experienced blockchain developers.

Contributions are welcome!

Feel free to submit a pull request, with anything from small fixes to tools you'd like to add. If adding a new tool, please add a brief description that you think new developers would understand.

Development frameworks

• Truffle - Most popular smart contract development, testing, and deployment framework **Ganache- App for test Ethereum blockchain with visual UI and logs

• Embark- Framework for DApp development

• Infura - API gateway so you don’t have to host your own ETH node

Security and analysis tools

• Mythril - Static smart contract security analysis

• Oyente- Static smart contract security analysis

• Solidity code coverage - solidity code coverage tool

• Quantstamp A service that offers automated and manual smart contract security audits for a fee

Decentralized storage

• IPFS - Decentralized storage and file referencing

• OrbitDB - Decentralized database on top of IPFS

Developer IDE's and tools

• Remix- Web IDE with built in static analysis, test blockchain VM.

• Atom Solidity Linter- Atom package for Solidity linting

• Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio Code extension that adds support for Solidity

• Solc - Solidity compiler

• ethereum-graph-debugger - Solidity graphical debugger

• py-eth - Collection of Python tools for the Ethereum ecosystem

Programming Languages (for writing smart contracts, compiles to Ethereum Virtual Machine Bytecode)

• Solidity - Ethereum smart contracting language. Read the docs, play CryptoZombies and Chainshot building blocks, or checkout Consensys Academy

• Vyper - Experimental pythonic smart contracting language. Alternative to Solidity, but still under development.

Front end Libraries

• Web3.js - Javascript

• Ethers.js - Javascript Ethereum wallet implementation and utilities

• Eth.js - Lightweight alternative

• Web3j - Java

• Nethereum - .Net

• Web3.py - python implementation of web3.js

• Pyethereum - Python version of web3

• Drizzle - Redux library to connect a frontend to a blockchain

• Web3.hs - Haskell implementation of Web3

Bootstrap/out of box tools

• Truffle boxes - Packaged components for the Ethereum ecosystem

• Solutions PoC Starter app - Simple MERN stack with built in token use case, uPort signing, and more.

• Paris Solutions stack - Very private chain focused but production ready solution.

• Viant - Just consider using Viant as your backend if the use case is business process oriented.

• Kaleido - Use Kaleido for spinning up a consortium network. Great for PoCs and testing.

• Cheshire - A local sandbox implementation of the CryptoKitties API and smart contracts, available as a Truffle Box

Wallets

• Metamask - Easiest way to get started using a dapp. Chrome extension Ether wallet.

• Ether Address Lookup - Chrome extension for phishing protection and Eth address highlighting

• Portis - web-based wallet for easy user onboarding to your DApp, no download required

• uPort - Total identity solution.

• imToken - imToken is a feature-rich digital asset mobile wallet enabling multi-chain asset management, DApp browsing and secure, private exchange of value.

• Cypher - Mobile dapp explorer

• Trust

• Toshi

• MyEtherWallet

• MyCrypto - Ethereum blockchain interface. Access your wallet locally. Contract interaction and deployment. Swaps. Transaction status lookup. Testnet and 3rd-party ETH-based chain support.

• Trustology - Under development. Institutional custody.

• Jaxx Both a mobile and a desktop wallet. Has integrated Shapeshift support

• Exodus Desktop wallet with Shapeshift integration

• Gnosis multisig wallet

• WallETH - native Android Ethereum Wallet

• Hardware wallets

  • Trezor The original hardware wallet

  • Ledger

  • KeepKey

Ethereum clients

1. Geth

2. Parity

3. Quorum

4. Exthereum

5. Cpp-ethereum

6. Pyethapp

7. Py-evm

8. Ethereumjs-vm

9. Harmony/ethereumj (Java)

10. ConsenSys clients

    1. Pantheon

Ethereum (test) faucets

• Ropsten faucet

• Rinkeby faucet

• Kovan Faucet

Storage, Middleware, Etc.

• Mustekala - blockchain services framework

• IPFS-Store - IPFS Storage service with added search capability

• Eventeum - A bridge between Ethereum smart contract events and backend microservices, written in Java by Kauri.

Front end Libraries

• Web3.js - Javascript

  • Eth.js - Lightweight alternative

• Web3j - Java

• KEthereum - Kotlin

• Nethereum - .Net

• Pyethereum - Python

• Ethers.js- Web3 Alternative

• Drizzle - Redux library to connect a frontend to a blockchain

Example Smart Contract Repos and reusuable libraries

• Zeppelin- contains tested reusable smart contracts like SafeMath

• Aragon

• 0x

Other

• Block explorers

  • Etherscan - most popular centralized way to view Eth transactions and contract code

  • POA Explorer - Open Source Ethereum Block explorer, funded by Ethprize and developed by POA

  • Etherchain lite- Lightweight blockchain explorer for your private Ethereum chain

  • Alethio EthStats 2.0 coming soon

  • Supermax- A live data feed of the activities and event logs of your smart contracts on Ethereum

• Gas price calculators

  • EthGasStation - website for estimating tx prices vs times
  • Petrometer- petrometer is a tool which summarizes daily and total gas consumption of all transactions sent from a specified Ethereum address.

• Contract Standards

  • Tokens

    • ERC-20: A standard interface for tokens. Used in ICOs and crowdfunding.
    • ERC-721: A standard interface for implementing non-fungible tokens (NFTs) used in DApps such as Cryptokitties.

  • Utilities

    • ERC-165: Creates a standard method to publish and detect what interfaces a smart contract implements.
    • ERC-725: Proxy contract for key management and execution, to establish a Blockchain identity.
    • ERC-173: A standard interface for ownership of contracts

• Side-Chains

  • POA Network
    • [POA Bridge] (http://bridge.poa.net/)
    • [POA Bridge UI] (https://github.com/poanetwork/bridge-ui)
    • [POA Bridge Contracts] (https://github.com/poanetwork/poa-bridge-contracts)
  • Loom Network

• Decentralized Exchanges

  • Airswap - decentralized token exchange

  • 0x protocol based decentralized exchanges

    • Radar relay

    • ERC Dex

    • DDEX

    • Ethfinex

    • Shark Relay

    • Bamboo Relay

    • Instex

    • Starbit

  • Opensea.io- decentralized exchange of cryptocollectibles

  • Bancor

  • Kyber

  • Gnosis Dutch Exchange

• KYC/AML Onboarding

  • SmartAML protospoke

  • Third party centralized versions

• Registry Framework for Digital Assets

  • Regis

• Oracles

  • Oracalize- oracle service for your smart contracts.

• Incentivization / Monetization Tools

  • Gitcoin- Bounty network for funding Open Source or finding Open Source work
  • CodeFund- Ethical Adveritsing Platform for Open Source

Ethereum knowledge

Security best practices

• Safety wiki- Ethereum Foundation wiki on safety

• Smart contract best practices - " “ published by Consensys

Governance

• ERC-721 - A peek into debate and consensus-reaching on a token standard for non-fungible assets
• Eth Research Chat - Gitter-like forum for ongoing Ethereum Foundation research projects

DApp development

• Ethereum Development with Go - A guide on getting started on Ethereum DApp development with Golang.

Scaling

• Comprehensive Medium article on various solutions to scale Ethereum