brownie VS hardhat

Compare brownie vs hardhat and see what are their differences.

brownie

A Python-based development and testing framework for smart contracts targeting the Ethereum Virtual Machine. (by eth-brownie)

hardhat

Hardhat is a development environment to compile, deploy, test, and debug your Ethereum software. (by NomicFoundation)
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brownie hardhat
14 125
2,594 6,734
0.7% 2.5%
8.6 9.9
19 days ago 7 days ago
Python TypeScript
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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brownie

Posts with mentions or reviews of brownie. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-15.

hardhat

Posts with mentions or reviews of hardhat. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-07.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing brownie and hardhat you can also consider the following projects:

chainlink-mix - Working with smart contracts with eth-brownie, python, and Chainlink.

truffle - :warning: The Truffle Suite is being sunset. For information on ongoing support, migration options and FAQs, visit the Consensys blog. Thank you for all the support over the years.

vyper - Pythonic Smart Contract Language for the EVM [Moved to: https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper]

foundry - Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust.

ganache - :warning: The Truffle Suite is being sunset. For information on ongoing support, migration options and FAQs, visit the Consensys blog. Thank you for all the support over the years.

solc-select - Manage and switch between Solidity compiler versions

remix-ide - Documentation for Remix IDE

ethers.js - Complete Ethereum library and wallet implementation in JavaScript.

openzeppelin-contracts - OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development.

vyper - Pythonic Smart Contract Language for the EVM