polkadot-Js-Plus-extension VS substrate-api-sidecar

Compare polkadot-Js-Plus-extension vs substrate-api-sidecar and see what are their differences.

polkadot-Js-Plus-extension

A user-friendly wallet to interact with the Polkadot/Substrate based blockchains through a browser. (by Nick-1979)

substrate-api-sidecar

REST service that makes it easy to interact with blockchain nodes built using Substrate's FRAME framework. (by paritytech)
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polkadot-Js-Plus-extension

Posts with mentions or reviews of polkadot-Js-Plus-extension. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-04.

substrate-api-sidecar

Posts with mentions or reviews of substrate-api-sidecar. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-04.
  • How can I track transaction fees?
    1 project | /r/Polkadot | 31 Aug 2022
    Probably the easiest way to do this is to use Sidecar or perhaps Subquery.
  • Why is the Polkadot.js Wallet So Complicated to Use
    3 projects | /r/Polkadot | 4 Dec 2021
    So, thankfully there are some ecosystem projects up and coming that make the experience of using and interfacing with Polkadot a whole lot easier (fearless wallet, nova wallet, etc). With this in mind, I think it makes sense to frame polkadot.js as more than a wallet, and more like a sort of development environment, a tool that can be used to interact with the chain in basically any way. Obviously that doesn't help when there's only a very small subset of tasks you want to accomplish (transferring tokens, staking what have you), but as the ecosystem matures, we'll start seeing more of these tools emerge from people that aren't Parity and w3f - hopefully enabled by all the work that's gone into tools and libraries that can be used to work with the chain (polkadot.js libraries, things like sidecar, txwrapper).
  • How do I list out all transactions pertaining to one parachain in Polkadot?
    1 project | /r/Polkadot | 23 Aug 2021
    Hmm, you may be able to do this through Sidecar. https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-api-sidecar That would at least give you room to start looking.
  • Polkadot Digest 2 July 2021
    1 project | /r/Polkadot | 2 Jul 2021
    Sidecar v8.0.0 was released with HIGH upgrade priority for users involved in Kusama crowdloans and auctions. https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-api-sidecar/releases/tag/v8.0.0
  • Polkadot Digest 14 Apr 2021
    1 project | /r/dot | 14 Apr 2021
    If you are interested in querying current state of parachains, auctions, etc., you can use this Sidecar branch. Note that it's experimental and subject to very fast change! https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-api-sidecar/tree/feat-experiment-plo-endpoints
  • Query Polkadot by address?
    2 projects | /r/dot | 24 Mar 2021
    You could just look it up on a block explorer (e.g. https://polkascan.io/polkadot/account/14vfj7qh2UjNTb14PapHXNAYZVfEajxEufHA3wzJmGojiv9x ) or use Sidecar ( https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-api-sidecar )

What are some alternatives?

When comparing polkadot-Js-Plus-extension and substrate-api-sidecar you can also consider the following projects:

polkadotjs-apps-guide - Instructions for Polkadot-JS Apps

api - Promise and RxJS APIs around Polkadot and Substrate based chains via RPC calls. It is dynamically generated based on what the Substrate runtime provides in terms of metadata.

apps - Basic Polkadot/Substrate UI for interacting with a Polkadot and Substrate node. This is the main user-facing application, allowing access to all features available on Substrate chains.

txwrapper-core - Tools for FRAME chain builders to publish chain specific offline transaction generation libraries.

extension - Simple browser extension for managing Polkadot and Substrate network accounts in a browser. Allows the signing of extrinsics using these accounts. Also provides a simple interface for compliant extensions for dapps.

airgap-wallet - The AirGap Wallet is installed on an everyday smartphone. This app has only access to public information.

lightning-browser-extension - The Bitcoin Lightning Browser extension that connects to different wallet interfaces and brings deep lightning integration to the web

stylo - Offline mobile wallet for Polkadot, Kusama and Substrate based chains or Ethereum

stylo - Another kind of rich text editor

substrate-light-ui - Minimal, WASM-light-client-bundled Substrate wallet for balance transfers

extension - Taho, the community owned and operated Web3 wallet.