circom VS circomlib

[package] name = "circom-lsp" version = "0.1.0" edition = "2021" authors = ["rubydusa "] license = "GPL-3.0 license" description = "LSP server for Circom" homepage = "https://github.com/rubydusa/circom-lsp" repository = "https://github.com/rubydusa/circom-lsp" [dependencies] tower-lsp = "0.19.0" # lalrpop-util in this specific version required for circom parser to work lalrpop-util = { version = "0.19.9", features = ["lexer"] } circom_parser = { git = "https://github.com/iden3/circom", package = "parser", rev = "ce903c6" } circom_type_checker = { git = "https://github.com/iden3/circom", package = "type_analysis", rev = "ce903c6" } circom_structure = { git = "https://github.com/iden3/circom", package = "program_structure", rev = "ce903c6" } ropey = "1.6.0" tokio = { version = "1.26.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "io-std"] } codespan-reporting = "0.9.0" itertools = "0.10.5" num-traits = "0.2.6" tempfile = "3"

git clone https://github.com/iden3/circom.git cd circom cargo build --release cargo install --path circom

This library uses the compiled circuits generated by the circom compiler.

My current work involves zero-knowledge proofs technology, quite an interesting thing and very similar to writing VHDL code. The language we use for zero-knowledge proofs is circom, compiler here: https://github.com/iden3/circom and the code written in circom is called circuits which is very similar to coding for FPGA platforms.

I found Circom to be the best language to start learning ZKPs, as suggested by CyberPorter. To me, Circom has the ideal level of abstraction for learning: not too high level that it abstracts away some of the quirks of ZKP, and not too low level that you get bogged down in annoying details. It also has been around for quite some time (modulo how new everything ZK is!), so you can find more documentation and samples, as well as the awesome Circom workshops from 0xparc. Last but not least, there is circomlib, a library of common building blocks for Circom.

The other thing we need is the circomlib. Circomlib is a programming library with many useful predefined circuits. So, create an empty project, and install circomlib using this code: